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From: "Willie Ann McColloch" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Strange things
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 17:56:31 -0500
References: <20060402211502.FJYO15586.ibm69aec.bellsouth.net@MomsLaptop>


I am gooing to try this. Thanks so much.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Teresa Elliott" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 4:20 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Strange things


> The only thing I would change is after you run VFI, it helps to run
> OPTIMIZE. That gets rid of anything that is messed up, and then you can
run
> VFI again, alternating until you get no errors.
>
>
> Teresa Ghee Elliott-IBSSG
> TMG sentences
>
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> emplates/TMG.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Ball [mailto:]
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 1:49 PM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [TMG] Strange things
>
> With TMG open, in the upper left corner left-mouse-click on the word
"File"
> and it will bring down a list of things to do. Left-mouse-click on
> "Maintenance" and slide your mouse pointer over to the list that now
opens.
> The list includes "Reindex", "Optimize", and "Validate File Integrity"
> (VFI), among others. First left-mouse-click on "Optimize" and that will
> bring up a "yes/no" choice. Click on "yes" When that operation is
complete
> another dialogue box will come up and tell you the new size of your file.
> Just click "OK".
>
> Now go back to "File", "Maintenance", and click on "validate file
> integrity". Again, click on "yes". Here is the important part. When TMG
> is done, it will display a box with the results. If there were problems
> found and corrected, you will see how many. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ZERO,
> please repeat "File", "Maintenance", "VFI", and "yes" until that routine
> tells you that "no problems found".
>
> These two maintenance operations should be done regularly, when you think
of
> them and certainly after a bunch of data input, just to make sure, as my
son
> says, the computer puts all its toys away.
>
> Hope this is clear enough.
>
> Dave Ball
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Willie Ann McColloch [mailto:]
> > Sent: April 2, 2006 9:08 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [TMG] Strange things
> >
> > Thanks Teresa. I am a computer clutz so I have no idea what you are
> > talking about. Could you please walk me through it step by step?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Teresa Elliott" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 9:25 PM
> > Subject: RE: [TMG] Strange things
> >
> >
> > > Not sure what is going on, but I think you are due a reindex. Try
> > running
> > > Optimize and VFI and see if one of those don't fix it.
> > >
>
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