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Awww shucks, John... Conflict Catcher is a LOT more powerful than Extension
Manager. Besides, you can remove the " Conflict Extension" and run it as an
application.
Besides, MVK wrote us about this problem to begin with; so Conflict Catcher
would be a BIG help to him in isolating the problem since it's fairly well
automated. Using Conflict Catcher a few times will teach a user on how to
properly use Extension Manager; but for a new user Jeffrey Robbins' program is
a lifesaver.
Cheers!
Dan S.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Welch [mailto:jwelch@aer.com]
>Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 2:37 PM
>To: winmac@iffy.com
>Subject: Re: [WinMac] Bronze PB freezing
>
>
>1) Run, don't walk and get Disk Warrior. Nothing else can touch it, and
>it's *safe*. In the 2+ years since it came out, I've never had a disk killed
>because of it, (Unlike Norton and Tech Tool), and they have excellent tech
>support.
>
>2) You don't need Conflict Catcher, Extensions manager works fine, and CC
>has been known to react oddly with certain extensions. It has some neat
>features, but would just add to the variables.
>
>3) Try to shift boot. If it shift-boots, then the basic system is okay. I'd
>delete the System Preferences file and the Finder Preferences file. These
>can go bad, and cause odd problems.
>
>Also, *do* install the 9.0.4 update
>
>Then, in extensions manager, set it to Mac OS 9.0.4 Base, and reboot. Does
>the problem exist here? If so, then do a clean install of the OS.
>
>If not, the set EM to Mac OS 9.0.4 All, and reboot. Does the problem exist
>here? If so, in the 'View' menu, set the view to 'as packages', and then
>disable extensions one at a time, as packages, rebooting each time, until
>the problem goes away. Once it's gone, you've most likely found your
>conflict.
>
>If the problem *doesn't* exist here, then the problem is with one of the
>third party extensions that are left. Enable each extension, or package at a
>time, and reboot each time until you find the problem again.
>
>Conflict catcher will help automate this somewhat, but again, if you don't
>already have it, and you install it into a problematical system, you are
>going to change the equation quite a bit, and that will make accurate
>troubleshooting more difficult.
>
>john
>
>On 10/9/00 11:23 AM, "Dan Schwartz" <Dan@BrakeAndGo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Make sure you run Disk First Aid to repair any file system corruption. When
>> you get a crash, it wants to corrupt the file system. Then, when the file
>> system starts to get corrupt the Finder wants to crash... It's a downward
>> death
>> spiral!
>>
>> Also, buy yourself a copy of Casady & Greene's Conflict Catcher: Apple's
>> Extension Manager is a cheap knock-off; but Conflict Catcher automates the
>> process of finding the troublemaker Extensions & Control Panels.
>
>--
>"By way of deception, thou shalt do war."
>Israel's Mossad
>
>
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