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Date:         Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:36:42 -0800
From:         Tony Abo <tabo@HITECH.COM>
Subject:      NWPOPUP.EXE
              11 Dec 1992 13:51:38 EST <9212112137.AA27568@hitech.com>

The placement if nwpopup.exe seems to be an error in the
installation procedure.  I believe that it should actually be in
\windows\nwpopup.exe.
From: ekimmina@pms001.pms.ford.com (Eric Kimminau)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.win3-l
Subject: Re:      STB New Video Card Problems..
Date: 15 Dec 1992 12:36:05 GMT
Organization: Ford Motor Company
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: pms001.pms.ford.com

Add an exclude of /X=b800-BFFF for VGA text page and your problem should disappear...
From: FGL92016@NOBIVM.BITNET (Espen Haakonsen)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.win3-l
Subject: Virus?? HELP
Date: 16 Dec 92 16:53:15 GMT
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Hi evryone!

I have just installed Windows 3.1 on my machine (a PC), and it starts
just allright, but the light for the hard drive keeps blinking all the
time, and it is VERY slow. It takes over a minute to load windows,
and almost as much to load word. I have a 386 with 16 megahertz.
Have I got a virus? Is there a virus remover for windows?

Please help!!!!!
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 08:30:24 -0500
From:         Benny Galliher <bgallihe@NCDC.NOAA.GOV>
Subject: Re: STB's New Card has prob's

I also have a STB in my machine, but I do not any problems with it.  Try
changing the mouse port.
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From: swesterback@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi (Sten Westerback, Nokia Telecommunications, FINLAND)
Subject: Re: Re: Slow SCSI disk in Windows 3.1 Enh mode
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications.
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:14:57 GMT

In article <AD262E01719F001C42@EGFRCUVX>,         Wael KHALIL <WKHALIL@VRIT01.EG> writes:
> Gert.Klein@BURO.IEND.WAU.NL wrote :
> 
>>Hello,
> 
>>One a my PC's has the following configuration:
>>..
>>..
>>CONFIG.SYS now looks like this:
> 
>>device=c:\windows\himem.sys
>>device=c:\windows\smartdrv.exe /double_buffer
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> wrong, SMARTDRV.EXE (comes with Windows 3.1 not DOS 5.0) is loaded/executed
> in the AUTOEXEC.BAT, I'm not sure if this is the reason for the problem you
> it might be !!

Wrong! At least partially. If you need the /double_buffer you must 
load it in config.sys. But you still do run it in autoexec.bat!
To test if /double_buffer is needed:
 1. Boot with /doublebuffer in (YES!) config.sys.
 2. Start Windows
 3. Start and DOS window
 4. Run smartdrv at the DOS prompt
 5. If the last column (Buffer) says no..no... no (and no Yes) then you don't
    need /double_buffer othervice you do!
(I hope this is correct, it might also be found in the Windows manual)

Sten
============================================================================
Sten Westerback (BSc. electronics)          Telephone: +358+0 +5115891(work)
X400      : c=fi, a=Elisa, p=Nokia Telecom, S=Westerback, G=Sten, (u=SWS)
Internet  : swesterback@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi        Time zone : EET (=GMT+3)
Snailmail : Konalantie  12 A16, SF-00370 HELSINKI, FINLAND (EUROPE, EARTH) 
 Test the utility at WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.mil::pd1:<msdos.dirutl>swxd303d.zip
   Note that i am working, but not speaking for Nokia Telecommunications!
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 11:08:14 EST
From:         CDICKERS <cdickers@IUS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: ProComm Plus for Windows

I'm using Procomm plus for Windows and it's working fantastically with
one exception..whenever I download .GIF files from the Internet, I can't
seem to view them using any of the viewers from Win3.1 or the viewer
that is included in Procomm.

I'm downloading to my university mainframe and then to my PC all in
binary...still no go.

The protocol is Kermit...the Procomm manual is absolutely no help.

