Hope this is the right forum. If not, move it. However here's my story and wondering if it's ever happened to anyone else.
Now here's whats happening to me. I'm running my Gateway, with XP and only have TRS 04, 06 and 10 installed. Now down in the right hand bottom is the zoom level, in windows. So, lets say I'm in here and I'm scrolling down with the mouse wheel, to see different post's. In fact anywhere, ie Google etc, that I have to use the wheel.
Then out of nowhere, the zoom level will go crazy!! Now what I'm referring to is, as I try to scroll, the mouse wheel will suddenly zoom the whole page in and out, whichever way I turn the wheel. Example....if I turn the wheel counter clockwise, the screen will zoom down to 10%. If I turn the wheel the other way, it will zoom all the way in to 1000%.
Ok so far, this is not Trainz related right? Well let me explain more about it. Every so often, when I'm in surveyor (of any Trainz program) the compass will go crazy on me and just spin the whole layout in circles, instead of roaming like it should. Then I have to shut down the program, then shut down the computer and do a restart and run the c cleaner (which I never find anything it has to clean at a major point.
But before I do a restart, my Google and c cleaner icon are lit up in blue. And just for grits and giggles, I double click on c cleaner and google pops up and vice versa.
I know I know so what still does this have to do with Trainz? Hang on.
Around 6 mos ago, my Gateway crashed and had to be reprogramed, by the pc fixer upper. So in turn, I was wanting Trainz, while I waited. So I went along and installed TRS 04 on another pc, that always worked great. Never had a problem with it. Bought it brand new in 03. It just got too old. Anyway, approx. 1 day after I installed 04. That computer did the same thing with the zoom in and out, wheel deal. So just for a little test, I uninstalled 04, cleaned everything up and it ran just fine. I got online all over the place where I had to scroll and not a lick of zoom problems. Then I reinstalled 04 and it ran just fine for around 2 days. Then again, out of nowhere, it did it again.
Now back in the beginning of this year, I installed 2010 on my win-7 machine and as far as I recall, it done the same thing to that computer also. But only a couple of times. As of now (so far) that one is doing fine. (Knock on wood)
So in conclusion, here I sit with my XP doing the same thing:'( . Not always but when it starts to do this, it just won't quit. I've had to reboot several times to get it to stop. But the merry go round in surveyor, tells me it's doing it again. Oh and by the wayside. Sometimes the surveyor go round wiil stop if I just save as. But then it will crash. Now when this happens, I have to give it a cold boot. Then, when it boots back up, I have to do a restart again and run the cleaner. All in all it's driving me crazy and gets very frustrating!!!!!
Any suggestions from any of you computer whiz fellers? And again, has anyone ever had this problem after installing Trainz?
Sure would appriciate it. If I can't cure it, I fixen on buying another win-7 machine.
Doug
Now here's whats happening to me. I'm running my Gateway, with XP and only have TRS 04, 06 and 10 installed. Now down in the right hand bottom is the zoom level, in windows. So, lets say I'm in here and I'm scrolling down with the mouse wheel, to see different post's. In fact anywhere, ie Google etc, that I have to use the wheel.
Then out of nowhere, the zoom level will go crazy!! Now what I'm referring to is, as I try to scroll, the mouse wheel will suddenly zoom the whole page in and out, whichever way I turn the wheel. Example....if I turn the wheel counter clockwise, the screen will zoom down to 10%. If I turn the wheel the other way, it will zoom all the way in to 1000%.
Ok so far, this is not Trainz related right? Well let me explain more about it. Every so often, when I'm in surveyor (of any Trainz program) the compass will go crazy on me and just spin the whole layout in circles, instead of roaming like it should. Then I have to shut down the program, then shut down the computer and do a restart and run the c cleaner (which I never find anything it has to clean at a major point.
But before I do a restart, my Google and c cleaner icon are lit up in blue. And just for grits and giggles, I double click on c cleaner and google pops up and vice versa.
I know I know so what still does this have to do with Trainz? Hang on.
Around 6 mos ago, my Gateway crashed and had to be reprogramed, by the pc fixer upper. So in turn, I was wanting Trainz, while I waited. So I went along and installed TRS 04 on another pc, that always worked great. Never had a problem with it. Bought it brand new in 03. It just got too old. Anyway, approx. 1 day after I installed 04. That computer did the same thing with the zoom in and out, wheel deal. So just for a little test, I uninstalled 04, cleaned everything up and it ran just fine. I got online all over the place where I had to scroll and not a lick of zoom problems. Then I reinstalled 04 and it ran just fine for around 2 days. Then again, out of nowhere, it did it again.
Now back in the beginning of this year, I installed 2010 on my win-7 machine and as far as I recall, it done the same thing to that computer also. But only a couple of times. As of now (so far) that one is doing fine. (Knock on wood)
So in conclusion, here I sit with my XP doing the same thing:'( . Not always but when it starts to do this, it just won't quit. I've had to reboot several times to get it to stop. But the merry go round in surveyor, tells me it's doing it again. Oh and by the wayside. Sometimes the surveyor go round wiil stop if I just save as. But then it will crash. Now when this happens, I have to give it a cold boot. Then, when it boots back up, I have to do a restart again and run the cleaner. All in all it's driving me crazy and gets very frustrating!!!!!
Any suggestions from any of you computer whiz fellers? And again, has anyone ever had this problem after installing Trainz?
Sure would appriciate it. If I can't cure it, I fixen on buying another win-7 machine.
Doug
