Photoshop and Elements crash Win XP

"Jonas HS" wrote in message

Hi,

I’m using Elements but used to have the same problem with PS. The program crashes my Win XP Home, geting me a blue screen with white letters.
This (often, not always) happens when I change "levels" and sometimes when

I

save my image – probably at other times also.
The images I’m editing are not particularly large.

Anyone have a solution?

Thx.

My system:
512 MB Ram
1100 MhZ CPU

Most likely a video driver issue. Make sure you have the latest driver for your computers video card.

Most likely a video driver issue. Make sure you have the latest driver for your computers video card.

You may well be right – but I do have the latest drivers.

J

"SpaceGirl" skrev i en meddelelse

"Jonas HS" wrote in message

Hi,

I’m using Elements but used to have the same problem with PS. The program crashes my Win XP Home, geting me a blue screen with white letters.
This (often, not always) happens when I change "levels" and sometimes

when

I

save my image – probably at other times also.
The images I’m editing are not particularly large.

Anyone have a solution?

Thx.

My system:
512 MB Ram
1100 MhZ CPU

Most likely a video driver issue. Make sure you have the latest driver for your computers video card.

It may be possible that your memory is broken. Do you have 1×512 or 2×256? In the latter case, you could try to remove one bank of memory.

Waldo

"Jonas HS" wrote in message

Most likely a video driver issue. Make sure you have the latest driver

for

your computers video card.

You may well be right – but I do have the latest drivers.
J

"SpaceGirl" skrev i en meddelelse

"Jonas HS" wrote in message

Hi,

I’m using Elements but used to have the same problem with PS. The program crashes my Win XP Home, geting me a blue screen with white letters.
This (often, not always) happens when I change "levels" and sometimes

when

I

save my image – probably at other times also.
The images I’m editing are not particularly large.

Anyone have a solution?

Thx.

My system:
512 MB Ram
1100 MhZ CPU

Most likely a video driver issue. Make sure you have the latest driver

for

your computers video card.

How long ago did you install elements? I also have an XP and when I installed elements it crashed my computer every time I tried to open it. It turned out to be one of the XP updates that was doing it. I spoke with someone at the service centre provided with elements and they told me to delete one update at a time and then see if it fixes the problem. If not then reinstall that one and try another one. It worked for me and I have not had any further problems.
—
Catherine, Ottawa, Ont. Canada
Using Olympus C-4000z and or C-5050z & Photoshop 7

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"Jonas HS" wrote in message

Hi,

I’m using Elements but used to have the same problem with PS. The program crashes my Win XP Home, geting me a blue screen with white letters.
This (often, not always) happens when I change "levels" and sometimes when

I

save my image – probably at other times also.
The images I’m editing are not particularly large.

Anyone have a solution?

Thx.

My system:
512 MB Ram
1100 MhZ CPU

Catherine, whoever told you that is frankly an idiot. Reinstall Element, reinstall the video driver and see if that works. The updates are there for a good reason; your security and the security of those ppl you know. It wouldn’t be nice if your machine was infected by a slammer virus, and then promptly infected all your friends machines via email simply because you decided not to update….

"Catherine Gardner" wrote in message

How long ago did you install elements? I also have an XP and when I installed elements it crashed my computer every time I tried to open it.

It

turned out to be one of the XP updates that was doing it. I spoke with someone at the service centre provided with elements and they told me to delete one update at a time and then see if it fixes the problem. If not then reinstall that one and try another one. It worked for me and I have not had any further problems.
—
Catherine, Ottawa, Ont. Canada
Using Olympus C-4000z and or C-5050z & Photoshop 7

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"Jonas HS" wrote in message

Hi,

I’m using Elements but used to have the same problem with PS. The program crashes my Win XP Home, geting me a blue screen with white letters.
This (often, not always) happens when I change "levels" and sometimes

when

I

save my image – probably at other times also.
The images I’m editing are not particularly large.

Anyone have a solution?

Thx.

My system:
512 MB Ram
1100 MhZ CPU

Am running XP with all updates, PhotoShop 7.01 never had a crash. Sure runs good.
Jim

"SpaceGirl" wrote in message

Frankly, either install the updates now or get off the internet. The

reason

your PC is crashing is more likely to be down to a virus than anything

else.

People, you MUST INSTALL UPDATES. Occasionally they may go wrong (never in the case of our studios with over 100 Windows XP machines), but it’s far less risky than having someone break into your system, steal your work and leave you with a virus. Yes?

"Oh, I dont change the break pads on my car. I hear it can go wrong."
"Jonas HS" wrote in message

I just installed Elements.
For the reason you mention I have not installed a single Windows update patch – my former experience tells me that they make things worse.
– Jonas

"Catherine Gardner" skrev i en meddelelse

How long ago did you install elements? I also have an XP and when I installed elements it crashed my computer every time I tried to open

it.

