SPIDER Malfunction

[David W. Colo]

My system significantly slowed down after I inserted a thumb drive with jpgs
on it. Autoplay function (part of Adobe software I think) was triggered. I
usually get it stopped in the past, but not this time. SPIDER was open at
the time. After I got everything closed normally, I restarted Spider, and
the "Difficulty" pop-up opened, but the game screen itself does not open.
The SPIDER label shows up on the task bar, but does not display. Tried
maximize, restore, etc. and nothing works. I replaced the spider.exe file
with the file by the same name from my full system back-up. Nothing changed.
I suspect a .dll file or something similar got corrupted or deleted. I have
rebooted several times since, and I am running McAfee so don't have any
nasties on board. Anyone have any ideas as to how I might be able to fix
this? Thanks

[Jimmy S.]

Hi David W. Colo,

Since that problem just started happening recently, try a System Restore.

How to use Windows XP System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp

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David W. Colo Wrote:
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| My system significantly slowed down after I inserted a thumb drive with jpgs
| on it. Autoplay function (part of Adobe software I think) was triggered. I
| usually get it stopped in the past, but not this time. SPIDER was open at
| the time. After I got everything closed normally, I restarted Spider, and
| the "Difficulty" pop-up opened, but the game screen itself does not open.
| The SPIDER label shows up on the task bar, but does not display. Tried
| maximize, restore, etc. and nothing works. I replaced the spider.exe file
| with the file by the same name from my full system back-up. Nothing changed.
| I suspect a .dll file or something similar got corrupted or deleted. I have
| rebooted several times since, and I am running McAfee so don't have any
| nasties on board. Anyone have any ideas as to how I might be able to fix
| this? Thanks

[David W. Colo]

I wish I had known of that option right after the problem happened. But I
have installed add'l hardware (printer) with operating software since then,
so don't want to have to re-do that. So I will pass on your suggestion. It
is a good suggestion, I just failed to aske the question with the right
timing. Thank you.
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David Colorado

Post by Jimmy S.
Hi David W. Colo,
Since that problem just started happening recently, try a System Restore.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp
--
Cheers, Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________
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| My system significantly slowed down after I inserted a thumb drive with jpgs
| on it. Autoplay function (part of Adobe software I think) was triggered. I
| usually get it stopped in the past, but not this time. SPIDER was open at
| the time. After I got everything closed normally, I restarted Spider, and
| the "Difficulty" pop-up opened, but the game screen itself does not open.
| The SPIDER label shows up on the task bar, but does not display. Tried
| maximize, restore, etc. and nothing works. I replaced the spider.exe file
| with the file by the same name from my full system back-up. Nothing changed.
| I suspect a .dll file or something similar got corrupted or deleted. I have
| rebooted several times since, and I am running McAfee so don't have any
| nasties on board. Anyone have any ideas as to how I might be able to fix
| this? Thanks