Brian. Try resetting your Preferences file first just to eliminate the possibility it has become corrupt. (See the FAQs for "how to") This can happen following a crash or a bad shut down ie: switching off the compluter before closing Photoshop properly.
I always follow proper shutdown procedure, and it hasn’t crashed, but I will try that…thank you.
I reset my prefs…no luck
tried a different file…nothing
restarted my comp…still nothing
I need my vanishing point filter, but my comp is the only one with photoshop on it… I’m going to shut down and leave it off for a little while…
O_o It’s working now…whatever….
Thanks chris
Shut it down and leave it off awhile…. and it then works… Hhhmmmmm.
That sounds like heat build up and/or a component going bad.
I suggest getting Windows Memory Diagnostic off the Microsoft site (free). The file is windiag.iso and it boots the computer and runs from CD.
At least trying that will give you a memory chip check and either find what may be the problem or rule out memory as the cause. Be sure to read the text file on how to run it. You will probably want to have it cycle through the tests several times after the computer has been on for awhile to let the temperature build to its normal component temperature.
Good luck,
Bill
I don’t have the OS CD, the problem is on my work computer. My home comp is fine. The VP filter is the only thing that’s ever acted strangely on this computer since I’ve been using it. Not saying that there couldn’t be a problem, but no other software has messed up, and I use a few programs for design and page layouts for catalogs and brochures. I will request the CD, though, maybe the test will reveal something. I’m not trying to shoot holes in your theory, and I sincerely appreciate your reply. Perhaps I should have given that information to begin with.
Brian,
IF your post #7 refers to my post #6, you download the windiag.iso file (CD image file) and burn IT to CD. Then the Windows computer boots from the CD. No system disk is required.
I used Nero to create the CD. Other software probably can do it as well. If you don’t have a program that can do it, perhaps you can put the file on a CD and have a friend or co-worker do it. I don’t know if it is available already on CD.
Bill
