The dreaded lollipop
I have read as much as I can about this topic...and nothing seems to work.
I have several new G4 emacs in a computer lab...they are all 256 mb RAM...actually, some are 512.
We are getting the spinning lollipop/ball . I have emptied the recent items aliases (which shouldn't be a problem when there are only 4-9 items in the folder...NEW computers....2 weeks out of the box....
I did the "repair permission thing" ... and this morning I have had three computers fall into the spinning lollipop mode while using Appleworks.
These computers have Tiger installed, and we've done the software updates that pop up.
We use Appleworks because it has always been easy to use, it has been a dependable program that came installed on the computers...making it much more cost effective than having to purchase that MS stuff for an entire school.
Any more suggestions??
thanks!!
Fonts are one of the things that used to cause me no end of problems... you can have several versions of the same font which get installed with new software(appleworks / mircosoft office / system / adobe) .. they all have different homes on your hard drive. Move them and you might have problems - particularly system fonts. Like any file, these fonts can also become corrupt, which could cause the problems you are having.
I now use extensis suitcase & font doctor to manage my 1000's of fonts - ideal for designers but maybe more than you need for general school use?!
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