Guest Benchwarmer Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to except my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same time the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory or Ram, what do you think . -- Benchwarmer
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store Benchwarmer <Benchwarmer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I told her that the computer needed more memory or >Ram, what do you think . I think I couldn't care less.
Guest sgopus Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 RE: slow check out at grocery store Who the heck could tell via the newsgroup. I suspect the communication line myself, but who knows. "Benchwarmer" wrote: > I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > except > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > time > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory or > Ram, what do you think . > -- > Benchwarmer
Guest Ghostrider Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store Benchwarmer wrote: > I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > except > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > time > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory or > Ram, what do you think . It might not be the computers at the checkout stand that is causing the slowdown but the server or the connection between the checkout to the store's server to the Internet to the bank. Sometimes, this might not even be an Ethernet connection but a dial-up one to the bank's card center's modem pool. There are a lot of variables that ae involved.
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store "Benchwarmer" <Benchwarmer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CC5D738C-A271-49EB-89BA-D573E505CA93@microsoft.com... >I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > except > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > time > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory > or > Ram, what do you think . > -- > Benchwarmer I'm sure there's not enough information about the systems in place to offer an opinion about the PCs. But if there are limited lines for debit transactions and separate calls are made, there will be waits, and the waits will have nothing at all to do with the PCs. HTH -pk
Guest Lil' Dave Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store "Benchwarmer" <Benchwarmer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CC5D738C-A271-49EB-89BA-D573E505CA93@microsoft.com... >I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out How would you know that? > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > except Maybe "accept"? > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > time > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory > or > Ram, what do you think . There may be one computer per register. Each computer may be tied to the home office server, the local bank, and credit authorities. The home office could be uploading data, affecting operation times of the registers. You might consider warming the bench some more.. Dave
Guest Vanguard Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store "Benchwarmer" wrote in message news:CC5D738C-A271-49EB-89BA-D573E505CA93@microsoft.com... >I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check >out > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time > to > except > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the > same > time > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more > memory or > Ram, what do you think . Nothing to do with the OS on the cash machine. All to do with the credit check company they use being too busy or an outage. Stop trying to impress the checkout girl with pretend knowledge.
Guest Benchwarmer Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store Thanks -- Benchwarmer "Lil' Dave" wrote: > "Benchwarmer" <Benchwarmer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CC5D738C-A271-49EB-89BA-D573E505CA93@microsoft.com... > >I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out > > How would you know that? > > > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > > except > > Maybe "accept"? > > > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > > time > > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory > > or > > Ram, what do you think . > > There may be one computer per register. > Each computer may be tied to the home office server, the local bank, and > credit authorities. The home office could be uploading data, affecting > operation times of the registers. > You might consider warming the bench some more.. > Dave > > >
Guest Benchwarmer Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store Thanks A. Holes -- Benchwarmer "Benchwarmer" wrote: > Thanks > -- > Benchwarmer > > > "Lil' Dave" wrote: > > > "Benchwarmer" <Benchwarmer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:CC5D738C-A271-49EB-89BA-D573E505CA93@microsoft.com... > > >I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out > > > > How would you know that? > > > > > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > > > except > > > > Maybe "accept"? > > > > > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > > > time > > > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory > > > or > > > Ram, what do you think . > > > > There may be one computer per register. > > Each computer may be tied to the home office server, the local bank, and > > credit authorities. The home office could be uploading data, affecting > > operation times of the registers. > > You might consider warming the bench some more.. > > Dave > > > > > >
Guest Curt Christianson Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store "Vanguard" <vanguard.x@comcast.net> wrote in message news:uYyabHnzHHA.3600@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... | Stop trying to impress the checkout girl with pretend knowledge. If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle 'em with bullsh** ! -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm | "Benchwarmer" wrote in message | news:CC5D738C-A271-49EB-89BA-D573E505CA93@microsoft.com... | >I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check | >out | > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time | > to | > except | > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the | > same | > time | > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more | > memory or | > Ram, what do you think . | | Nothing to do with the OS on the cash machine. All to do with the | credit check company they use being too busy or an outage. | | Stop trying to impress the checkout girl with pretend knowledge. | | |
Guest dobey Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store "Curt Christianson" <curtchristnsn@NOSPAM.Yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%232aDLunzHHA.4652@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > "Vanguard" <vanguard.x@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:uYyabHnzHHA.3600@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > | Stop trying to impress the checkout girl with pretend knowledge. > > > If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle 'em with bullsh** ! > > Maybe he should tell her he is an MS-MVP - If that doesn't make her swoon nothing will!!
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store "Benchwarmer" <Benchwarmer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CC5D738C-A271-49EB-89BA-D573E505CA93@microsoft.com... >I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > except > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > time > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory > or > Ram, what do you think . > -- > Benchwarmer They can tell by keeping a tab on the disk activity. If it churns a lot then you might be right. However, this is really something that their support person should examine in detail. As a customer you know next to nothing about their system and a throw-away remark like "Add more memory" can cause more problems than it resolves. If the card transaction involves validation with some other system then the delay is far more likely to be caused by a slow or wrongly configured link.
Guest benchwarmer Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 RE: slow check out at grocery store Thank you Pegasus the grocery store has five cash registers that run off one computer untill a few months ago they were running windows 2000 , I'am just trying to learn about computers i'am not as smart as those computer nerds, but I have a lot better manners I just figured It was just to much for that one computer to handle . I'am learning and I hope I don't never get as arrogrant as your friends Thank you -- benchwarmer "Benchwarmer" wrote: > I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > except > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > time > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory or > Ram, what do you think . > -- > Benchwarmer
Guest Bob I Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store Likely they only have one phone line out to run the credit card machines on. Benchwarmer wrote: > I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > except > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > time > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory or > Ram, what do you think .
Guest JTR Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store I was an IS Director of a supermarket chain for over 20 years and cannot believe someone would be using Windows XP as a POS (Point Of Sale) software. Most companies use a proprietary high-end software. IBM for instance uses FLEX-OS that they developed themselves many years ago and keep updating much like Microsoft. I'm not saying it won't work but I can't imagine. As far as the card reader, it depends on how the data is sent for bank sorting and verifing. If it's dial-up or satellite, I can understand it being slow. They should be using eithernet through HUB with relay switching. -- JTR "Bob I" wrote: > Likely they only have one phone line out to run the credit card machines on. > > Benchwarmer wrote: > > > I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out > > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > > except > > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > > time > > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory or > > Ram, what do you think . > >
Guest Umma Gumma Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: slow check out at grocery store "Benchwarmer" <Benchwarmer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CC5D738C-A271-49EB-89BA-D573E505CA93@microsoft.com... >I go to a local grocery store that uses windows xp to run it's check out > registers, and when I use my Debit Card sometimes it takes a long time to > except > my card. today a girl told me that when they use two registers at the same > time > the computer is real slow. I told her that the computer needed more memory > or > Ram, what do you think . > -- > Benchwarmer Shop at a different store dood!
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