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I'm running XP, sp1 on a Gateway P4, 2.6GHz, 1.25gb RAM.

My problem is that all of a sudden the system can't communicate via TCP/IP to
our email server or anything else. At worst, it starts...not responding. I may
not be able to open something from the system tray. I may not get a response
when clicking the "Start" button, etc. The only *fix* is to reboot my PC, which
isn't an easy thing to do when it starts acting like this. And even rebooting
every morning just to prevent this...doesn't he seem to help.

The reason I'm posting here is, I *think* it may be a particular MS Access mdb
that I've been working on the past several weeks. But I'm not sure.

I've tried to periodically check available memory in Task Manager, to see if a
loss of available memory is what's happening. It always looks pretty much the
same, plenty available.

I don't know what else to do. What to look at. Does anyone have an idea? A
clue? Is there some sort of procedure/program I can use to help me find out
what's going on? Or do I just need to keep a log of *everything* I do, to see
if I can narrow it down *that* way?

Is there some sort of standard procedure that I can perform on my mdb to see
what resources it takes, and what it does/doesn't release?

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance,

Tom
 
It's not likely related to Access. The most common causes of this are a bad
network cable or NIC. Swap the cable with a good one, then swap the NIC with
a good one. If that doesn't do it, then try swaping the patch cable at your
hub, or plugging the patch cable from your connection into a different hub
port. You might have already done this, but it's the best place to start.

Does the problem exist on any other workstation? If not, then focus in on
the network connection for that one computer.

-LW
 
Tcs said:
I'm running XP, sp1 on a Gateway P4, 2.6GHz, 1.25gb RAM.

My problem is that all of a sudden the system can't communicate via
TCP/IP to our email server or anything else. At worst, it
starts...not responding. I may not be able to open something from
the system tray. I may not get a response when clicking the "Start"
button, etc. The only *fix* is to reboot my PC, which isn't an easy
thing to do when it starts acting like this. And even rebooting
every morning just to prevent this...doesn't he seem to help.

The reason I'm posting here is, I *think* it may be a particular MS
Access mdb that I've been working on the past several weeks. But I'm
not sure.

I've tried to periodically check available memory in Task Manager, to
see if a loss of available memory is what's happening. It always
looks pretty much the same, plenty available.

I don't know what else to do. What to look at. Does anyone have an
idea? A clue? Is there some sort of procedure/program I can use to
help me find out what's going on? Or do I just need to keep a log of
*everything* I do, to see if I can narrow it down *that* way?

Is there some sort of standard procedure that I can perform on my mdb
to see what resources it takes, and what it does/doesn't release?

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance,

Tom
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Have you checked in Task Manager to see if there's anything in there
that ought not to be?
 
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