I've been silent for a while, but for some good reasons. First and foremost was helping my wife navigate through (yet another) major surgery and initial recovery period. She is doing very well lately, so I am back to work starting tomorrow. If there is anything one doesn't want to become a veteran of, it is surgery. Trust me on that. But Shell is an amazing woman.
While she was recovering I had some fairly large chunks of time at the house. But wouldn't you know it? My internet provider AND Groove personal accounts both went wacky for about a week. My initial response was to run through all the normal trouble shooting tricks. Hard boot of router, and even talk to a knucklehead at tech support for my ISP ("The problem seems to be on your end Sir"...after which my connectivity magically started working again, with zero intervention on my part. Hmmm)
With regards to Groove, I did my first GrooveClean -all on my home desktop. Because of the timing involved I simply could not back up all my spaces so I had to make some tough decisions. Think of it as the classic lifeboat-can-only-fit-so-many-people scenario. I alternated between getting ticked off that I'd have to resort to such a draconian measure as wiping all accounts and Importing the primary one I have, and leaving Groove shut down completely. That last one was my favorite for a while as I had time to finish KoToR (awesome game). A one last GrooveClean, reboot, and 'poof!' I am back in business on all fronts.
I have put in a request to the Groove forums for them to develop a way to wipe each account discretely. Instead of GrooveClean -all, let me pick which account. Things are problematic when you cannot even log into an account to delete it from that machine. You're left with a nuclear bomb approach when all you need is a bullet. Oh, and if you are wondering if 3.0 is a better product, I confess that the beta leaves all of us using it salivating for the full release. During my trials I can honestly say my 3.0beta install was more reliable than 2.5j. Not to mention MUCH more fast. As I tinker with Forms fairly often I have switched my patterns to do 2.5 Forms development using 3.0. No hangs, no 'white screens of death'.
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