GPL online problem

Hi all, Sometimes I have a problem when I join the race. When the race rule screen appears, there's no mouse cursor, escape does not work either, however GPL seems to be running, at least timer is running and the screen is updated. The only way out of this situation I know is to reset computer. Following attempts to join the same race on the same server may succeed. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Alex (alexti)

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Alex) writes:

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>Hi all, > >Sometimes I have a problem when I join the race. When the >race rule screen appears, there's no mouse cursor, escape >does not work either, however GPL seems to be running, at >least timer is running and the screen is updated. The only >way out of this situation I know is to reset computer. > >Following attempts to join the same race on the same server >may succeed. > >Any ideas? > >Thanks in advance, >Alex >(alexti)

2 questions: 1. do you have ZoneAlarm(or any other firewall) running? 2. do you have another 'window' open somewhere? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (Alex) writes: > >>Hi all, >> >>Sometimes I have a problem when I join the race. When the >>race rule screen appears, there's no mouse cursor, escape >>does not work either, however GPL seems to be running, at >>least timer is running and the screen is updated. The only >>way out of this situation I know is to reset computer. >> >>Following attempts to join the same race on the same server >>may succeed. >> >>Any ideas? >> >>Thanks in advance, >>Alex >>(alexti) > > 2 questions: > 1. do you have ZoneAlarm(or any other firewall) running? > 2. do you have another 'window' open somewhere? > > Eldred

1. I was running with Zone Alarm before, now I an using Tiny firewall for GPL, problem was happening in exactly the same way with either of them. In any case I had window pop-up disabled and besides GPL freezes after it has established connection. 2. I don't think so, I don't have much staff running in the background and I've not noticed any popup windows from what I run. Here is my list: + Idle + kernel32.dll + msgsrv32.exe + mprexe.exe + mmtask.tsk = explorer.exe = systray.exe = em_exec.exe (logitech mouse driver) = ccminfo.exe (software that my ISP uses as a dialer etc) I will try to disable mouse driver and the dialer. Also I can try to shutdown systray.exe and explorer.exe, but I guess almost everybody has them running. Thanks, Alex (alexti)

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>2. I don't think so, I don't have much staff running in >the background and I've not noticed any popup windows >from what I run. Here is my list: >+ Idle >+ kernel32.dll >+ msgsrv32.exe >+ mprexe.exe >+ mmtask.tsk >= explorer.exe >= systray.exe >= em_exec.exe (logitech mouse driver) >= ccminfo.exe (software that my ISP uses as a dialer etc) > >I will try to disable mouse driver and the dialer. Also I >can try to shutdown systray.exe and explorer.exe, but I >guess almost everybody has them running. >

I meant another program window. I've had instances where I'd accidentally left Windows Explorer looking at a directory. When I tried to join a race, it got to the race screen, but I didn't have a mouse cursor to click the green button. So, I couldn't enter the race. I thought you might have done the same thing. Can you temporarily disable the logitech driver and use the Windows driver? What's "idle", by the way? I've never seen that in a tasklist... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

He's running NT/Win2K and looking at active processes under task manager....not the close program dialog most of us gamers look at under 98SE or ME -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (Alex) writes: > > >2. I don't think so, I don't have much staff running in > >the background and I've not noticed any popup windows > >from what I run. Here is my list: > >+ Idle > >+ kernel32.dll > >+ msgsrv32.exe > >+ mprexe.exe > >+ mmtask.tsk > >= explorer.exe > >= systray.exe > >= em_exec.exe (logitech mouse driver) > >= ccminfo.exe (software that my ISP uses as a dialer etc) > > > >I will try to disable mouse driver and the dialer. Also I > >can try to shutdown systray.exe and explorer.exe, but I > >guess almost everybody has them running. > > > > I meant another program window. I've had instances where I'd accidentally left > Windows Explorer looking at a directory. When I tried to join a race, it got > to the race screen, but I didn't have a mouse cursor to click the green button. > So, I couldn't enter the race. I thought you might have done the same thing. > Can you temporarily disable the logitech driver and use the Windows driver? > What's "idle", by the way? I've never seen that in a tasklist... > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

If users of win9x would like to see what is actually running underneath the skin of windows...search out a program called process viewer 2000. That will open a few eyeballs. dave henrie "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:75wi7.29132$[email hidden]... > He's running NT/Win2K and looking at active processes under task > manager....not the close program dialog most of us gamers look at under98SE

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> or ME > > -- > Biz > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and > the....." - Ash > > > EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <[email hidden]>, > > [email hidden] (Alex) writes: > > > > >2. I don't think so, I don't have much staff running in > > >the background and I've not noticed any popup windows > > >from what I run. Here is my list: > > >+ Idle > > >+ kernel32.dll > > >+ msgsrv32.exe > > >+ mprexe.exe > > >+ mmtask.tsk > > >= explorer.exe > > >= systray.exe > > >= em_exec.exe (logitech mouse driver) > > >= ccminfo.exe (software that my ISP uses as a dialer etc) > > > > > >I will try to disable mouse driver and the dialer. Also I > > >can try to shutdown systray.exe and explorer.exe, but I > > >guess almost everybody has them running. > > > > > > > I meant another program window. I've had instances where I'd

accidentally > left > > Windows Explorer looking at a directory. When I tried to join a race,it

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> got > > to the race screen, but I didn't have a mouse cursor to click the green > button. > > So, I couldn't enter the race. I thought you might have done the same > thing. > > Can you temporarily disable the logitech driver and use the Windows > driver? > > What's "idle", by the way? I've never seen that in a tasklist... > > > > Eldred > > -- > > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59... > > > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats > you > > with experience... > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. > >

"Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:75wi7.29132$[email hidden]: > He's running NT/Win2K and looking at active processes under task > manager....not the close program dialog most of us gamers look at under > 98SE or ME Actually I am running Windows 95 and using wintop to view processes. "Idle" is a system process in windows (I suspect it is actually kind of task scheduler). Alex. (alexti)

[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (Alex) writes: > >>2. I don't think so, I don't have much staff running in >>the background and I've not noticed any popup windows >>from what I run. Here is my list: >>+ Idle >>+ kernel32.dll >>+ msgsrv32.exe >>+ mprexe.exe >>+ mmtask.tsk >>= explorer.exe >>= systray.exe >>= em_exec.exe (logitech mouse driver) >>= ccminfo.exe (software that my ISP uses as a dialer etc) >> >>I will try to disable mouse driver and the dialer. Also I >>can try to shutdown systray.exe and explorer.exe, but I >>guess almost everybody has them running. >> > > I meant another program window. I've had instances where I'd > accidentally left Windows Explorer looking at a directory. When I > tried to join a race, it got to the race screen, but I didn't have a > mouse cursor to click the green button. > So, I couldn't enter the race. I thought you might have done the same > thing.

I see your point, but I don't think I had anything like that. I usually prefer to stop everything I don't need. > Can you temporarily disable the logitech driver and use the Windows > driver?This seems to be the most promising idea.I've disabled it and now I am waiting if the problem will reappear or not. It didn't happen every day before either so I am not sure if it helped or not yet. Alex (alexti)

In article <75wi7.29132$[email hidden]>, "Biz" <[email hidden]> writes: >He's running NT/Win2K and looking at active processes under task >manager....not the close program dialog most of us gamers look at under 98SE >or ME Ok, then - I'm out of ideas...<g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.