Preps not Previewing...

[mpreston]

We had a Windows 2000 box which had another completely unrelated program mess up the OS upon installation, and Preps Preview stopped functioning. We ended up re-installing Windows 2000 and all the DTP apps. The preview worked normally again after doing this.

Word of advice, do what we do. Get your box working right, and image the machine...so you have something to fall back on.

MP

Originally Posted by DCurry

I always ask the "obvious" questions first, as there is no way to know the technical skill level or experience of the person with the problem.

Ok, but again, a post with no help...
What's the second questions?

Originally Posted by mpreston

We had a Windows 2000 box which had another completely unrelated program mess up the OS upon installation, and Preps Preview stopped functioning. We ended up re-installing Windows 2000 and all the DTP apps. The preview worked normally again after doing this.

Thanks, but it appears to be working 'normally' without problems.
This thread is about making Preps preview faster, any suggestions on what would control the speed of the preview?
Thanks in advance.
Mark

I must have mis-interpreted your question.
As far as speeding up previewing - my experience with Preps stems back to when we were running it on a Pentium 60, and I'm currently running Pro 4.22 build 377 on a Windows 2000 SP3, P4 2.4 GHz with 1 GB of RAM. The only significant improvement I've seen is switching to a PDF - > PDF jobs. They preview lightning quick. It seems that using Mixed Files -> Postscript is still slow and hasn't significantly changed in the years I've used Preps. Adding more RAM doesn't seem to help much either.
Sorry I can't be much help.
MP

[mpreston]

Last post was from me. And, the name of this thread is 'Preps Not Previewing', not 'Preps isn't Previewing Quickly'.
People are trying to be helpful in a FREE forum. Telling people off about their answers isn't going to help anything.

[DCurry]

Originally Posted by mpreston

Last post was from me. And, the name of this thread is 'Preps Not Previewing', not 'Preps isn't Previewing Quickly'.
People are trying to be helpful in a FREE forum. Telling people off about their answers isn't going to help anything.

Glad it wasn't just me getting that vibe - thanks!

Originally Posted by mpreston

Last post was from me. And, the name of this thread is 'Preps Not Previewing', not 'Preps isn't Previewing Quickly'.
People are trying to be helpful in a FREE forum. Telling people off about their answers isn't going to help anything.

After the initial reply it became about speed of the preview, and the remaining posts have been on that subject. All I was saying is that if you don't know the answer, either don't give advice or don't act like you know something and then give nothing.

Originally Posted by Guest

Sorry I can't be much help.
MP

Thanks for your honesty, but everything you said seems to be what I am getting from other posters, although some seem to say they know something and are talking around what it is.

Originally Posted by DCurry

Glad it wasn't just me getting that vibe - thanks!

Sorry you feel that way, I wasn't being confrontational

Originally Posted by DCurry

Chill out

, just was hoping for more professionalism, that's all.

I'm not shouting, yelling or anything like that, just asking that people be professional.

[RosieHS]

Mark,
Maybe "you" should have more professional manners.
This is an awesome forum -- the members are extremely knowledgeable and courtious. This is a forum where professionals and novices alike can bounce ideas back and forth. Some learn by trial and error others just hit the manuals and gather knowledge there. You can't always expect quick solutions to these technical issues.

Originally Posted by RosieHS

the members are extremely knowledgeable and courtious(sic).

It's possible some members are, I've just seen none of it.

Originally Posted by RosieHS

You can't always expect quick solutions to these technical issues.

I never expected a quick solution, just more detailed information from someone that, obviously now, pretended to know more than they did.
They tried to offer a "quick solution", but it solved nothing, so I was simply asking for more details because I found their "solution" to be of no value.
FYI, that's how professionals do it, they keep asking questions.
I don't know where you come from, but I'm used to professional courtesy, and here there is none, only accusations of something non-existent that shouldn't even be an issue.
Trying to put someone down for seeking solutions is neither professional, courteous, nor is it productive.