Re: Quest Toad hangs periodically on win xp

Malcolm Dew-Jones wrote:
> William Buchanan (william.buchanan_at_freenet.co.uk) wrote:
> : Hi folks
>
> : I am running Toad 7.5.2.0 on win xp. I find that while I am using it,
> : it periodically freezes my system. e.g. if I have 5 toad windows open
> : (schema browsers, sql editors), I work in 1 window, I then click on
> : another and work in that, I then click on another - at this point the
> : window comes to the front but my system freezes for 5 - 10 seconds. I
> : happens when switching between windows but not every time.
>
> : As you can imagine it is very frustrating.
>
> : Has anyone had similar issues and if so how can I fix this?
>
> No idea how to fix it, but this is common for xp with many products in my
> experience, and at least a few other people have agreed with me when I
> mention this to them (and it's not related to hardware, I'm talking 900
> Mhz PC's with 1/2 gig memory).
>
> So, there might be something toad could do to alleviate the problem
> (perhaps the way it interacts with the os), but it is just as likely an xp
> issue and changes to toad would make no difference.

Or people could vote withe their wallets and purchase products other than Windows eXtra Problems.

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