LT 2008 not responding

[Anonymous]

I expect I will get a lot of flak about using an old version, but it has been working perfectly for 8 years and, well, I'm loathe to just abandon it and start again with a new version. A bit like my Windows XP. Today, out of the blue, the program has decided to freeze on virtually any command after opening a drawing. My drawings aren't large, in fact I started a new 'blank' drawing, drew one line, and tried to save it but it wouldn't save. Even the cursor on the command line stopped, no mouse pointer, nothing. Had to use Task Manager to close the program, many times today. None of my other programs are affected.

I've tried repairing the installation through Windows Add/Remove, but that made no difference. I then tried reinstalling, but it said I needed the original CD which I don't think I ever had (I'm pretty sure it was a download).

Any ideas? 

[pendean]

If you have it installed, uninstall DROPBOX then restart Windows and see if your problem goes away.

Otherwise you probably picked up a virus or something hosed the program in WindowsXP. that is now totally prone to security issues.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Many thanks. I've uninstalled Dropbox and my LT is working perfectly now. I would never have guessed there was any connection.

[Emmsleys]

Thanks for providing an update to your thread. Learned something new as well!