Switch On

[Tammy]

Anyone used the program 'Switch On' on their 5mx?

It seems to be a neat piece of freeware (thanks to the author) but I've had loads of problems with it.

The main difficulty is that the initial 'Agenda' screen sometimes locks in and then can't be got rid of by any means that I know of.

Other programs can be run above it, but they run awfully slowly.

Then the only way (that I know of) to get rid of the pesky agenda screen is to do a hard reset. Not the most friendly thing to do.

Any comments?

Cheers

Tam

[netBookBabe]

Doing a hard reset sounds a bit drastic! I think I would be dispensing with this program if that was frequently necessary.

Have you tried keying Ctrl-Fn-Shift-K? (All pressed simultaneously.) This should "kill" whatever application is in the foreground - it normally sorts out a hung program. If that doesn't work, I'd be surprised if a soft reset was not enough to fix it.

Julie

[Tammy]

I tried a soft reset ... main batteries out ... but that didn't fix it. The thing was still running when I came back and showed up on the Systems 'open files' screen. I couldn't seem to get rid of it, no matter what I did. :mad:

[MikeMcC]

Originally posted by Tammy
I tried a soft reset ... main batteries out ... but that didn't fix it. The thing was still running when I came back and showed up on the Systems 'open files' screen. I couldn't seem to get rid of it, no matter what I did. :mad: Ouch! That is not a soft reset, in fact it isn't a reset at all - you will only drain your backup battery doing that, because it holds the machine's status to allow you to change main batteries.

To perform a "soft" reset press something like an unbent paperclip into the reset hole beside the backup battery without touching any keys on the keyboard. Then switch on again pressing only the Esc key.

Should you need to perform a "batteries out" very hard reset, remove the backup battery first and then the main batteries. Replace the main batteries first and then the backup battery. That way, the backup battery doesn't have to deliver any current.

[Tammy]

Ah ... thanks Mike, for the advice on the soft reset. I didn't realise that, though, now I come to look, it is written clearly in the manual. :o

(Writes out a thousand times 'RTFM')

Anyway ... I've unistalled 'Switch On'. It seemed to be more trouble than it was worth.

Cheers