Is there anywhere I can find info on this package?
Any hints would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks

Stephen McGurk
ugu00351@vm.uoguelph.ca


Thats strange. I don't ever use Kermit, but everytime I download a GIF with
a GIF extension, It automatically goes into VIEW GIF mode!!!

Anyway, I got PP4Windows this weekend.... BAD BAD BAD!!!! Maybe Kermit isn't
supported for the Auto GIF viewing... strange...

*====================================================================*
  Chris Dickerson                      | "Mr. Reagan, Iran, Hostages,
  Indiana University Computer Services |  taxes, what's next?"
           -  *  -   *  -              |           -*-
  cdickers@iusmail.ius.indiana.edu     | "Obscurity."
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Date:         Fri, 11 Dec 1992 16:07:51 -0500
From:         David McMeans <mcmeans@DTEDI.HQ.AFLC.AF.MIL>
Subject:      WIN3: Cntrl C in Terminal

Hello,

        Has anyone noticed trouble with windows Terminal program not passing
control characters to the host.  I've logged into unix machines, and have
never gotten Cntl-C or Cntl-D to work.  Is there an option in Terminal I
should be setting?  Thanks,

David S McMeans
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Date:         Fri, 11 Dec 1992 13:44:09 EST
From:         RODNEY BEAVER <RBEAVER@TIFTON.BITNET>
Subject:      Screensavers

Speaking of screensavers:

All of a sudden (today) my screensaver (Sleeper in Norton Desktop for
Windows) has begun acting screwy.  It starts properly after the set time
or when I park the mouse in a sleep corner and runs normally for about
45 secs.  It then just dies and leaves the screen black.  Moving the
mouse regenerates the win screen and everything works normally.
I made no changes to any windows or system files nor changed any
configurations (of which I am aware).  Anybody have any idea what has
happened?
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 12:11:16 GMT
From:         "N.Newman" <cm3154@CCUB.WLV.AC.UK>
Subject:      Re: problems with an HP Painjet driver

Try looking at ftp.cica.indianna.edu, there is an updated driver there
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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 11:19:00 EST
From:         PATRICK1@NIEHS.BITNET
Subject:      Video Driver Changes Fonts

    Hello All!

    Yesterday I was trying to change the video driver in Win3.1 so that I
    could display 256 colors. The card I have is a Tseng ET4000 based card,
    so I downloaded the lastest ET4000 drivers from wuarchive.wustl.edu and
    installed a 640x480x256 driver.  Everything was fine, except that the
    fonts on my desktop (the ones under the icons) became very large and
    some of the colors on my desktop changed.  I tried several different
    drivers (1024x768x256, 800x600x256, and large and small fonts), but the
    same thing happened every time.  Is there any way I can install a 256
    color driver without messing up my desktop settings, or, better yet, is
    there a way to set things back to normal after I install the new
    driver?  Thanks in advance for any help.


    Kevin R. Patrick

    BITNET:  PATRICK1@NIEHS
    Internet:  patrick1@vaxe.niehs.nih.gov
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Organization: Depto Ciencias Estat e da Computacao/UFSC
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:02:19 BSC
From:         "Laboratorio de Microprocessadores e Automacao"
              <LMA@BRUFSC.BITNET>
Subject:      Subject catalog about windows 3.1 applications

Hello!

   I'm looking for a catalog about windows 3.1 applications in shareware,
freeware e comercial releases. A subject organization is very interesting too.
There are too many files in ftp servers like ftp.cica.indiana.edu and I
can't get time to inspect all indexes. If you have any information,
please, send to me.

Thanks in advance.

Ladislau.
LMA@BRUFSC.BITNET
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 01:56:20 -0500
From:         Joe Morris <IS480P02@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: heim.sys problem

Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 15:47:24 SAT
From: thomas griep <FACN335%SAUPM00.BITNET@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu>

>I've just bought a 386 with wp51, mswindows and wpwin. The wp51 works
>fine, but when I try to get to windows I am told the heim.sys is not
>installed or incorrectly placed in the config.sys. I've tried everything
>I can think of the fix this to no avail

>Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated.


