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From: dfh@dwroll.att.com (D461-David_F_Haertig(Dave)83040)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Stacker and Preinstalled SW - Problem?
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:04:18 GMT
Reply-To: dfh@dwroll.att.com
Originator: dfh@dwroll

From article <1992Sep4.104521.29146@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, by mccrohan@salthl.enet.dec.com:

> I was about to install Stacker until I got to the point in the manual 
> where it says to "Ununstall" (their word) copy protected software 
> prior to installing Stacker.

I think they are probably talking about copy protected software that
creates hidden files on your disk to accomplish it's end.  This is a
fairly sick form of copy protection in my opinion.  With all the file
moving around that Stacker does during an installation, I'm sure that
software that is "protected" in this manner would be hard pressed to
continue working.  I don't know if the presence of this kind of software
would actually hurt the Stacker installation, but I tend to doubt it.
I'll bet that Stacker is just giving you this warning so you don't
blame Stacker for ruining your other software that uses this pitiful
protection scheme - but I'm just guessing here.

I don't know if any of the specific software you listed uses the hidden
file copy protection scheme.

> My question is this: Is Copy protected software that that requires a 
> floppy in the drive to run (My setup does not)? How would one "Ununstall"
> the SW? Is it necessary? Do I have a problem?

I Stacked my drive while "Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego" was
installed.  I bought my copy of the game a few years ago when they were
still using the "insert master disk every so often" type of copy
protection.  It didn't bother Stacker, and Stacker didn't bother
the game.

Dave Haertig
haertig@att.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: davidw@ida.dsir.govt.nz (David White)
Subject: No DOS colour! (was Re: PROCOMM /win 1.01 maint. release)
Organization: IRL Auckland, New Zealand
Date: 13 Sep 92 19:55:16 GMT

In <18ugvuINN1fv@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> ggirard@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Greg Girard) writes:

>It's called MAINT1.EXE and accompanied by MAINT1.TXT.
>It's in the /pub/pc/win3/uploads directory at ftp.cica.indiana.edu,
>and in the /mirrors2/win3/uploads directory at wuarchive.wustl.edu.

Has anyone used Maint1.exe successfully? 

Without losing *all* colour in DOS programs??

I used it to upgrade my Procomm+/Win from 1.0 to 1.01,
carefully following the instructions. Now I have v1.01,
but all my DOS programs are *mono*! I've tried MODE 
CO80.

The strange thing is running DOS software under Windows:
in a window there is colour, but not full screen. 

Any idea what's happened, and how I can get colour back?

david white
--
 david white    (engineer, Goon fan & son of my Dad)
 Internet davidw@auck.irl.cri.nz  Fax +64 9 443-4737
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: XTalk 4 Windows/Kermit
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:44:01 GMT

In <1992Sep13.003642.29339@das.harvard.edu> gordy@endor.uucp (Robert Gordy) writes:

>Well, I never had a chance to follow her advice.  I discovered
>the Unix machine to which I was connected can handle zmodem.
>First try ... it worked fine.  Since I don't especially need
>Kermit now, I'm satisfied with the modem (I've successfully
>sent faxes and I can make 9600 baud connections).

>I just have one question.  The transfer went along at about
>900 cps.  Is this the faster I can expect to transfer files.
>I read somewhere that the compression techniques should bring
>my cps to over 3000.  Is this true?

I think most people are seeing somewhat more than 900 cps.  For
example, with a V.32 connection with V.42bis, I get about 1100 cps.  I
think the 'typical' figure for V.32bis is something like 1700 cps.
Are you sure you have a V.32bis modem on the other end?  The 900 cps
sounds a lot more like a straight V.32 modem to me.

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From: rfutscher@pbs.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Norton Desktop and non-multi-tasking
Date: 12 Sep 92 00:47:51 GMT
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA

In article <Bu128F.G81@DMI.USherb.CA>, trepe00@DMI.USherb.CA (ERIC TREPANIER) writes:
> In article <1992Sep2.231132.8292@midway.uchicago.edu> spcberto@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund) writes:
>>On the other hand, I am puzzled why the NDW Format Diskette program exhibits
>>the behavior described above.  If Backup allows multi-tasking, why not
>>Format Diskette?
> 
> Hmmm.  Don't know about NDW, but I noticed that Win3.1 file manager does
> this also, both during Disk Format and Disk Copy operations, and possibly
> other time-consuming disk activities.  I don't know why it does this,
> it is certainly not a _Windows_ limitation, I have both a Format and Disk
> Copy Windows programs, and they both multi-task fairly well.  The
> system does slow down a bit, but not enough to kill background file
> downloads as is always the case with File Manager.  Dito if you use a
> DOS command prompt.
> 
> Can anybody from MS tell me why WinFile blindly grabs control of the
> system during these copy/format operations?
> 
> 
>>Bob Osterlund
>>berto@clio.spc.uchicago.edu
>>SSPPSS--University of Chicago
> 
> Eric
> trepe00@tohi.usherb.ca

     I play games while formatting disks.  They are really slow,  I guess
that the format uses a large time slice.  I use the format in file manager.
I have 32 bit disk access turned on.  I understand that without 32 bit 
disk access that windows must drop back to real mode to read-write to
disk.  Windows can't multitask in real mode.

