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From: rwb@castle.ed.ac.uk (Richard Bingham)
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Subject: Re: still another mouse problem
Date: 21 Aug 92 16:31:30 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Veterinary Pathology, University of Edinburgh

In <WIN3-L%92082107485945@UICVM.BITNET> GORDONM@DENISON.BITNET (Michael Gordon) writes:

)>  Has anyone had the problem of a mouse working fine in DOS, but not in Windows
)>  or in DOS sessions under windows?

)>  I didn't either, until I had one of my serial ports blow out, and I could
)>  either use the mouse or my communications package, but not both. I lived with
)>  this for a while, the mouse worling fine, and then I swapped in a new serial
)>  card and the problem began. I've gone back to my original card, using the one
)>  serial port still functioning, reinstalled the system.ini I had before I
)>  started swapping, and even reinstalled mouse.drv.

)>  BUT, the problem persists: the mouse loads fine (via mouse.com) at bootup, but
)>  when I go into Windows, the mouse pointer appears on screen and is frozen.
)>  Yet, NDW's system info thinks I have the mouse.....

)>  I've looked through the Resource Kit and through Livingston's book, and can't
)>  see any answers. Any thoughts?

Well, something similar happened to me when I upgraded from Windows
3.0 to 3.1.  After the upgrade the mouse was frozen in Windows only -
it worked fine in DOS (I didn't try DOS apps within Windows at this
point).  After a great deal of experimentation, trying different muse
drivers etc. I traced it to the serial card - it has two ports, one
with the mouse, the other empty.  The ports can be switched on or off
via dipswitches on the card, and it so happened that the unused port
was switched on (as one might expect for a default setting). 
Switching it to off cured the mouse fault.  I played around with it
and it seemed to make no difference whether I put the mouse on COM1 or
COM2, as long as the unused port was switched off.  Windows 3.0 didn't
mind, but clearly 3.1 does.  I assumed that this was a peculiarity of
my particular machine and its serial card (it is an Elonex 386 - I
can't remember the brand of the serial card.)  Perhaps something
similar is affecting your mouse?

Richard

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Subject:      Re: Windows database

Regarding the request for Windows database--if you do not have need for a
relational database you might want to look into ACEFILE for Windows - a
flat-file DBMS. An alternative, if you need relational capabilities is
APPROACH for Windows which I have started using myself. It is an excellent
package and still available at reasonable cost ($149).

Doug Hanson linda@nuhub.acs.northeastern.edu
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From:         PHIL@MASH.COLORADO.EDU
Subject:      Re: Mouse Problem

Does the mouse need cleaning?
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From:         Michael Gordon <GORDONM@DENISON.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: File handles in Windows

>
>Is there a program that will show how many file handles are in use per VM and
>overall 3.1?
>                                         Thanks.
>Vic Garside
>intvic@eng.med.utah.edu

Take a look at a PC MAG utility called NUMFILES, should be available at SIMTEL
and mirrors.

Michael D. Gordon
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From:         Karl.H.Ongania@UIBK.AC.AT
Subject:      Re: Pegasus Mail
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> Date:          Fri, 14 Aug 1992 21:06:36 -0600
> Reply-to:      BRH@arlan.byu.edu
> From:          Bill Holman <BRH@ARLAN.BYU.EDU>
> Subject:       Pegasus Mail
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> To:            Multiple recipients of list WIN3-L <WIN3-L@UICVM.BITNET>

> Does anybody know of a windows version of Pegasus Mail?  We are
> currently running Pegasus Mail 2.31 (I think) for DOS on our LAN.  If
> there is no Windows version is there a mail program I can use in
> its place.  I have tried a program I recieved from CICA called EZMail
> and I was either not successful in setting it up correctly or I can't
> use it with the way our network handles incoming mail.  Can anyone
> help me?
>
As far as I know there is no windows version of PMail. But the
version of PMail we are using (2.32) includes a PIF-File to make
PMail run in a window, using Windows 3.1 and Novell Netware 3.11. It
just works fine.
Greetings
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From:         "Norman E. Powroz" <Powroz@MULTICS-A.PMS.FORD.COM>
Subject:      Re: date format
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>>The official international date format is YY/MM/DD so today
>??????????????????????????????????
>Is there such a thing? I think not. It is just called "international format".
>Can you really see the United Nations agreeing on something as useful
>as that?
>
>A few years ago in Canada, when metrication started, the format YY/MM/DD
>was proposed as being "the metric date format"! Beat that!
>