TOM,

Seeing how you misspell HIMEM, it seems maybe the manufacturer might
not have placed "DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS" line properly.  Maybe they
misspelled it?  It the line the very FIRST line in your CONFIG.SYS?
And is it spelled correctly?

Try these items first.  If you still have problems, send us a copy
of your config.sys file.
______________________________________________________________________________
Joe Morris at Western Carolina University; Cullowhee, NC    Practice safe hex,
Internet:  IS480P02@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU (preferable)       Just say NO to viruses,
BITNET:    IS480P02@WCUVAX1.BITNET        And always wear a write-protect tab.
ALL-IN-1 mail users:  IS480P02@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU@IN
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:39:41 EST
From:         David Heck <O1DSH@AKRONVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: HP Laserjet
              15 Dec 1992 15:14:29 -0500 from <billgood@WORLD.STD.COM>

Good luck!  I have a Laserjet +, and have gotten the latest drivers
with the same results...I'm selling my Laserjet + to the highest bidder
and buying a new HP Laserjet 4...

David
From: mmouse@DISNEYLAND.COM (Mickey Mouse)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.win3-l
Subject: Re: Windows is LAME...
Date: 16 Dec 92 13:20:50 GMT
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              15 Dec 1992 09:37:26 -0700 from <kens@CATSEQ.CATLIN.EDU>

If this worked it's easy enough.
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 12:54:51 CST
From:         A16905@ITESO.BITNET
Subject: Re: .WAV sound files for Windows Sound System

There are some .WAV files on WUARCHIVE and CICA in the win3/sounds directory.

SHalom,
Memo.
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Resent-Organization: IUPUI Student Activities Office (317) 274-3931
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 11:43:57 EST
Comments:     Resent-From: NATHAN BRINDLE <NBRINDLE@INDYCMS>
Comments:     Originally-From: CDICKERS <cdickers@IUS.INDIANA.EDU>
Comments:     Warning -- original Sender: tag was WIN3-L@UICVM
From:         "NATHAN BRINDLE" <NBRINDLE@INDYCMS.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: No Subject Given

>//  JOB  ECHO=NO
>DATABASE SEARCH DD=RULES
>//RULES DD *
>S * IN win3-L since 92/09/01 WHERE SUBJECT CONTAINS kit
>index
>/*
>
>Huh ???
>
This is (I think) a legal database search of the WIN3-L archives for
any mail since September 1 with a subject line containing the word kit.
It then goes on to add a common listserv command, index, which will return
the list's filelist.

I say (I think) because I'm not sure if the syntax is right.  The problem
with this post is that it needed to go to LISTSERV@UICVM, not to the list.
I just read a great analogy somewhere (might have been on WIN3-L, in fact)
that sending commands like this to the list is like talking to the light
bulb to turn it off instead of using the switch.   :)

-----------------------------------------------------BITNET:  NBRINDLE@INDYCMS
Nathan C. Brindle, Student Activities Office
Staff Advisor, ALPHA PHI OMEGA, TAU OMICRON CHAPTER
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Internet:      NBRINDLE@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU
Compu$erve:  71461.2471@COMPUSERVE.COM
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From: FGL92016@NOBIVM.BITNET (Espen Haakonsen)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.win3-l
Subject: Re: How do I start Windows 3.1 ?
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:22:02 GMT
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What ?

Joern |   You gotta be kidding |  You don't knoe how to start Windows 3.1 ?

I have seen your former letters to this list. They reveal that you posess great
knowledge on Windows. Are you drunk or something ?
                      Maybe a hangover, huh ?

Please keep this kind of questions away from this list| OK |


Espen Haakonsen
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:59:00 EST
From:         "Chuck Bennett (919)966-1134" <UCHUCK@UNC.BITNET>
Subject: Re: ProComm Plus for Windows

> Date: 14 Dec 1992 10:07:30 -0500 (EST)
> From: Mehul Randery <MRANDERY@UVMVM.BITNET>
>
> > Does anyone know how to make Procomm Plus for Windows startup in a fullscree
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^
WINDOWS folks Procomm Plus for Windows does NOT have a PIF, it is a
Windows application NOT a DOS application.

