[prev] [thread] [next] [lurker] [Date index for 2004/04/18]
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Jonathan Katz wrote:
> On Sunday, April 18, 2004, at 06:54 AM, Ann Barcomb wrote:
>
>> Now I can't restart Notes, because it terminated in a way it didn't
>> expect. My options are to restart the computer (I'm used to this,
>> whenever I have to deal with Windows, so I would grumble but do it),
>> _OR_ log out and log in again. Why, if that's all that is required to
>> fix this alleged problem, can't Notes run the damn start-up/cleanup
>> stuff itself? Is it going to gain something by me having to type in 5
>> passwords all over again (1 login, 1 Notes, 3 htaccess restricted
>> websites)?
>
> There is actually a way around this, but it can be another source of
> hate. Notes has a few ancillary processes which you can kill from task
> manager, and not have to login/logout again. It's a PITA, but it saves
> some time. After killing Notes not-so-gracefully hunt in task manager
> for an 'nthpdr.exe' or something similar (it changes with different
> versions of notes.) Once that's killed you can restart notes.
Our Notes admins, at a previous place of work, had a little utility on
the desktop called 'Kill Notes', which would go through and kill all
those ugly little things if their main process died.
> Lotus Notes needs to die a horrible death, but even IBM won't put it
> out of its misery.
I feel that when the experts running the thing need that sort of utility
often enough to make it one of the most visible things on the desktop,
it truly underscores this point.
Daniel
--
We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas
American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.
-- Robert Hutchins
There's stuff above here
Generated at 14:02 on 01 Jul 2004 by mariachi 0.52