Program (not responding)

14 Sep 2006 9:38 PM

coopfab

We're running XP Professional workstations and on a single 2003 SBS network.
We have one database program, written in a language called Clarion, (or
Topspeed), that works fine except when the words "(not responding)" appear
next to the program name in the lower task bar. The program still reads and
writes to it's files on the server, but some of the information wrtten or
saved is done incorrectly. What does it actually mean that the program is
not responding, if it means anything at all?

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

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M. Cooper

14 Sep 2006 11:29 PM

Jim

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"coopfab" <coop***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:11900D94-97EE-49CF-936A-EC38D1AB8F65@microsoft.com...
> We're running XP Professional workstations and on a single 2003 SBS
> network.
> We have one database program, written in a language called Clarion, (or
> Topspeed), that works fine except when the words "(not responding)" appear
> next to the program name in the lower task bar. The program still reads
> and
> writes to it's files on the server, but some of the information wrtten or
> saved is done incorrectly. What does it actually mean that the program is
> not responding, if it means anything at all?
>
> Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
> --
> M. Cooper
>

It may be hung waiting on some resource. When some program acts like that
on my system, it is usually waiting on the network or the disk drive.
Process Explorer may help you understand the problem.
Jim

26 Nov 2006 10:20 PM

george6448

I have Xp media and I disabled all add-ons and it stopped. Then added only
what I needed Good luck

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"Jim" wrote:

>
> "coopfab" <coop***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:11900D94-97EE-49CF-936A-EC38D1AB8F65@microsoft.com...
> > We're running XP Professional workstations and on a single 2003 SBS
> > network.
> > We have one database program, written in a language called Clarion, (or
> > Topspeed), that works fine except when the words "(not responding)" appear
> > next to the program name in the lower task bar. The program still reads
> > and
> > writes to it's files on the server, but some of the information wrtten or
> > saved is done incorrectly. What does it actually mean that the program is
> > not responding, if it means anything at all?
> >
> > Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
> > --
> > M. Cooper
> >
> It may be hung waiting on some resource. When some program acts like that
> on my system, it is usually waiting on the network or the disk drive.
> Process Explorer may help you understand the problem.
> Jim
>
>
>

27 Nov 2006 1:46 AM

Pop`

"Not Responding" is a gross misnomer! What it means is, the program isn't
responding "at this moment in time". What it does NOT mean is that the
program will never respond!
The program that isn't responding may simply be busy doing something else
and for whatever reasons, which isn't unusual, cannot YET respond to the
interrupt sent. Very often, the program will finish whatever it's doing in
a few more moments, and the "not responding" will go away, becasue the
program is done and is back awaiting further instructions.
I am not saying it's never indicating a problem. All I'm saying is that
the message is telling you the program did not respond to an interrupt that
was sent to it, because it was busy doing something else important, OR, it
may be hung, but the message is only indicating a possibility, NOT a given.
If that makes any sense.

HTH
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george6448 wrote:
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> I have Xp media and I disabled all add-ons and it stopped. Then
> added only what I needed Good luck
>
> "Jim" wrote:
>
>>
>> "coopfab" <coop***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:11900D94-97EE-49CF-936A-EC38D1AB8F65@microsoft.com...
>>> We're running XP Professional workstations and on a single 2003 SBS
>>> network.
>>> We have one database program, written in a language called Clarion,
>>> (or Topspeed), that works fine except when the words "(not
>>> responding)" appear next to the program name in the lower task bar.
>>> The program still reads and
>>> writes to it's files on the server, but some of the information
>>> wrtten or saved is done incorrectly. What does it actually mean
>>> that the program is not responding, if it means anything at all?
>>>
>>> Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
>>> --
>>> M. Cooper
>>>
>> It may be hung waiting on some resource. When some program acts
>> like that on my system, it is usually waiting on the network or the
>> disk drive. Process Explorer may help you understand the problem.
>> Jim