I'll attempt to provide the definitive answer to this issue, so we can
get back to more windows-specific issues  ;-)

The internationally accepted format for date and time is specified in
ISO standard (I forget the number <blush>). This standard sets the date
format as YYYY-MM-DD (with dashes as preferred separators, and periods
optionally usable). Slashes are not the preferred separators.
The separators may also be omitted.

This standard also sets the format for the time of day, and specifies
the proper values for the seconds immediately preceding and following
midnight. In short, the value "2400" is not acceptable, only the values
23:59:59 and 00:00:01 are acceptable.

The standard has been in existence for at least a decade, and since ISO
does not fall under the UN, then it's no surprise that the UN couldn't
agree on something like this -- they didn't have to. I know this
standard very well, as I once used it to settle an argument about date
and time formats at a meeting of the CODASYL COBOL Committee.

'Nuff said.

Norm
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Date:         Thu, 20 Aug 1992 11:11:13 +0200
From:         "Rainer W. Gerling" <gerling@FAUPT101.PHYSIK.UNI-ERLANGEN.DE>
Subject:      Re: Win 3.1 Progman secret screen

On Thu, 20 Aug 1992 01:36:06 -050,
  Vassilis Loumis-UNI.ATHENS writes:

>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I suppose we are all familiar with the secret screen that can be seen when one
>repeatedly double clicks on the Windows Logo in the Help/About dialog screen,
>while holdind down ctrl-shift.

From my test I conclude that clicking on any Icon in any HELP/About dialog
screen works just fine. I tried solitaire and write and both work too.

>
>Yet, in the August issue of PC Magazine Bill Machrone reports that there is
>more to it... Specefically, he says that if someone repeats this process 3
>times, clicking on different colors of the flag will finally produce the faces
>of 4 senior Microsoft executives, Bill Gates included|

It has nothing to do with the color. The four different picture show up
completely random. I would say the teddy has the highest propabilty and
Bill Gates has the lowest. But hat is just a guess.

>
>My question is: has anyone who has read the article been able to reproduce
>that effect? I have tried, but could not do it myself. I was wondering if that
>could be the result of me running in 800x600x256 and having Norton desctop 2.0
>as my Windows shell, instead of running at VGA resolution with Progman as the
>shell...

I have been able to verify it in the generic englisch MS Version, the OEM
Version from Zenith and in the German OEM Version from Vobis. In the
Geramn Version even the texts of the hidden screens are translated!

>
>If anyone knows something, please post to the list. I think others would be
>interested too.
>
>Many regards,
>
I theink this hidden screens is something to massivley protest about. If I
assume that ten applications have hidden screens which take 100KBytes of
code and pictures each then 1 MByte of my harddisk is wasted by this
garbage. MS and others should really think about this and get away with it.
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Subject:      Threshold

Does anyone know of a shareware program that will do a threshold on a tiff
file.  If so, where can I get it?  Thanks in advance.

Owen Brand
Obrand@opus.iarc.mco.edu
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Date:         Thu, 20 Aug 1992 12:26:57 -0400
From:         sweeney@MSUCES.CANR.MSU.EDU
Subject:      Summary of win app prn prb

If anyone has been having problems printing Windows Applications to a
printer using a print sharing device, one thing to try is to set up the
printer to print directly to the port (bypassing any print redirection).

LaserPlex (the print sharer I use) normally uses a MODE-clone called LPMODE
to set the COM port and redirect the LPT port to the COM port.  This works
fine in DOS Windows and DOS session outside Windows and is the recommended
method.

The problem seems to appear only when using Windows Applications (which are
all working inside a single VM).  If I set the printer (in control panel) to
use 'Fast Printing Direct to Port' (in the CONNECT option of the Printer
Setup) everything works fine.  If I turn off 'Fast Printing Direct to Port'
all my previous problems reappear because Windows is now letting the
underlying DOS services handle the printing rather than directly controlling
the port itself (without help from DOS).

