Kevin,
Would that be a file size of 334 Mb, 88 Mb if flattened??
I have been out of town and not read your prior posts, so I’m curious…PSE choked with how much memory in your system?
Nancy
Kevin,
File attribute isn’t ‘Read Only’ right? Are these images on CDs or one of your hard drives? Are you logged in with an Administrator account, rather than a User account? (presumably you had to install the program using an Administrator account, and the default settings would disallow changes to be made by a ‘User’, I believe) If you’re logged in with a User account, are the files in the ‘Shared Documents’ folder or did you (as an Admin.)assign priviledges/rights to these files to the ‘User’?
Just some, probably far fetched, possibilities. I am also a very recent convert from Win98 to XP…and I find the complexity level tremendously increased if using both types of accounts for oneself 🙂
Nancy
Kevin, have you tried pulling memory and then testing? I, too, missed (or have forgotten!) previous posts, so I don’t know if you’ve got enough in there so removal of one piece will still leave you operational. The way you’re narrowing the field of possibilities, you might have to take the plunge and try that.
BTW Nancy, I don’t think you need a User set up if you can get by with the Administrator as the only guy on the computer. We didn’t add one to our XP Pro.
Beth,
I’m glad you brought that up…
I did an "OT" query for how people on this forum who run XP Pro have their accounts set up. All of the six (I think) respondants just use an Administrator account. I find switching continuously between types of accounts VERY tedious, which is why I polled.
MicroSoft repeatedly stresses the importance of not using an Admin. account for everyday use, especially when connected to the internet. MS cites the increased risk of a hacker gaining control of your system when using the Admin. My original (and present) Accounts configuration was molded by their concerns. However, it is such a pain in the ___, I am about one inch away from trashing my User account and having only one identity 24/7 (that of the Admin). I’m now thinking that my computer time would be more pleasurable with that change and if I fall prey to a malicious person’s attack on my computer, hey…though it is a serious drag, a clean install of the OS should put me right again.
Guess I verbalized that which has been internalized…seems I’ve made my decision. I’ve only known one person whose computer was ‘vandalized’ by a hacker…really not bad odds I’m thinking.
I’ll close, now that I have tempted fate so publicly…fingers crossed behind back 🙂
Nancy
Nancy, I noticed on another post that you’re on DSL now, too. Are you hooked to a router? If so, those have usually got good firewall protection that makes the issue of running as an Admin less scary. I’m not real conversant about that stuff in the Win world, since I only have to keep the dumb things running and don’t often use them, but even if Win XP doesn’t have something built in, I’m sure you can get firewall protection through software, too. Simplify your life so you can enjoy XP! As a Win system goes (from my admittedly biased position as a Mac lover!) it’s really nice, and you shouldn’t have to spoil the experience by fighting user accounts! 🙂
