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From: leary@progress.COM (James Leary)
Subject: Re: slow exit from windows - getting worse
Organization: Progress Software Corp.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 21:26:47 GMT

jw@mdf.mitre.org (Joe Whalley) writes:

>Using windows 3.1 and Norton 2.0, I find that exiting windows is taking
>longer and longer -
>the screen goes black but the disk drive grinds for 30-60 seconds before
>returning to the dos prompt.  What could be going on here?

>Is there any advantage to using smardrv.sys vs. smartdrv.exe ?

>Thanks - Joe

Have you had a look at your hard disk lately?  Could be that it is badly
fragmented and needs to be optimzed - the other issue (possibly in concert
with the former) is the swap file - do you have a permanent one defined,
or not?  If so, how big is it?  If you do not have a permanent swap file
defined, I would recommend that you do so (after de-fragmenting the hard
drive).  That's all I can think of at the moment.

 

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From: sylst+@pitt.edu (Siu Y Luie)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: How to delete the items in Control PaneL
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:52:55 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


It seems they are special. I could not delete them in the usual way.
Does anyone know how to do it ?

Thanks in advance.
From: ghilardi@urz.unibas.ch
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: help: need shareware
Date: 5 Oct 92 11:21:50 MET
Summary: shareware wanted
Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland

Hello everybody,
I am currently searching some shareware, and I sure hope anybody of you
can tell me a good ftp-site from where I can download the programs.
They are:

- Windows UnArchive: a program that helps you to unzip and to un-arj
		     archive files under windows.
- Klickcopy for Windows: a program for copying disks under windows

There is also a game-series, the name is something with "willi's" in it, and
it starts with a flipper game. I'd like that too.

please e-mail to: <ghilardi@urz.unibas.ch>

thanks in advance for all your help,

Nico Ghilardi

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: toddwall@rock.concert.net (Todd R Wall -- Catholic Diocese of Raleigh -- Computer Services)
Subject: Re: QEMM-386 and windows 3.1
Organization: CONCERT-CONNECT -- Public Access UNIX
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:23:29 GMT

	My config.sys looks like this and I don't seem to have any more 
problems with Windows 3.1 & QEMM 6.0 .

	DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM /X:B000-CBFF

	Hope this helps.   

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From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Microsoft Error
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:43:37 GMT
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

GJAMES@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA (GJames) writes:
>I was reading my Win 3.1 manual the other day and noticed that Microsoft 
>called the VGA card a Video Graphics Adapter (Pg 264). Any 10th grade high 
>school student knows VGA stands for Video Graphics Array. Even my manuals 
>from the Far East get it correct.
>I am supposed to trust Microsoft to manufacture/market multi 

You know, this is somewhat akin to complaining that the Antichrist
doesn't keep his nails very well groomed.
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From: Stephen Gibson
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: re: TrueType fonts in Windows Draw?
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:01:37 GMT
Organization: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA


In article <z+gzsj-@rpi.edu> kudla@acm.rpi.edu (Robert Kudla) writes:
>
>The Windows Draw package, which sells locally for about $80 and looks
>real good, with all kinds of scaling/rotating/bending/text wrapping
>functions and comes with a bunch of "outline fonts", seems like a real
>bargain, but before I buy it, I have to know: will it perform all its
>neato text functions on truetype fonts, or just its own proprietary
>ones?  The package, and all reviews I've seen to date (all of which
>seem to like it) do not make this clear. 
>
>I'd appreciate any money-saving insight. :)
>
>Rob
I believe that there is a version available that is truly Win 3.1 compliant
 (TrueType support, etc.).  Previous versions (that may be languishing on 
dealer's shelves may not be...  A friend of mine has a copy; I'll check 
the docs and get back to you.

Stephen Gibson
Sonoma State University
eMail:  Stephen.Gibson@sonoma.edu
From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Improve startup speed : SOLUTION
Date: 5 Oct 92 19:04:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: qualcom.rdippold.718311866
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

katz@lourie.und.ac.za (Moran Katz) writes:
>Thanks Gary!  It was my truetype fonts!!!  As I have over four hundred of them
>Windows took an incredibly long time to initialise them.  When I removed them
>Windows started immediately.  Anyone know why this happens?