If this all sound rather complicated, I can't help it.  Much of the above
information came from Microsoft's Windows Resource Kit and some very much
appreciated help from Bob Kane (worms-emh2.army.mil).

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From: Vatle@OSCAR.BBB.NO (Arne deg rd)
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Subject: Re: Mad mouse disease...
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:20:19 GMT
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Hello,
I'm Arne Oedegaard from Voss, Norway.  I'm new to
the list. I have been following the subject on
"mouse disease" with unexpected movent from the
mouse in Windows.

At work (at a public Commercial school, as
Technology Coordinator, High school level) I have
about 100 computers (different types, but mostly
IBM PS/2 55sx) and have experienced the same
problem with Windows 3.0.

I found the problem to occurr when using the exit
from Windows to the DOS prompt.   As the computer
was left at the DOS-prompt, with windows active
and the DOS prompt shown on the screen, the next
user of the computer (he or she did not know that
Windows was running) started Windows from the
prompt again.  So there were two Windows running
at the same time.  This lead to unexpected
movements of the mouse and some other unexpected
things happened.  We were unable to get control
of the mouse and mouse-klicks occurred
unexpectedly.

This happened in Windows 3.0, but in Windows 3.1
there is no possibility to start Windows again
when the exit to the dos-prompt from windows is
used.

I do not know if this is the answer to th
problem you have been discribing, but felt need
to share our experience.

Arne Oedegaard, Voss, Norway.
E-mail adress: Vatle@oscar.BBB.no
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From:         Bill Holman <BRH@ARLAN.BYU.EDU>
Subject:      Pegasus Mail
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Does anybody know of a windows version of Pegasus Mail?  We are
currently running Pegasus Mail 2.31 (I think) for DOS on our LAN.  If
there is no Windows version is there a mail program I can use in
its place.  I have tried a program I recieved from CICA called EZMail
and I was either not successful in setting it up correctly or I can't
use it with the way our network handles incoming mail.  Can anyone
help me?











Thank-you,

   Bill R. Holman
USI Computer Support
(BRH@arlan.byu.edu)
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Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1992 10:19:47 MEZ
From:         I7082101@DBSTU1.RZ.TU-BS.DE
Subject:      Question
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Hallo,
I have a some questions abot Windows 3.1 TruetType Fonts

How can I get information about the truetype Fonts?
How are these files organized? Is there any software to merge two fonts or
to edit the truetype character? How can I change the order of the characters
in these Fonts?
thank you very much
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From:         A16905@ITESO.BITNET
Subject:      Re: CGA driver for Windows 3.1

How can I log on CICA ?   I tried anonymous and the server refused me !

Do you know the file name ? I would try to get it from wuarchive.

Thanks for the help.

Shalom,
Memo..
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From:         Joseph Zupko <ah238@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU>
Subject:      1200 and 2400 baud modem and windows
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I can't get my 2400 baud to work in windows but it does in a dos session.
I can only get 1200 in windows. How can I fix this?

--
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From:         KNOPF@FNAL.BITNET
Subject:      del misc lines in .ini files

 Eric,
  there are basically two ways for windows programs to keep
their initialization parameters, in WIN.INI or in a private file
xxxx.INI (doesn't have to be .INI). This allows programs to use
the functions 'GetProfileString' and 'GetPrivateProfileString'
to read parameters. A complementary function of 'WritePro...'
is also supported. As to which method to use seems to be an un-
resolved issue. Using private ini files and using the same name
as the application certainly makes it easier to find and purge
obsolete files, but it also means you create many more files.
Microsoft uses both methods, putting information into win.ini
that is necessary for other applications, i.e. font info for
printer drivers, but creating a private file also - such as
winword.ini, excel4.ini.....
  So, what it comes down to is that there is no easy way to
spot unneeded lines in win.ini, unless you know exactly what
each entry refers to.
                No help here.......
        Walter Knopf
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From:         "Alan D. Hogan" <FAC0024@UOFT01.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Changing Envelope Attributes in WFW

After adding the envelope to the document as described by Morris, choose
Style from the Format menu.  You'll find 2 styles for the envelope -
envelope address - and - envelope return.  Choose envelope return and
click on Define.  Click on Character to change the appearance of the fonts.
After you've made all the style changes you want, click OK.  In the Style
dialog box now select the box "add to template" and then click Change.
Be sure to respond yes to quesion about saving global changes when you
exit Word.