Opening the application, maximizing it and then shuting it down may save
the size.  If not, look in the pw.ini file in your windows directory
under the "settings" section, the variable "PW Start Size=" can be set
as follows and then save the file.

   PW Start Size=-4 -4 644 480

That is for a standard VGA 640x480 screen.  Adjust for your own
resolution.

> > mode?  Everytime I start it it start as a small window and I have to maximis
> > it myself.
>
> Mehul,
>
> Go into the PIF of PCPlus and check the Full Screen button under
> Display Usage.
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Joe Morris at Western Carolina University; Cullowhee, NC    Practice safe hex,
> Internet:  IS480P02@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU (preferable)       Just say NO to viruses,
> BITNET:    IS480P02@WCUVAX1.BITNET        And always wear a write-protect tab.
> ALL-IN-1 mail users:  IS480P02@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU@IN

Chuck Bennett                       INTERNET #1: uchuck@unc.oit.unc.edu
Medical Sciences Teaching Labs      INTERNET #2: uchuck@med.unc.edu
CB# 7520  University of NC
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-7520         PHONE:       919-966-1134
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Posted-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 10:37:25 PST
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 08:50:14 -0600
From:         Sergio Araos <saraos@AXON.BIO.PUC.CL>
Subject:      HIMEM.SYS and A20 line control

Hi!
        I know that this list is the best place to find an answer to my problem.
        When upgrade my operating system from DOS 3.3 to DOS 5.0,
I couldn't install HIMEM.SYS because HIMEM.SYS couldn't control the A20 line.
        Then I had to include the /machine:at1 parameter, and it work, but after
 to
 execute
windows and run other application the driver HIMEM.SYS don't Work !!, because an
 error in application xxxxxx.exe in gdi.exe or ega.sys or knl386.exe in module
 xxxx:xxxx.
        The Computer is a 386sx, 4 MB RAM, AMI BIOS (1988), a 80 MB SCSI hard di
sk,
DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1.

Please Help me !!!

Sergio Araos
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X-Phone: +31 35 87 1429
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:42:16 MET
From:         Big Foot <mdbois@HVLPX.NS-NL.ATT.COM>
Subject:      Re: disk compression

        Dos 6.0 will be delivered with DiskDoubler. Might be
        a good idea to check that software package out.

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From: sh09@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (STEVEN HIGGINS)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.win3-l
Subject: Win 3.1 Fonts change after Shell?
Date: 19 Dec 92 02:17:10 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University


    Anybody else out there running 8514 fonts at 1024 x 768?  I like the
    way they look.....Until I do a Dos shell.  Suffice it to say that after
    exiting the shell the fonts get much smaller, and difficult to read.

    Anyone have any ideas??  I don't read this list often so please respond to
    my email address.

    Thanks,

    
-- 

~Steve
sh09@lehigh.edu
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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:13:26 -0500
From:         JDBER@CONNCOLL.BITNET
Subject:      .wav or .mid playing from an icon...

Is it possible to make either Media Player or some other program (I have
Pocket Recorder from Media Vision's Pro Audio Spectrum) play sounds by
running the program with the file as a parameter? My idea is to have icons
made for recordings, and not have to deal with pressing the Play button after
it is loaded. A shareware program that does this is also acceptable.


                                              _________________________________
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 09:44:00 GMT
From:         Ian Chivers <UDAA260@ASH.CC.KCL.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Object Orientated

I would very much like to see this paper, and it is no problem if
it is in postscript.

thanks

ian chivers
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Date:         Sun, 20 Dec 1992 18:46:48 EST
From:         Mike Sweeney <ACC213@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Silly Question? (Procomm Plus)
              19 Dec 1992 13:50:59 GMT from <mpc3@NS1.CC.LEHIGH.EDU>

Dear Michael,

I know a very little about windows, but I am using Procomm Plus with windows
3.0.  I had some problems at first.  My modem wouldn't connect when the phone
was answered, but the problem sorted itself out.  It runs fine now.   What kind
 of problems are you having?

