tmg-caster 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2014 Just got new machine with Win 8.1. The latest and last version of TMG keeps locking up on me and I have to shut it down. Pat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Hannah 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2014 Can't possibly help without more details. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tmg-caster 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2014 Thanks for responding. I am not sure what details I can give you. I open my project (small to medium size) and after working for less than 10 minutes, the windows are frozen. The main menu is grayed out, and I am not able to close any windows or the project. I have walked away for an hour or more and when I come back nothing has changed. When I go to the task manger there is no activity. I did upgrade the memory from 8gb to 16gb with hopes that would help but it didn't. Pat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Byram 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) Sometimes when you open a window in the TMG workspace, it will be hidden behind the other open TMG windows. The hidden window is waiting for a response and TMG appears to be locked up. You can bring the hidden window to the front so that you can respond to it. Use... Window menu / Center the current window Edited December 27, 2014 by Jim Byram Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tmg-caster 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2014 Not that I could find. I will try out the center window. That works. I guess having two monitors may not be a good thing. Thanks for helping. Pat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2014 Pat, As Jim says, this is usually caused by a window waiting for a response that opened behind another window so you can't see it. If Center the Current Window doesn't help get back and we will find some other suggestions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tmg-caster 0 Report post Posted December 28, 2014 Hi Jim and Terry Thanks for the help. In case someone else has this problem let me share what I found out. Jim was right, there was a hidden window and everything was locked up and greyed out including the main top menu. I shut down with the Task Manager. I started up again but this time when it locked up I was able to use the center window and the window that was hidden showed up. At this time I was working at home where I have a second monitor hooked up to my lap top. It worked fine until I took my lap top with me to another work place. It locked up on me again. After a lot of thinking about why, I realized the window might be hidden off screen. At home I had the screen stretched across the two monitors. At my new work place I don't have two monitors. I resized my window to fit just the lap top screen and the hidden window appeared. So far I haven't locked up again. Pat PS I am a long time user of TMG but new at using two monitors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites