skydiver
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:18 am Post subject:
ZA hangs Display Properties |
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ZA hangs Display Properties
Windows XP Home (SP2)
ZoneAlarm 5.5.062.004
S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR
I have found two ways to freeze my computer with Zone Alarm running...
(1) Display Properties, Themes tab:
Attempting to change to the "Windows XP" theme freezes the computer if ZA is
running. Changing to other themes still works OK.
(2) Display Properties, Appearance tab, "Windows and buttons" dropdown list:
Attempting to change to "Windows XP style" also freezes the computer if ZA
is running. Changing to "Windows Classic style" or "Default (blue)" still
work OK.
Other operations that I tried in Display Properies still worked OK with ZA
running.
The freezeup is fatal. The color on the screen slowly fades to black &
white. The impression is of a very slow operation in progress, but too slow
to complete itself in a reasonable time (I waited about 5-10 minutes). The
hard drive still shows occasional activity, and the mouse can still be moved
around the screen but nothing works. Turning off the computer with the power
button is necessary to recover control of the computer.
I have the latest S3 graphics driver from March 2004. I tried rolling back
to the prior driver from 2003, but no help. I also reinstalled ZA, which
didn't help either.
Now that I know how to sidestep it, it isn't serious for me, but it took
quite a bit of fooling around to discover the cause.
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skydiver
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