It

turned out to be one of the XP updates that was doing it. I spoke

with

someone at the service centre provided with elements and they told me

to

delete one update at a time and then see if it fixes the problem. If

not

then reinstall that one and try another one. It worked for me and I

have

not had any further problems.
—
Catherine, Ottawa, Ont. Canada
Using Olympus C-4000z and or C-5050z & Photoshop 7

news:alt.binaries.photos.original , news:alt.photography , news:alt.graphics.photoshop

"Jonas HS" wrote in message

Hi,

I’m using Elements but used to have the same problem with PS. The program crashes my Win XP Home, geting me a blue screen with

white

letters.
This (often, not always) happens when I change "levels" and

sometimes

when

I

save my image – probably at other times also.
The images I’m editing are not particularly large.

Anyone have a solution?

Thx.

My system:
512 MB Ram
1100 MhZ CPU

I regularly update my windows! It was in that one case a few months back where the one update crashed the elements program. The day I called they had just had a larger number of people run into the same problem. Since deleting that one patch, reinstalling elements, then updating on a regular basis I have had no further problems.

Which update? Everyone’s being so vague about the vital information 🙂

"Laurence Payne" wrote in message

I regularly update my windows! It was in that one case a few months back where the one update crashed the elements program. The day I called they had just had a larger number of people run into the same problem. Since deleting that one patch, reinstalling elements, then updating on a

regular

basis I have had no further problems.

Which update? Everyone’s being so vague about the vital information 🙂

Patches get patched, so the chances are if there was a serious glitch a while ago it’ll have been resolved by now… hm. I have no idea what patch. 🙂

Frankly, either install the updates now or get off the internet.

Frankly, I have no intention of doing either. I’ve auto-updated my Windows before leading to severe problems. It has never run more smoothly than without any update. My PS problems have appeared both with and without Win updates.

The reason your PC is crashing is more likely to be down to a virus than

anything else.
Plain wrong. Antivirus and firewall are alive and kicking. Quite likely a hardware issue, though.

People, you MUST INSTALL UPDATES.

Speaking from personal experience I would advice everybody to do no such thing. But this discussion belongs in another newsgroup. There’s a hint for you.

– Jonas

"SpaceGirl" skrev i en meddelelse

Frankly, either install the updates now or get off the internet. The

reason

your PC is crashing is more likely to be down to a virus than anything

else.

People, you MUST INSTALL UPDATES. Occasionally they may go wrong (never in the case of our studios with over 100 Windows XP machines), but it’s far less risky than having someone break into your system, steal your work and leave you with a virus. Yes?

"Oh, I dont change the break pads on my car. I hear it can go wrong."
"Jonas HS" wrote in message

I just installed Elements.
For the reason you mention I have not installed a single Windows update patch – my former experience tells me that they make things worse.
– Jonas

"Catherine Gardner" skrev i en meddelelse

How long ago did you install elements? I also have an XP and when I installed elements it crashed my computer every time I tried to open

it.

It

turned out to be one of the XP updates that was doing it. I spoke

with

someone at the service centre provided with elements and they told me

to

delete one update at a time and then see if it fixes the problem. If

not

then reinstall that one and try another one. It worked for me and I

have

not had any further problems.
—
Catherine, Ottawa, Ont. Canada
Using Olympus C-4000z and or C-5050z & Photoshop 7

news:alt.binaries.photos.original , news:alt.photography , news:alt.graphics.photoshop

"Jonas HS" wrote in message

Hi,

I’m using Elements but used to have the same problem with PS. The program crashes my Win XP Home, geting me a blue screen with

white

letters.
This (often, not always) happens when I change "levels" and

sometimes

when

I

save my image – probably at other times also.
The images I’m editing are not particularly large.

Anyone have a solution?

Thx.

My system:
512 MB Ram
1100 MhZ CPU

"Jonas HS" wrote in message

Frankly, either install the updates now or get off the internet.

Frankly, I have no intention of doing either. I’ve auto-updated my Windows before leading to severe problems. It has never run more smoothly than without any update. My PS problems have appeared both with and without Win updates.

The reason your PC is crashing is more likely to be down to a virus than

anything else.
Plain wrong. Antivirus and firewall are alive and kicking. Quite likely a hardware issue, though.

People, you MUST INSTALL UPDATES.

Speaking from personal experience I would advice everybody to do no such thing. But this discussion belongs in another newsgroup. There’s a hint

for

you.

– Jonas

People like you are responsible for propagating virus and worms in the first place… Never mind.