Robert Futscher  rfutscher@pbs.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ent548d@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (C.J. Seatory)
Subject: WfW2: Overlining letters....
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 05:27:23 GMT

I would appreciate any information on how I can *overline* words using
Word for Windows 2.  It seems the only way I can do this at the moment is
to export the document to Draw, and then draw the lines in.

Thanx in advance...
-Chris Seatory
ent548d@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: IZZYOB9@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Bob Stocks)
Subject: Quicken upgrade (2.0) for windows
Date: 5 Sep 92 13:13:42 PDT

   I JUST GOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM INTUIT ABOUT THE LATEST IN
   QUICKEN TECHNOLOGY, 2.0.  HAS ANYBODY BETA TESTED IT AND IS IT AS
   GOOD AS THE BROCHURE MAKES IT LOOK?
             THANKS,
                  BOB <IZZYOB9@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: friday@netcom.com (Carol Anne Ogdin)
Subject: Re: What's Dr. Watson?
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 92 20:18:46 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

Install Dr. Watson on your "load=" line in Win.ini, and you get
a program that will dump any General Protection Fault (the old
renamed UAE) to a file named DRWATSON.LOG in your Windows main
directory.  I leave it installed all the time (it does occupy an
icon at the bottom of the screen) because of the unstable state
of most applications software.  When a fault occurs, Dr. Watson
will provide you with a panel to enter a description of what you
were doing.

The other great unsung program in Windows is MSD.EXE.  Just
execute it from the DOS prompt to see everything you might want
to know about you hardware/software environment.

These two programs are so Microsoft's TechSupport people can
diagnose problems (when they aren't so busy telling you its
somebody else's problem or otherwise treating you like a dolt!)

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From: ccavers@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Cam Cavers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Minesweeper Cheating???
Summary: Are you addicted?
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 21:16:27 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #2, Edmonton, AB, Canada

cetek@techbook.com (Ron Coleman) writes:

- Is it true that there is a way to cheat at Minesweeper?  Also, I saw
- someone post a message re: a program that lets the computer play
- minesweeper, taking about 30 secs. on Expert level.  What's the name of
- this program and where can I get it?

Uh-oh...I've never seen this before; A MINE-SWEEPER POWER USER! :) Why the
addiction? :)

!   *  *  * *    *    ! Cam Cavers: ccavers@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca !SakeSake
!   *   *      ****** ! **************************************** !SakeSake
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From: mmtl@cc.flinders.edu.au (T.Lampre)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: WnQVT/Net Mail and news reader
Date: 9 Sep 92 07:25:16 GMT
Organization: Flinders University
Originator: mmtl@hobson.cc.flinders.edu.au


I have just installed WnQVT/Net 2.70 under Win 3.1. I have telnet and
ftp working fine but I cannot get the mail and newsreader to work.

When I select 'Mail' from the services menu it asks me for a host,
username and password. I give it all the details but it fails on the
'PASS' command. I'm sure the password is correct. We have DOS versions
of pop-mail working on other PC's so I don't think it's the host. I've
tried using both names and IP numbers for the host.

Also, the 'News' option is always greyed no matter what I do with the
config settings. I have used our NNTP server with gnus under emacs so
I know it should work.

Our PC support people have no experience with this software so any
help will be greatly appreciated.

Trevor Lampre
<mmtl@cc.flinders.edu.au>
Flinders University of South Australia
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: benz@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Benjamin R. Zaborowsky)
Subject: Clipboard to eps file
Originator: benz@mars.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 01:42:40 GMT

Is there a way to save the contents of CLIPBOARD as an eps file?  I've
been pasting it into WfW and then printing to an eps file, but that 
doesn't alway give me the bounding box that I need.   Thanks
Ben Zaborowsky    benz@ncsa.uiuc.edu
From: bashir@acsu.buffalo.edu (Noushin Bashir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Postscript Viewer
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:47:00 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

In article <BuBuy7.96p@acsu.buffalo.edu> bashir@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Noushin Bashir) writes:
>Hello All,
>
>I am looking for a PS viewer that runs under Windows. Would anyone know
>where I can get such utility? I suppose a similar utility which runs
>under DOS will be fine too. 