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 14:12:12 CDT
From: Moore <moore%EMAIL.NCSC.NAVY.MIL@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu>

How can I change the character formatting (size and font) on envelopes in
Word for Windows 2.0? Specifically, I want to change the ridiculously small
return address lines, and I want to make the address lines be in Arial vice
Times Roman.

Jim,

Click on the envelope button, fill in the information as needed and click on
"Add To Document".  W4W has now created a separate section for the envelope
in your document for you to work with and edit as you please.

Now the next time you print an evelope it should pull the information
from what you have edited.  Have not tried this as my printer is being
used elsewhere.  So let me know if this works!

Joe Morris, undergraduate & Assoc. Data Analyst in Raleigh, NC
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From: PIZZINATO%XANADU@KINGSTON.ARPC.ALCAN.CA (Mark Pizzinato)
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Subject: Mouse Problem
Date: 20 Aug 92 15:04:00 GMT
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Real quick question ... A user has a Toshiba 1200 running Windows 3.1
His mouse has been working for a month with no problems.  Today when he
goes into windows the mouse works for a few seconds and then freezes.
He is using a microsoft mouse.  Any ideas ..?

Mark Pizzinato
Kingston, ONT
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Subject: del misc lines in .ini files
From: edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:40:03 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City

I have heard that after some time our .ini files (sys and win) can get
cluttered with uneeded lines that previous programs don't take out when 
they are deleted. 

Does anyone know of a good text file or info source that I can go to that will
tell me more information about what I can delete to make startup quicker?

Thanks in advance

Eric ...........
From: pfoss@cmsa.gmr.com (Pete Foss PO/46)
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Subject: Lockscreen
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:12:27 GMT
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Many Unix X-windows systems have a program which when executed prevents the terminal from being used until a password is typed in to unlock the machine.  Does a similar function exist for MS Windows?
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From:         "Vance M. Gloster" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM>
Subject: looking for a f a s t graphics-adaptor (like diamond stealth)
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    >i have a 486/33 with 20 mb ram and a 200 mb hd
    >now i am looking for a fast graphics adaptor
    >could anyone send me information about several cards ?
    >whats about the diamond stealth ?
    >

I have the Diamond Stealth, and I can recommend it.  It took us some
fooling around to get it to work with WinQVT and Novell, but now it
works well.  The Stealth has modes with 32000 colors, which the ATI
Ultra does not.  Image Alchemy (available from cica) can take
advantage of this and display Targa files.

In our setup only the Diamond drivers seem to work correctly, not the
Microsoft standard S3 drivers.  Diamond does not have a 1280x960
Windows driver.  When we do not run IPX (Novell driver) the Microsoft
drivers work fine.  Also the Diamond drivers default to use large
fonts, so you need to go in and change them if you are using a big
monitor (like I am).  The Microsoft drivers come with options for both
large and small fonts.

1024x768x256 is supported, but you can only get 1280x960x16, because 1
meg is not enough memory.  The 32000 color modes go up to 640x480.
They have a Windows driver for this mode, but Windows seems kind of
unstable when you use it.  When Windows comes up in this mode it tells
you that it is critically low on resources even before it starts.

We ran an old copy of the PC Magazine Windows graphics benchmark, and
the Stealth scored much faster than anything else we had access to.
We had an ATI Ultra, which seemed faster when we used it, but it did
not perform as well in the bechmark.  There was a huge difference
between "last generation" cards like the Trident 8900, SpeedStar, and
Orchid ProDesigner II, and the "current generation" cards like the
Stealth, Ultra, and Video 7 VRAM II.  There was a much smaller
difference among current generation cards.

I run Word 4 Windows 2.0a all the time and have had no problems with
the Stealth.

-Vance Gloster
 gloster@inference.com