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Ray Satiro | 27 Mar 2012 21:27

Re: A problem with workrave

> From: Kathleen Keamy 

>To: 'End-user mailing list' <workrave-user <at> lists.sourceforge.net> 
>Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] A problem with workrave
> 
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>I’ve been trying to use Workrave for almost 2 months and it just isn’t doing what it was advertised to
do. Very erratic and once the IT installed it, it doesn’t work continuously. As you might imagine a lot of
users aren’t “administrators” so are not allowed to update the software or change the setting even
so it is practically a useless program in my opinion. So much  for ergonomics for secretaries and others
who type. If the programmers only had a half thought out  clue that people using the program need
something to run and not screw up so much. Such a waste of time to  install this program and think that it
would actually work.
> 

What do you think Workrave was advertised to do? A lot of people run Workrave on a limited user account
without any problems, myself included. All settings can be modified from a limited user account by
default. Right-click the Workrave tray icon and choose Preferences. There are rare cases when an IT
department locks the settings but that's not our fault.

Please post a message that is not so inflammatory if you need help, and give us steps to reproduce the
problems you are having. Also please include your version of windows (run command 'winver') and the
version of Workrave you are running (Right-click tray icon and choose 'About').

Thanks

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Kathleen Keamy | 28 Mar 2012 15:47

Re: A problem with workrave

It doesn't do anything but show a small screen with time running, no notification to stop and break. So am I to
monitor the small screen to read a timer?

-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Satiro [mailto:raysatiro <at> yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:27 PM
To: End-user mailing list
Cc: K.Keamy <at> sscok.edu
Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] A problem with workrave

> From: Kathleen Keamy

>To: 'End-user mailing list' <workrave-user <at> lists.sourceforge.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] A problem with workrave
> 
>
>I’ve been trying to use Workrave for almost 2 months and it just isn’t doing what it was advertised to
do. Very erratic and once the IT installed it, it doesn’t work continuously. As you might imagine a lot of
users aren’t “administrators” so are not allowed to update the software or change the setting even
so it is practically a useless program in my opinion. So much  for ergonomics for secretaries and others who
type. If the programmers only had a half thought out  clue that people using the program need something to
run and not screw up so much. Such a waste of time to  install this program and think that it would actually work.
> 

What do you think Workrave was advertised to do? A lot of people run Workrave on a limited user account
without any problems, myself included. All settings can be modified from a limited user account by
default. Right-click the Workrave tray icon and choose Preferences. There are rare cases when an IT
department locks the settings but that's not our fault.

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Ray Satiro | 28 Mar 2012 20:43

Re: A problem with workrave

> From: Kathleen Keamy <K.Keamy <at> sscok.edu>
> To: 'Ray Satiro' <raysatiro <at> yahoo.com>; 'End-user mailing list' <workrave-user <at> lists.sourceforge.net>
> Cc:
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 9:47 AM
> Subject: RE: [Workrave-user] A problem with workrave
>
> It doesn't do anything but show a small screen with time running, no
> notification to stop and break. So am I to monitor the small screen to read a
> timer?
>

That's odd. Maybe the mode is set to 'Quiet' instead of 'Normal' and for that reason you are not prompted with breaks?
Here is a screenshot of the various wa ys to access Workrave's menu and change the mode to 'Normal' :
http://cloud.github.com/downloads/jay/workrave/Workrave_Menu_Mode.png

The screenshot was made on XP but the same applies to Vista and Windows 7.

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