Hello again,

This is a reply to the others who were also in search of a ps previewer.
Thanks to the 2 people who replied to my earlier request, it appears
that 'ghostview' is  the answer. There is a windows version of
'ghostview' available as well, but people seem to have difficulties
with it. I found the dos version useful and working. You can pick up
the utility from: wuarchive.wustl.edu at /mirrors/msdos/postscript. 

If there are other utilities available, I am still interested to know.



						Cheerio,
						Noushin
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in my life is ever going to change. I wake up scared, I wake up
strange, and everything around me stays the same.
                                                         - Barenaked Ladies
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: arend@prl.philips.nl (Arend van den Brug)
Subject: 256 color bitmaps
Summary: Get around for 20 system colors
Keywords: Bitmaps, Palette
Organization: Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 06:56:07 GMT

Hello windows guru's...

I give up. I don't get it... I seem to be missing something here. I am trying
to display a bitmap (.BMP file) and cannot get more than 20 colors in the
window. Anything (literally anything) will lead to this 'palette manager' with
the 20 max system colors.

Any of you out there who can help ?

Thanks in advance...

- Arend


-- 
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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 19:26:17 EDT
From: Mike Tierney <MBT3@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: WinFax 2.0 problem

     Hi all!  I just installed WinFax on my system with a Zoom AFC internal
faxmodem configured at COM3 on IRQ5.  WinFax both dials and answers the
phone line, but fails to detect a carrier on the other end.  I've played
around with the initialization strings, set the carrier wait to 90 seconds,
tried forcing fax mode on the modem, and nothing seems to help.  Anyone out
there have a problem like this?  Thanks for any help you can give,

                                      -Mike
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: dusan@sooner.b17a.ingr.com (Dusan Doliak)
Subject: Info about Windows Maker Prof.
Reply-To: dusan@sooner.b17a.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:37:03 GMT

I am interesting in information on Windows Maker as compare to
Visual Basic.
					Dusan Doliak
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: hallway@newhampshire.engin.umich.edu (Eric Hall)
Subject: AdLib (original)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 15:25:04 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Originator: hallway@newhampshire.engin.umich.edu


My friend gave me an original AdLib recently.  I do everything
out of Windows 3.1, and tried to load the AdLib driver provided
by windows, but it doesn't seem to want to recognize my card.
It works fine with games run from DOS, so I know it's not the
card or it's jumper settings.  Does anyone know of a different
driver or what I should do to get it to work?`

--eric
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: tgamble@hydra.unm.edu (thomas kirk gamble 920128 gambleganer)
Subject: test
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 12:23:51 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Followup-To: sender 
Keywords: test

this is a test.  Sorry about the bandwidth.
From: ruckman@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Christopher Ruckman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Stanford Graphics
Date: 14 Sep 92 19:02:36 GMT
Reply-To: ruckman@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Christopher Ruckman)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In comp.os.ms-windows.apps, root@geophys.mcgill.ca (Steeve) writes:
>        I agree with your complaints and your excitement.  Version 2.0 is
>much better (it's only crashed on me once in the last two weeks) but
>the screen redraws are really annoying.  I don't know if you are aware
>though that you can stop the redraw by hitting ESC -- I've been hitting
>that key A LOT and I've finally started to generate some decent plots,
>at a resonable rate.
..
>   If anyone working at 3d visions is reading this it would be nice if
>you could select an onscreen object and then use the TAB key to cycle
>through them - sometimes it can be almost impossible to click on an
>axis or particular curve.

You can cycle through all objects on the screen, including axes and
curves, using the up and down arrow keys.

Some more impressions after using the program for another week:

On a 486-50 with NEC 5D and MultiSync Graphics Engine, screen redraws
are not much of a problem.  In fact, rarely do I cancel a redraw from
the keyboard unless I'm doing 3-D colormapped surfaces.

The ability to have embedded, fully self-contained plots within a
Winword document is convenient beyond words.  Anyone who spends much
time doing technical documents with lots of plots owes it to themselves
to get a copy of SG or some other OLE-compatible graphing program.

I haven't found any major annoyances in the program yet, other than
the un-helpfulness of the printed and on-line help.  One minor glitch
involves axis labels on polar plots.  I couldn't change the position
of the labels on the radial axis, nor could I get an axis title.

I'll still stick to my previously posted bottom line:  great-looking
output, more reliable than before, and overall a pretty good product.

