R help - Mar 2006 - Laptop freezes when trying to load R packages?

Hello
I am having an R related problem and can't seem to fix it by looking at any
of
the online documentation.

I have a laptop (using Windows XP home edition) and loaded R 2.2.1.  I then
designated a mirror (USA-NC).  But when I try to load a package, it freezes.  I
have tried to close R, but it won't close; I end up having to restart the
laptop.  I have no problems with any other programs, nor any other aspect of R,
just loading packages.

This has happened at least 6 times now.  I have not had this problem on my home
PC, also running Windows XP.  The laptop was accessing the Internet wirelessly,
so to rule that out I removed R, then plugged in a network wire and re-loaded
it, but it still freezes.

Any help would be appreciated, as I am not sure how well I will be able to use R
without accessing any of the online packages.
Thanks
Scott Miller

Scott Miller, MS
millersw at musc.edu
Graduate Student, PhD track
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC 29425 USA

Scott,

I reported a similar problem a week ago concerning my laptop using a
wireless connection. I found out that my anti-virus program (Symantec)
blocked R-2.2.1 and a few other programs but not R-2.2.0. The same seems to
apply to F-Secure's anti-virus program. I had no problems using a PC.

I hope this helps.
Hannu

On 3/30/06, Scott Miller <millersw@musc.edu>
wrote:
>
> Hello
> I am having an R related problem and can't seem to fix it by looking at
> any of
> the online documentation.
>
> I have a laptop (using Windows XP home edition) and loaded R 2.2.1.  I
> then
> designated a mirror (USA-NC).  But when I try to load a package, it
> freezes.  I
> have tried to close R, but it won't close; I end up having to restart
the
> laptop.  I have no problems with any other programs, nor any other aspect
> of R,
> just loading packages.
>
> This has happened at least 6 times now.  I have not had this problem on my
> home
> PC, also running Windows XP.  The laptop was accessing the Internet
> wirelessly,
> so to rule that out I removed R, then plugged in a network wire and
> re-loaded
> it, but it still freezes.
>
> Any help would be appreciated, as I am not sure how well I will be able to
> use R
> without accessing any of the online packages.
> Thanks
> Scott Miller
>
> Scott Miller, MS
> millersw@musc.edu
> Graduate Student, PhD track
> Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology
> Medical University of South Carolina
> Charleston, SC 29425 USA
>
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