Strangest bug I've heard of

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One of my users reported "I just tried to print an Autocad file, and when I
tried to send it to the printer the machine tried to save it as a .mdi music
file and locked up Autocad.". This user is an engineer and not given to
flights of fantasy so I take this report at face value.

Could this be caused by a virus? Any helpful suggestions would be welcome.
 
It cannot be denied that "Axel said:
One of my users reported "I just tried to print an Autocad file, and when
I tried to send it to the printer the machine tried to save it as a .mdi
music file and locked up Autocad.". This user is an engineer and not given
to flights of fantasy so I take this report at face value.

Could this be caused by a virus? Any helpful suggestions would be welcome.
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Potentially, if an alternative 'printer server' were set up, and the
'default printer' changed.

There may well be a more benign explanation though, such as the wrong button
pressed (even engineers are human), or another application recently
installed that's altered the default printer settings.
 
Axel said:
One of my users reported "I just tried to print an Autocad file, and when I
tried to send it to the printer the machine tried to save it as a .mdi music
file and locked up Autocad.". This user is an engineer and not given to
flights of fantasy so I take this report at face value.

Could this be caused by a virus? Any helpful suggestions would be welcome.
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Check, to be on the safe side.

Also check RAM. As Bad ram can cause random behavior. Give the machine
an overall hardware check up.

Check Ram with memtest86+
www.memtest.org
 
Umm, sounds like the engineer tried to print to Microsoft Office
Document Image Writer compressed format. I would change the default
printer to something that handles paper on the users PC.
 
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It cannot be denied that "Axel" clearly stated
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Potentially, if an alternative 'printer server' were set up, and the
'default printer' changed.

There may well be a more benign explanation though, such as the wrong
button pressed (even engineers are human),
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Are you sure about that?

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Couldn't have been a real engineer. They would know that .MID is a music
file, not mDI!
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That was well spotted. Must admit I missed the reference to .mdi rather than
..mid when I read it first time.
 

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