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Title: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Ideologue on July 08, 2009, 11:59:19 AM
Hey, dudes.

I've developed a severely annoying computer issue lately, possibly related to screwing around with my dual monitor setup.  Applications with "floating windows"--like Photoshop--have become unusable due to the windows simply not appearing anywhere on either display.  The specific problem arose with the fill tool window under the edit menu in Photoshop.  I've noticed it also, and more critically, in the three-window setup my printer/scanner thing's scanning application uses.  The master control panel and preview widnows appear, but the scan control window no longer shows up anywhere.

Once the fill tool is chosen in PS and the scanning options window is chosen in my scanning application, the program is effectively frozen, since the cancel button is on the window itself, and as it does not appear, I can only close the program, and then only via the task manager.

I'm having difficulty even finding the right search terms to look for a fix for this.  "Disappearing window" seemed to have some merit, but the fixes (using the move option) doesn't work as the applications don't respond whatsoever once the options are chosen and the tool windows putatively brought up.

Even uninstall, deletion of registry keys, and fresh install didn't work with PS.  I'm not very sanguine about the possibilities of it working with my scanner.

It's truly annoying.
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 12:00:08 PM
No, we are dumbs.  -_-
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Ideologue on July 08, 2009, 12:03:02 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 12:00:08 PM
No, we are dumbs.  -_-

You're a national trasure, Tim.
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Ideologue on July 08, 2009, 12:13:56 PM
Nevermind, then.  I fixed it through the time-honored method of fucking with things.  See you around, old friends.  :hug:

Still got to get an HoI3 game out of you guys. :bowler:
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Caliga on July 08, 2009, 12:14:29 PM
You're too much of a noob to be messing with dual monitors. ^_^

Seriously, I won't even configure that, and I could (and should) at work.

Obvious question: what happens when you switch back to single monitor mode?
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Caliga on July 08, 2009, 12:15:17 PM
The mere act of me beginning to draft a reply transferred the necessary knowledge to you. :)
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Ideologue on July 08, 2009, 12:17:34 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 08, 2009, 12:14:29 PM
You're too much of a noob to be messing with dual monitors. ^_^

Seriously, I won't even configure that, and I could (and should) at work.

Obvious question: what happens when you switch back to single monitor mode?

Oh, I tried that, and it did nothing.  Something about the settings was putting the windows outside the active area.

QuoteThe mere act of me beginning to draft a reply transferred the necessary knowledge to you.

I got a mental image of tits and knew what must be done.
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Caliga on July 08, 2009, 12:18:45 PM
 :hug: Check back in with us more often, bitch.  :mad:
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Grey Fox on July 08, 2009, 12:21:41 PM
Hi.

Caliga : It never works again effectively destroying your computer. Once you go dual you never go back.
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Admiral Yi on July 08, 2009, 12:28:54 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on July 08, 2009, 12:03:02 PM
You're a national trasure, Tim.
If you're going to spell it phonetically you need to stick a Y in there.
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Siege on July 08, 2009, 02:16:37 PM
Oh, so you only come to languish when you need something.

I see how it is.

Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: fhdz on July 08, 2009, 02:27:56 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 08, 2009, 12:14:29 PM
You're too much of a noob to be messing with dual monitors. ^_^

Seriously, I won't even configure that, and I could (and should) at work.

I don't know what I would *do* without dual monitors at work.
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: garbon on July 08, 2009, 02:50:05 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on July 08, 2009, 02:27:56 PM
I don't know what I would *do* without dual monitors at work.

:yes:
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Grey Fox on July 08, 2009, 02:54:46 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on July 08, 2009, 02:27:56 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 08, 2009, 12:14:29 PM
You're too much of a noob to be messing with dual monitors. ^_^

Seriously, I won't even configure that, and I could (and should) at work.

I don't know what I would *do* without dual monitors at work.

You would find one somewhere.
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Caliga on July 08, 2009, 02:55:26 PM
Meh, if it comes to it I'll just order a huge widescreen.
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: MadImmortalMan on July 08, 2009, 08:07:30 PM
I use these at work running dual screens.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F21RiHj7O0oL._SL500_AA185_.jpg&hash=d08480e8159673b83e3a87a328a5aec96a52f0ba)

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Cinema-Flat-Panel-LCD-Display/dp/B000K28NOI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1247101605&sr=1-5

[/beeb]

:cool:
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Vince on July 08, 2009, 08:26:28 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on July 08, 2009, 02:27:56 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 08, 2009, 12:14:29 PM
You're too much of a noob to be messing with dual monitors. ^_^

Seriously, I won't even configure that, and I could (and should) at work.

I don't know what I would *do* without dual monitors at work.

I use unix and windows for my job so having one monitor for each OS running saves me a lot of time.   :nerd:
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Korea on July 08, 2009, 09:01:21 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 08, 2009, 12:28:54 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on July 08, 2009, 12:03:02 PM
You're a national trasure, Tim.
If you're going to spell it phonetically you need to stick a Y in there.

:lol:
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Monoriu on July 08, 2009, 09:03:31 PM
Doing well in your studies?  :)
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 09:11:04 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on July 08, 2009, 12:03:02 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 12:00:08 PM
No, we are dumbs.  -_-

You're a national trasure, Tim.
:smarty:
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 08, 2009, 10:03:11 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 12:00:08 PM
No, we are dumbs.  -_-

I r smrt.  :mad:
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Barrister on July 09, 2009, 12:11:58 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 08, 2009, 08:07:30 PM
I use these at work running dual screens.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F21RiHj7O0oL._SL500_AA185_.jpg&hash=d08480e8159673b83e3a87a328a5aec96a52f0ba)

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Cinema-Flat-Panel-LCD-Display/dp/B000K28NOI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1247101605&sr=1-5

[/beeb]

:cool:

:worship:
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: saskganesh on July 09, 2009, 08:57:14 AM
I learn from my peers, so based on the company that I keep, I am getting stupider.

...post more often Ide! PLEASE.
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: Josquius on July 10, 2009, 06:08:09 AM
QuoteI use unix and windows for my job so having one monitor for each OS running saves me a lot of time.
From the same computer? How?
Thats...very odd.

I've only just set up dual monitors of my own. 'tis...alright. Sadly when running games though the second monitor messes up, I can't have media player in one and a game in the other as I desired :(
Title: Re: Computer issue--are you guys still smart?
Post by: MadImmortalMan on July 10, 2009, 10:34:29 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 10, 2009, 06:08:09 AM
QuoteI use unix and windows for my job so having one monitor for each OS running saves me a lot of time.
From the same computer? How?
Thats...very odd.

I've only just set up dual monitors of my own. 'tis...alright. Sadly when running games though the second monitor messes up, I can't have media player in one and a game in the other as I desired :(

http://www.virtualbox.org/

I love it.