ATI Tool causing some strange conflicts?

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This is really strange. I'm using version 2.5.58 of the Omega Drivers for
my 256MB 9800Pro. These drivers have worked flawlessly, but lately, I've
noticed a very weird problem with ATITool (version 0.0.20). It seems
whenever ATITool is running in the background (on the system tray), it
prevents certain programs/control pannels from opening. For instance,
Notepad will not open. I also cannot get into the Device Manager. However,
when I exit ATITool, everything works fine. Notepad and the Device Manager
open up flawlessly.

This is *not* a spyware or virus issue, as I frequently scan my machine and
take excellent preventitive measures to stop the stuff from getting on there
in the first place. I even tried replacing notepad.exe with a copy I found
on merijn.org, but that was also a no-go.

Is there a setting in ATITool that might be causing this? I really like
having it load at startup so it can automatically switch between my
overclocked 3D settings, and the "default" Windows 2D settings.

 

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"Patrick Michael" <heismanpat@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> This is really strange. I'm using version 2.5.58 of the Omega Drivers for
> my 256MB 9800Pro. These drivers have worked flawlessly, but lately, I've
> noticed a very weird problem with ATITool (version 0.0.20). It seems
> whenever ATITool is running in the background (on the system tray), it
> prevents certain programs/control pannels from opening. For instance,
> Notepad will not open. I also cannot get into the Device Manager.
> However, when I exit ATITool, everything works fine. Notepad and the
> Device Manager open up flawlessly.
>
> This is *not* a spyware or virus issue, as I frequently scan my machine
> and take excellent preventitive measures to stop the stuff from getting on
> there in the first place. I even tried replacing notepad.exe with a copy
> I found on merijn.org, but that was also a no-go.
>
> Is there a setting in ATITool that might be causing this? I really like
> having it load at startup so it can automatically switch between my
> overclocked 3D settings, and the "default" Windows 2D settings.
>

Try downloading version 0.22

http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/

 

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"HockeyTownUSA" <magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> Try downloading version 0.22
>
> http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/

That seems to have done the trick! I probably should have downloaded this a
long time ago, as there was apparently a bug that prevented SP2 and Athlon64
systems from entering 3D mode. Thanks HockeyTown.

 

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"Patrick Michael" <heismanpat@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "HockeyTownUSA" <magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:0eGdnZl2ku8vQzTcRVn-qA@comcast.com...
>>
>> Try downloading version 0.22
>>
>> http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/
>
> That seems to have done the trick! I probably should have downloaded this
> a long time ago, as there was apparently a bug that prevented SP2 and
> Athlon64 systems from entering 3D mode. Thanks HockeyTown.
>

NP. When in doubt, update. Not that that always fixes the issue, but its a
good start.

 

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Have you tried RadLinker? It's the only Radeon tweaker/oc utility that does
not need to run in the background at all.

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"Patrick Michael" <heismanpat@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7Hkqd.61360$_g6.21613@okepread03...
> This is really strange. I'm using version 2.5.58 of the Omega Drivers for
> my 256MB 9800Pro. These drivers have worked flawlessly, but lately, I've
> noticed a very weird problem with ATITool (version 0.0.20). It seems
> whenever ATITool is running in the background (on the system tray), it
> prevents certain programs/control pannels from opening. For instance,
> Notepad will not open. I also cannot get into the Device Manager.
However,
> when I exit ATITool, everything works fine. Notepad and the Device
Manager
> open up flawlessly.
>
> This is *not* a spyware or virus issue, as I frequently scan my machine
and
> take excellent preventitive measures to stop the stuff from getting on
there
> in the first place. I even tried replacing notepad.exe with a copy I
found
> on merijn.org, but that was also a no-go.
>
> Is there a setting in ATITool that might be causing this? I really like
> having it load at startup so it can automatically switch between my
> overclocked 3D settings, and the "default" Windows 2D settings.
>
>