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Russell Houlton:
You might want to figure out what they are doing
wrong that it messes up like that.
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Apparently this is quite a widespread problem. On
a recent (about a week ago) Send/Receive, the clerk
got a very big popup screen (I saw it from way out
in the hallway) that gave explicit instructions on how
to properly shut down MLS, then use the Start menu
to stop Windows, then wait for it all to do its thing
before pulling the plug.
The popup was big enough and the wording was such
that I am certain the help desk is getting tired of this
problem. I have a suggestion for them.
Fix the program.
When it takes several minutes to exit MLS and
Windows, folks are not very happy, especially at the
end of a long day at Church. I understand that the
process of exiting MLS requires that the world be
recreated each time, especially in a large unit or,
heaven forbid, at a stake with 14 units. But there
really ought to be a way to make it faster.
Windows hogs about 30-45 seconds of our shutdown
time, probably getting rid of Java and whatever else
it likes to do. MLS takes the other 90-105 seconds.
But folks, thats between 2 and 2.5 minutes from the
time you hit the MLS Exit button before you can
leave the office, and by then your ride might have
left with the screaming children.
And that doesn't even count extraction of the
flash drives, turning off the lights, and whatever
else is going on.
Ok. I'm done. And in fairness, Windows XP is a
big part of the problem, not just MLS and Java.
Ok, I'm not done. I just love it when I am on the
phone with the help desk and they get all antsy
waiting for the computer to shutdown and reboot.
Ok. Now I'm done. [grin]
(By the way, I forgot what that other bedtime
story I was going to tell was about. Does that
make me a lost user?)
Larry Jackson
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