Yeah, decided to re-submit this thing again... lol.

Basically, every time I load gimp, it opens for me, ect; but when I close it (to throw some brushes in, ect) it loads slower, and then it gives me a "C++/Library" whatever error... But I'm going to install 2.7.1 to see how it works now, since I've cleaned out my computer of some files that seemed to be clogging up the space.

Either my desktop is just old, or.. lol. I'unno. :/ And if someone's gonna answer, please let it be related to this discussion. Don't let someone run by and acclaim their own problem in /my/ discussion when they can perfectly create a thread themselves. Thanks.

On Sun, 2012-11-11 at 20:04 +0100, Sleepingbeautiie wrote: Roughly how many brushes do you have?

What is the error exactly?

It's always possible that a brush or a font that you add might make gimp
go wrong.

Liam

To be honest, I'm not really sure. But I do know that there were quite a few brushes that I didn't really need, so that could be the problem too; after the error came around, I cleaned out all the brushes and fonts I didn't need, and then I cleaned out all the other programs that took up too much space, so... . I mean, I might try re-loading 2.7., since people told me that 2.8 probably had a few bugs in it :/

On Sun, 2012-11-11 at 23:54 +0100, Sleepingbeautiie wrote:

Maybe you could write it down next time. Do you have a working GIMP now?

2.7 was an "unstable" release - 2.8 likely has fewer bugs overall, but there have been some problems reported on Microsoft Windows that weren't
present on Linux, where the main development is done.

You should probably use either 2.6 or 2.8, not 2.7.

Liam

2.6 isn't even working for me. It's giving me this stupid error report like the following: "gimp-2.6.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close."

So.. eh. Computer's probably just old.

Did you ever check the amount of storage left on the drive? Do you have an updated antivirus software?/Infected? Did you keep Windows updated?

The problem with "older" computers is there's a lot of stuff on them, over
a long period of time. Maybe it's a conflict with another program or hardware
that used C++ and now there's a conflict with Gimp?

Have you been able to install any other software other than Gimp since?

Not to be self inflating, but the thing about restoring the computer back
to a point previous to installing Gimp was I believe the best advice. (I have had tons of used computers over the years and a thousand such dilemmas. Sometimes the fallback position is best.) Or as I said getting everything you need off the drive, and running the
factory restore discs that came with the computer? But then again, it'll
have to all be updated.
Then again, Vista's nothing to write home about. Win 7 much better. Search "Windows 7 upgrade" on ebay and right now there are win 7 or 8 versions for like 30+ bucks. Seriously, I had Vista. It stunk. But you have to look up your computer model and know whether it's 32 or 64 bit version.
Dan

On 11/14/12, Sleepingbeautiie wrote:

'Ight. Maybe I can ask mum to get the upgrade as an early Christmas gift, hah. But yeah, I'll see what I can do, 'cause way earlier I cleared a bunch of programs off of my computer to see if it'd help with Gimp... . Then again I might just be getting my laptop fixed in time for Christmas instead. Thank goodness for Picmonkey, though. I can wait with Gimp xD

Though, I just re-installed Gimp 2.8 (which I've been using for the past few months); per se, it loads fine/fast the first time, but when I have to close it/load it again it loads slower and gives me that C++ Error and stuff, so. MEH.