Chris
From: root@geophys.mcgill.ca (Steeve)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Stanford Graphics
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:19:40 GMT
Organization: McGill University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

: But don't get the impression that there's no room for improvement.
: They still redraw the entire screen every time you move or breathe.
: People running SG on anything slower than a 486 will complain about
: speed.  And the manual and on-line help are still TOTALLY USELESS.
: A short introduction and on-line tutorial are included, but nothing
: that could safely call itself a reference manual.
: 

	I agree with your complaints and your excitement.  Version 2.0 is
much better (it's only crashed on me once in the last two weeks) but
the screen redraws are really annoying.  I don't know if you are aware
though that you can stop the redraw by hitting ESC -- I've been hitting
that key A LOT and I've finally started to generate some decent plots,
at a resonable rate.
   The program is fine on my 486 with 8 meg RAM but I think that it 
should also be ok on a 386/87 with 8 meg ... I'm going to install the
program on a 386/33 with 4 meg today to see how it works I'll keep
you posted.
   If anyone working at 3d visions is reading this it would be nice if
you could select an onscreen object and then use the TAB key to cycle
through them - sometimes it can be almost impossible to click on an 
axis or particular curve.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jeko@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (James Offutt)
Subject: ** Wanted:  Scanning Software **
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 14:18:37 GMT


Wanted:  PD scanning software for Windows 3.1
	 I'm looking for something with generic support for various
	 scanners ( in particular -  Logitech ).  I have the old 2.X
	 software that came with my scanner - but it's not useable.

	 Any suggestions?  FTPable?

--
James Offutt
From: ggirard@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Greg Girard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: PROCOMM for windows 1.01 maintenance release
Date: 12 Sep 1992 23:44:46 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

sgw@boy.com (Steven Warner) writes:

>I have been told that this maintenance release has been uploaded to
>the following FTP sites.  Check them for availability.

>bode.ee.ualberta.ca

>ftp.cica.indiana.edu

>wuarchive.wustl.edu

>Good luck
>----
> Steven Warner
> sgw@boy.com   (34W 36L)   " happiness = (reality - expectations) "

It's called MAINT1.EXE and accompanied by MAINT1.TXT.
It's in the /pub/pc/win3/uploads directory at ftp.cica.indiana.edu,
and in the /mirrors2/win3/uploads directory at wuarchive.wustl.edu.
-- 
Greg Girard                 |Bitnet:    ggirard@ksuvm
Kansas State University     |Internet:  ggirard@ksuvm.ksu.edu
Manhattan, Kansas           |           ggirard@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Need advice on network backup mechanisms
Date: 5 Sep 92 01:41:08 GMT
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA

We have a small group of Windows machines on a predominantly-Unix
network.  We have PC-NFS on these machines, which provides us with some
services, but it doesn't seem to provide us with a way to backup the
local disks on the PCs (I would love to find out that this is wrong,
though).

I am looking for some mechanism that will allow us to automatically
backup the local disks on these machines.  We do not want to have to
take them down to DOS each night, so the solution must run reliably
under Windows.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: PRAETHE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Ethan Evan Prater)
Subject: PKZIP Co. front end?
Organization: Yale University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 14:25:11 EDT

I remember reading some months ago in PC Magazine about a Windows program from
the company that makes PKZip. It was a replacement for their earlier attempt
at a Windows front end for PKZip, Zip Manager. This new program was supposed
to support ARJ and ZIP, and it didn't shell to DOS to do it.
 
I don't remember the name of it, except that I don't think it started with
Zip. I don't know if it's shareware or what. I do remember that it looked like
a high quality product, unlike Zip Manager. Does anyone know where I can find
this app?
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From: gbol@rglnext.geol.vt.edu (Gregory Lampshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: vt100 and Tektronix emulators for serial line and network
Date: 10 Sep 92 16:14:35 GMT




I am posting this for a friend:

She needs one of the following.  I would appreciate any suggestions public  
domain, shareware or commercial:



1) vt100 with Tek (B&W or color) graphics emulation (or VT340 emulator)  
that uses the serial port


2) vt100 with Tek (B&W or color) graphics emulation (or VT340 emulator)  
that uses a TCP/IP network (via telnet protocol or whatever)

3) tn3270 tool that uses the network and does graphics or at least  
understands color



--
Gregory Lampshire 
Virginia Tech NeXT CC
Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering
gbol@rglnext.geol.vt.edu (NeXTmail welcome)
------------------------
My opinions are my very own and do not reflect the opinions of any  
employer
From: spare@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Joshua Spare)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Norton Desk and Stacker
Date: 13 Sep 92 17:35:19 GMT
Organization: Rutgers University

I was running Stacker 2.0 and Norton Desktop and I had no problems until my
Smartdrive acted up.  Every once and a while it wouldn't save the information
to disk, especially when the computer locked up for some reason (mostly my
fooling around with .bmp and .wav files).  This caused the mdw.dll (or something like that) to become screwed.  I am going to have to reinstall everything... wah? and disable Smartdrive.  That may be what you need to do also.

Stacker would rebuild it's FAT every once and a while and that was because of the Smartdrive errors.


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