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The mysterious box of nothingness....

Postby Ella Edric » Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:38 pm

January 20, 2010 9:21 PM
I encountered the mysterious box of nothingness.
It... wont go away....
It haunts me.

9 minutes earlier...

Midknight74012 10:07 - so, hows the drawing coming along?

BethanyCG 10:07 - ok.

BethanyCG 10:07 - i need to scan in my scetch

Midknight74012 jumps on his bed.

Midknight74012 10:08 - I WANNA KNOW, I WANNA KNOW!!

BethanyCG 10:08 - how about now!

Midknight74012 10:08 - PWEZE!

BethanyCG 10:08 - brb gonna scan it in a =nd let you see.

Midknight74012 10:08 - TG, no touching of the keyboard.

BethanyCG 10:08 - no that was me

BethanyCG 10:10 - I wont Mid....OOPS!

Midknight74012 10:10 - ....

BethanyCG 10:11 - i just put it on the scanner noe to do the stuffs on the computor.

BethanyCG 10:11 - now*

Midknight74012 is having a hard time sitting still

BethanyCG 10:13 - you must remember that it is ONLY A SCETCH!

Midknight74012 10:14 - okay, okay...

BethanyCG 10:14 - i am unsure if i can do it in this weak kneed computor either.

BethanyCG 10:15 - it is glitching....

Midknight74012 is still waiting

Midknight74012 10:16 - dude, there was a 3.3 earthquake in Arkansas

BethanyCG 10:16 - something is wrong

Midknight74012 10:16 - oh great

BethanyCG 10:17 - there is a box in the middle of the screen!!!

Midknight74012 10:17 - what does it say? or what is it suppose to be?

BethanyCG 10:17 - it clones everything that was there previously!

BethanyCG 10:17 - it's a aquare.....

BethanyCG 10:18 - square*

Midknight74012 10:18 - so, you click OK, it reappears?

BethanyCG 10:18 - no. it's a box...

BethanyCG 10:18 - a box of nothingness

BethanyCG 10:18 - witha and hourglass whenever iput my mouse on it....

BethanyCG 10:19 - HELP ME!!!!!!!!

Midknight74012 10:19 - CTRL + ALT + DELETE, it opens up the window to show what in the world your computer is trying to do. Do this ONCE!

BethanyCG 10:19 - i tried iy already...

BethanyCG 10:20 - it didnt know the thing was EVEN THERE!

BethanyCG 10:20 - like i said... BOX OF NOTHINGNESS!!!!!!!!!!

Midknight74012 10:20 - is there anything you don't recognize on the task bar? (the bar on the bottom of the screen)

BethanyCG 10:20 - it does not exist....

BethanyCG 10:21 - its a box of nothingess

Midknight74012 10:21 - a box of non-existence

BethanyCG 10:21 - nothing on task bar

BethanyCG 10:21 - nothingness!!!!!

Midknight74012 10:21 - annoying little... did this happen after you scanned the picture?

BethanyCG 10:22 - no when i clicjed on the program

BethanyCG 10:22 - clicked*

BethanyCG 10:22 - i clicked exit and..... IT appeared....

Midknight74012 10:23 - a box of nothingness with no meaning appeared. I don't think I've had that problem.

BethanyCG 10:23 - Mid......... help......

BethanyCG 10:24 - it.... wont go away.....

BethanyCG 10:25 - MID!!!!!

Midknight74012 10:25 - reboot is all I can think of. if that doesn't help, I'll try to get a hold of a friend tomorrow.

BethanyCG 10:26 - i need a password to get back on...

BethanyCG 10:26 - my dad has it. he's asleep....

Midknight74012 can think of a way to hack that...

Midknight74012 10:26 - tee hee hee....

BethanyCG 10:27 - *gasp*

Midknight74012 10:27 - I found a video that showed how to change the password without having to know the previous password

Midknight74012 10:27 - but I'm not sure if you should do that.

BethanyCG 10:27 - i know how to.

Midknight74012 10:27 - through the command prompt?

BethanyCG 10:28 - but i would get in trouble

BethanyCG 10:28 - yup

BethanyCG 10:28 - me thinks...

Midknight74012 10:28 - lets not try that...

Midknight74012 10:28 - if only Mith were here.

BethanyCG 10:28 - no let's not.

BethanyCG 10:29 - well it's my desktop...

BethanyCG 10:29 - not internet.

Midknight74012 10:29 - right click on the program giving you trouble.

Midknight74012 10:29 - the icon, if you can

10:29 - A chime sounds at the front door. KAyato enters the chat.

KAyato 10:29 - Hi

Midknight74012 10:29 - K-chan, how's your knowledge of computers?

KAyato 10:30 - Not very high

KAyato 10:30 - You'd have to ask one of my friends who makes a living fixing and assembling computers.

Midknight74012 10:31 - have you heard of the evil box of nothingness?

KAyato 10:31 - Nope

BethanyCG 10:31 - IT'S STILL THERE!!!!

KAyato 10:31 - What are you talking about?

BethanyCG 10:32 - THE MYSTERIOUS BOX OF NOTHINGNESS!!!!

Midknight74012 10:32 - there is a box of nonexistence with no purpose that is taking up RAM

KAyato 10:32 - You're talking to the wrong person.

BethanyCG 10:32 - It... scares me...

BethanyCG 10:33 - no, mysterious CLONING BOX box of nothingness....



It's... still there....
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Postby Ante Bellum » Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:54 pm

Um...Oh, wow. I can't say I know anything about this box.
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Postby Ella Edric » Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:59 pm

It's mysterious....
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Postby Ante Bellum » Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:16 pm

It's deadly!
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Postby Tsukuyomi » Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:21 pm

I'm not sure what it could be, but I'll go ahead and move this to Computing ^__^

Hopefully, someone will be able to help you there ^__^
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Postby Nate » Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:22 pm

Wow, to think we live in a day and age where family members living in the same house don't even talk to each other in real life, they do it on online chats.

Oh internet. Never change.
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Postby Ella Edric » Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:56 pm

No, we talk! but when we are on chat we always goof around!
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Postby Tsukuyomi » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:18 pm

Have you tried scanning again, Bethany ^___^? is the box still there o.o? What's the scanning process exactly ^__^?
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Postby Ella Edric » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:54 am

The box is gone because i restarted the computor. But when i tried again, it happened again. I just won't try on that computor I guess. But I can't scan anything in for a while then. So sad. BTW, We have HP solution center.
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Postby goldenspines » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:39 pm

If I understand this correctly, you were trying to scan a picture and this black box appeared on your screen?
And you say you used HP solution center to scan in your picture? I haven't had any experience with the program.
But several things you can look into are, one, is this the first time you are trying to use the scanner or have you used it in the past and it was successful (aka: no weird box)? If yes, check to see what changes have been made to the computer since you last used the scanner, that may have something to do with it not working.
And two, are you running any other applications when you are trying to scan? Sometimes computers will be picky about running a scanner and other programs at the same time and freeze up stuff (at least my compy is XD). Also, if the program came with a FAQ file or a troubleshooting pdf, that might warrant a look through to see if the issue is addressed in there.

Otherwise, that's all I can offer. Best of luck.
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Postby Ella Edric » Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:20 pm

Tankoo!
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Postby RidleyofZebes » Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:53 pm

To me, it sounds like you have a splash screen or some other kind of frame-based applet that has stopped responding. Try opening the task manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL) and browsing through the Processes tab for anything that looks like it might be used for your scanning program, or just anything that looks like it's using an above-average amount of resources that you don't recognize. I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you know a little about the system processes, tho. You can cause trouble if you close the wrong thing. XD
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