[GNC] Unhide column

Sun Jul 19 12:01:00 EDT 2020

It is not recommended to run 2 firewalls at any time. Disable 1 or the
other, according to preference and see if this improves the problem.
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On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 10:44 PM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Glad you figured it out.
>
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 6:32 AM Alan A Holmes <gnucash at alanaholmes.me.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks David. In my case it’s the disk that’s at 100%, and the problem is
> > firewall related. When the PC starts both my own firewall (Avast
> Firewall)
> > and Windows Firewall are trying to run, however there’s a windows process
> > that runs that thinks neither is running and in situation just kills the
> > disk so that it’s difficult to do anything.
> >
> >
> >
> > The latest Windows upgrade has done something that affects Windows
> > firewall so that it doesn’t detect that another firewall is running
> > correctly. Microsoft have sort of acknowledged there’s a problem, as
> there
> > are many 000’s having similar problems, but are claiming innocence of any
> > change. It doesn’t seem to be related to a specific personal firewall, it
> > seems to be any as others are using other products rather than Avast.
> >
> > It looks as though it’s the order that the various start-up processes
> run,
> > as this isn’t always consistent. If the Windows process starts first it
> > then doesn’t detect when a 2nd one starts. If the other starts first then
> > Windows firewall does seem to detect the other is running so doesn’t
> start.
> >
> >
> >
> > I’ve got a temporary work around. Start the PC. If it starts okay then
> > carry on as normal. If it has the problem then restart (which can take
> > 20-30 minutes to get the restart option up and then to action) and it
> > usually works okay, though I have once had to restart twice.
> >
> >
> >
> > I’m moving away from Avast shortly anyway, so hopefully the situation
> will
> > improve. Until then I only shutdown or restart my laptop when it’s
> > absolutely necessaryJ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Alan A Holmes
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* David Carlson [mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com]
> > *Sent:* 19 July 2020 09:05
> > *To:* Alan A Holmes
> > *Cc:* John Ralls; GnuCash List
> > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Unhide column
> >
> >
> >
> > Alan,
> >
> >
> >
> > If your computer CPU goes to 100% for a long enough time to notice, it
> > will not be reliable to perform any task.  That also goes for disk
> accesses
> > or any other function.  this may happen if you have several programs
> open,
> > or if some of them are resource hogs.  Web browsers often hog resources.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 2:40 PM Alan A Holmes <gnucash at alanaholmes.me.uk
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > Thanks John.
> >
> > I'll forget all about it.
> >
> >
> > Alan A Holmes
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us]
> > Sent: 18 July 2020 20:35
> > To: Alan A Holmes
> > Cc: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Unhide column
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Jul 18, 2020, at 12:07 PM, Alan A Holmes <gnucash at alanaholmes.me.uk
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Windows 10 Pro Version 2004 Build 19041.333, GnuCash Version: 3.11
> Build
> > ID:
> > > 3.11+(2020-06-26)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've recently been having problems with my system, the system gets it's
> > > knickers into a twist about which firewall it is meant to be using. The
> > > system hangs as the disk is 100% active, so the system won't allow me
> do
> > > anything. After some effort I'm gradually sorting the problem out,
> seems
> > to
> > > have been caused by the latest Windows 10 Version upgrade, but I ended
> up
> > > running full virus scans, malware scans, getting rids of cookies etc.,
> > and
> > > used Spybot to get rid of anything remotely suspicious.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A consequence of doing all the above is that when I started GnuCash it
> > had
> > > forgotten about all my open account tabs, and column widths within
> those
> > > tabs. No major problem re-opening the tabs and adjusting the column
> > widths,
> > > just an inconvenience that's not the fault of GnuCash.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > However one thing I noticed is that when I opened my "Cash-in-Hand"
> > account
> > > there was an extra column to the right of "Balance". I think it might
> > have
> > > been called "Rate", but I'm not certain. I was resizing all the columns
> > in
> > > autopilot mode and accidentally moved the right hand border of this
> > column
> > > to the left with the result that it's now zero width. I want to resize
> > the
> > > column but I'm unable to do this, as when I grab the most right hand
> > border
> > > it just resizes the "Balance" column.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've tried deleting the account tab and re-opening it, and it opens it
> > with
> > > the new remembered settings.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > How can I resize this column please, so that I can see what it is. I
> > might
> > > not want it even when I have resized it, but I'd like to see what it
> is.
> >
> > You actually do want that column to remain hidden. It's for GnuCash's
> > internal use.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls=
> >
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