Driver Station hang

[techbeast34]

Hey guys, so our team has faced a small dilemma with the new driver station: It hangs on startup. Whenever we open up the driver station, it just hangs and does nothing. The laptop is the Dell Latitude D630 (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CFEQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Flaptops%2Fdell-latitude-d630%2F4505-3121_7-32445398.html&ei=PgLnUtGMBo7jsASnwIKoAg&usg=AFQjCNGyEMOUhzDOvwcw45lAGJfoe-6muQ&sig2=7pjJPwVBbPWkrquDnEPlkg&bvm=bv.59930103,d.cWc), and it runs Windows 7 x86. Any help for a fellow team member? Thanks for any help in advance.

[Invictus3593]

If it just hangs no matter what, maybe try running it as an administrator? If that doesn't work, maybe try reinstalling the updates?

[Greg McKaskle]

If you open task manager, what does it show as the CPU usage of the DS? Does it claim that it is not responding?

I tracked a strange issues relating to web browsers being open or installed and web server proxys and never got to the bottom of it except to file a bug report to a coworker. The general symptom was that the launch of the DS would hang at certain points. It would eventually succeed and work fine after launch. Please let the DS launch for a minute or so and see if it completes.

If it starts working, please post info that you think contributed to it. If you have no luck, please go to ni.com/frc and get in contact with technical support.

Greg McKaskle