# Now my wordpad is f\*\*\* up!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-my-wordpad-is-f-up/49732>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 12, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-my-wordpad-is-f-up/49732 "2001-01-12T18:04:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-my-wordpad-is-f-up/49732/1 "2001-01-12T18:04:47Z")

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Not only do I have to deal with my browser being crapped out to hell, now my wordpad and notepad don’t work right.  
No matter what document I open in either one of them, the same thing happens.

Any time I try to scroll down by using the scroll bar, the program will crash. I have to CTRL+ALT+DEL, and end it. The thing is, they won’t crash if I scroll through the document by moving the cursor with the arrow keys.

WTF?!

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**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-my-wordpad-is-f-up/49732/2 "2001-01-13T02:18:28Z")

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I would try a new mouse first. Also try to scandisk and degrag your machine. If the former do not help, try reinstalling your windows version. Good luck.

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**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-my-wordpad-is-f-up/49732/3 "2001-01-13T05:16:37Z")

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Check to see if new drivers are available. Especially if you’re using a Logitech mouse and Win 2K, since there’s a version of Logitch’s mouseware (or some similar name) that doesn’t work worth beans on 2K.

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**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-my-wordpad-is-f-up/49732/4 "2001-01-13T05:32:01Z")

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This advice helped **justwannano** , maybe it will help you.  
**[Computer locks up - justwannano](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50333)**

> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by tshirts \*  
> **First solution. Easy, safe, easy to undo.**  
> Go to  
> Start/ Settings/ Control Panel/ System  
> Performance tab/ Graphics/ Hardware Acceleration  
> Slide option to “None”. It will ask to reboot. Do so.
> 
> Problem solved, and you probably will never miss that “acceleration”.
> 
> **Second solution. Hard, risky, impossible to undo.**  
> Get software (freeware from [http://www.winfiles.com](http://www.winfiles.com) , etc.)to ferret out duplicate, old .dll files.  
> Look for those with the same name as others, but with different dates. The newer the date, the more likely it is to be correct.
> 
> If you use the second solution, rename the files (say from .dll to .dl\_ ) so you can undo them if things don’t get better, or if they get worse.
> 
> Good luck.

> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by justwannano \*  
> \*\*Hey Tshirts  
> Thanks a lot.  
> …
> 
> Tshirts acceleration suggestion fixed it. B]

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**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-my-wordpad-is-f-up/49732/5 "2001-01-15T00:09:58Z")

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Yep that "fixed "it