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From: "Karen McKellar" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] TMG v5.15 'further Grey-outs'
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 11:58:08 -0500
References: <IGEBIICJNFBCFBINHIGGAEONDHAA.martinfjackson@beeb.net>


My guess is that you are running low on resources. I have not had any
problems with grey-outs since upgrading my system. I now run on 1.60 GHz
with 1.00 GB of RAM. Previously I was running with 166 MHz with 512 K
RAM.

Karen


----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Jackson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 5:33 PM
Subject: [TMG] TMG v5.15 'further Grey-outs'


> Good Evening Listers
> I now get about two or three 'grey-outs' a day, totally repeatable.
> At the moment I am entering a huge amount of new data from lists sent to
> me
> by a fellow researcher. I need to check if I have the information already
> and have multiple windows open [in a modified style to the one that Teresa
> uses].
> The PE is linked to other Windows, and I apply a filter to make the
> contents
> of the PE specific to my current enquiry, in this case it takes the form
> of:
> Surname = [?] AND
> Given Name contains [?] AND
> Fathers Name Group contains Given Name [?] END
>
> The PE List is sorted on Primary Birth Date, this now gives me a sub-set
> with which I can more readily identify say all occurrences of John son of
> James, in date of birth order etc
>
> If I now find a new person in the paper lists sent to me and proceed to
> enter them into my project without clearing the filter in the PE, TMG
> freezes and the greyout occurs, the only remedy is to Check for Update and
> re-enter the program. This is totally consistent, unfortunately, but I am
> used to it now. I regularly Re-index and Optimise during the day and
> always
> before Backing up at the end of a session, such as stopping for lunch etc.
> As I am used to this happening and as no data seems to be lost I am
> somewhat reconciled to it, but would dearly love it not to happen!!!
>
> FYI - I am using Windows XP Home - AMD 2.8 MHz processor and 512Mb RAM
>
> Comments please.
>
> Martin Jackson
>
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