I am having both of the problems discussed on this thread. Problem number one is the Freezing of NT at start up. I tried the new Default file and that did not work for me. This problem started for me when I updated my computer to an Intel Core I7 920 processor with Hyperthreading on an ASUS P6T Motherboard. For the first time, I am running NT on Vista. Up to this point, I was using XP Pro. Never had this problem on the old computer. Sometime ago I had an unrelated problem with NT at startup. At that time, if I'm not mistaken, Ninja Trader always started up on the Default WS. With a blank Default WS, where NT is not trying to draw and populate a bunch of charts along with all of the other startup stuff, the resource requirements at Startup were minimal. I could then switch to the Named WS at a "quieter" cpu time. Is there a way to insure that Ninja Trader starts up on the Default WS?
I'm beginning to agree with Jason that it may be a resource problem related to the fact that NT 6.5 is not written for a multicore processor and that at startup, when the demands for resources are the greatest, Vista does not know how to deal with this. Vista assigns NT to a core OK, but when NT asks for more cpu resources than that core can handle, Vista shuts it down. (Just an educated guess, I'm not a multi-core expert by any stretch of imagination). Not sure though why NT works fine on the second try after Windows Task Manager shuts it down except that maybe some of the NT-related processes are still running and the resource requirements for subsequent starts are less.
With regard to the second problem, where a dropdown menu selection leaves the selection behind, I'm suspecting that this is a Vista problem, maybe related to the type of Graphics card and driver. I have a PNY 440NVS card that has nVidia chips. I am also using Vista Ultimate (unfortunately I fell for a discount price and regret this as this version of Vista has so much useless junk on it). I noticed that Vista Ultimate has a new thing call Windows AERO on it that has some graphics enhancements to the way windows and menus are displayed. It turns out that Vista Home Basic does not have this AERO feature on it (Vista Home Basic is thought by those in the know to be very similar to Windows XP). So, I plan to do a clean install of the Vista Home Basic and see if this droppings problem goes away. I'll let you know.
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