                                               Mike Sweeney

                                               Lexington,  Ky
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:09:21 EST
From:         Jean-Marie CLEMENT <N5JMCL@FRFUPL11.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Object Orientated

Hi,

         I got your message on WIN3-L and am interested in your paper
about C++. Can you send me it to N5JMCL at FRFUPL11 (bitnet)

       Thanks,  Jean-Marie
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 10:22:30 CST
From:         A20805@ITESO.BITNET
Subject:      SP OS/2

        I now is not a list for OS/2 but I've seen some mail about it so
I like to know if someone know where (FTP sites) I can get the new version
of the service pack and winos v3.1?


        Thanks in advance.

        Juan
        a20805@itesocci.gdl.iteso.mx
From: BUTLER@AKRONVM.BITNET (Kevin Butler)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.win3-l
Subject: Video Driver (256 colors) for PS/2
Date: 16 Dec 92 13:09:34 GMT
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** I am not on this list, please respond directly **  I have a PS/2 55-SX
with whatever graphics hardware came on the motherboard.  I do NOT have an
8514/A adapter.  However, a shareware program "cshow" (non-Windows application)
seems to be able to display 256 color 640x480 images on my PS/2.  It is
not dithering.

Does anyone know where I can find a video driver for Windows 3.1 that will
allow my PS/2 55-SX (with no additional display adapters) to display
256 color 640x480 images ?  I promise to post any useful information back to
the list.  There is just too much traffic on this list for me to subscribe.
Thanks.  Kevin Butler, Programmer/Analyst, The University of Akron
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 13:19:49 PST
From:         "Vance M. Gloster" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM>
Subject:      Re[2]: UPGRADE
              15 Dec 1992 10:09:42 CST
              <9212151738.AB25201@fourier.inference.com>

  Yes, that's correct.  I think the point Vance was making is that the 486SX
  machines will usually not have additional cache beyond the internal 8K
  whereas most of the 486DX systems include extra cache.  This is up to the
  manufacturer, of course, but most do include it.  Upgrading a 486SX with
  a 487SX (which is really a 486DX) will not add the extra cache.

Yes, that is it exactly.

-Vance Gloster
 gloster@inference.com
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Subject:      Re: Virus?? HELP
              16 Dec 1992 12:09:14 EST from <cdickers@IUS.INDIANA.EDU>

On Wed, 16 Dec 1992 12:09:14 EST CDICKERS said:
>Hi evryone!
>
>I have just installed Windows 3.1 on my machine (a PC), and it starts
>just allright, but the light for the hard drive keeps blinking all the
>time, and it is VERY slow. It takes over a minute to load windows,
>and almost as much to load word. I have a 386 with 16 megahertz.
>Have I got a virus? Is there a virus remover for windows?
>
>Please help!!!!!
>
>-------------------------------------------
>
>     For heaven's sake man, get hold of yourself!
>
>     No, no virus for Windows yet ...(give'em time...)
>
>     Anyway, the reason the drive runs all the time is the Virtual Memory
>file that windows creates when it is installed. It uses a disk file to
>simulate memory. From the Windows desktop, do an About and see how much
>memory you have. It will show MUCH more than you PHYSICALLY have.
>
>*====================================================================*
>  Chris Dickerson                      | "Mr. Reagan, Iran, Hostages,
>  Indiana University Computer Services |  taxes, what's next?"
>           -  *  -   *  -              |           -*-
>  cdickers@iusmail.ius.indiana.edu     | "Obscurity."
>*====================================================================*

      Well, I may be quite new to this program, but the other day my
 employer showed me a virus for Windows. There was a message over the
 blank screen that sayed 'Too bad. You have got the A virus'. When he
moved the mouse, it went away though, and the normal screen returned.
 Whatever you say, I'm not gonna get my hard disk destroyed by using
 his diskettes in my machine.

 Espen.
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