Windows has to know which fonts you have available so the little font
windows can be popped up whenever necessary and so it knows which
fonts it has available for substitution, etc.  It's faster to do it
once at startup than to do it every time a new font request is
encountered.  However, this can still be quite a while.  Windows is
going through your fonts directory and opening the files one by one to
see what's in them (the file name is not sufficient).  For over 400
files I can imagine that would take a while!
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From: nkulkarn@mipos2.intel.com (Nitin Kulkarni)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Help needed for Win 3.1 video drivers
Keywords: Win 3.1
Date: 30 Sep 92 01:05:48 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA

Hello.

I am new to this group, so please excuse if this has been asked
before. Well, I am looking for a 256-color driver for Windows 3.1
(640x480 and 1024x768). I tried to use the one on CICA, but it
messes my screen while running Windows 3.1. I've tried to download
this same driver from Western Digital's bulletin board, but it
still corrupts my display. Don't know if there're any more out 
there. Oh, almost forgot ... I have a Paradise VGA 16 graphics card.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

BTW: My current 640x400x256 color Win 3.1 driver works just fine !

- Nitin

(nkulkarn@mipos2.intel.com)

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: damien@reg.triumf.ca (DAMIEN GALLOP)
Subject: Re: Windows and Canon Bubblejet
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 07:34:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.192753.852@debet.nhh.no>, si0_tb90020@debet.nhh.no writes...
>I am not sure if this is the correct newsgoup, but since it is under
>windows I experience the problem, I'll give it a try.
> 
>I own a Canon Bubblejet 10ex printer, and I use Microsoft Word for
>Windows as a writing tool. The problem is as follows. I insert a date in
>the document six or so tabstops to the right on the page, and when I
>print it I get the upper half of the chars printet about centered ont
>the page, and the lower half to the right.
> 
>Has anyone else experienced this?
> 
>terje

Chances are, you have Proprinter emulation on. There is a real BJ10ex driver.
With it, all DIP switches on printer should be off (down), except #1, which
whould be on for paper feeder. D.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Subject: Re: How to delete the items in Control PaneL
Organization: :noitazinagrO
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 20:30:05 GMT

Siu Y Luie (sylst+@pitt.edu) wrote:
: 
: It seems they are special. I could not delete them in the usual way.
: Does anyone know how to do it ?
: 
: Thanks in advance.
: 
I've no idea what "usual way" you tried, but as far as I know Control
Panel just picks up anything with the extension ".CPL" in the Windows
System directory.  Just remove the files that you don't want Control
Panel to use.  They're just DLLs, and all they do is manipulate INI
files.

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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Problem: Stacker / Sm
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:32:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 

FJ.>Help me, i don't want to format my Hard Disk and loose 200 MG of Programs!!
  .
  .>WHAT CAN I DO ????
  .
  .Check the back of your Stacker manual in the Appendix containing Error
  .Messages.  Look for the one about "Stacker Drive Write Protected".  Do
  .what it says.

That's great, but he tried what it told him, and it didn't work!  You
have to run SCHECK/F first, but that's not what the message says!
How many times should he follow the instructions before he figures out
that it doesn't work?
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: walls@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Gerald Walls)
Subject: Re: Problem: Stacker / Smartdrive
Organization: Honeywell Air Transport Systems Division
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 16:16:53 GMT

run SCHECK/F, then run CHKDSK/F if needed.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Win 3.1 File Manager icon problem - Solved!
From: trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall)
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 00:29:36 PDT
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

All right, this is it.  To everyone who suggested removing all of the 
items from the "RUN=" line and putting them on the "LOAD=" line, many 
thanks!!  It worked.  My File Manager now appears as a full window when 
Windows starts up, and not as an icon.  (For those who didn't know it 
before, File Manager kept coming up as an icon.  Also, I do not use 
Program Manager at all, so that didn't enter into it.)

Thanks again!

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From: furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: ARGHH!-WFW2.0 Sucks big time!
Keywords: Crashes problems wfw
Date: 6 Oct 92 19:33:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.1992Oct6.193319.1904
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.

In article <1992Oct6.104956.25064@news.uni-stuttgart.de> skok@itwds1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Holger Skok) writes:
>Hi folks,
>
>Anybody having similar experience with WFW2.0?
>I have been working on a fairly large document and tried to split it up,
>in order to improve response time and to make the handling of the files
>easier. I divided the document into chapters and stored them in separate
>files. Then I created a control file in which I entered the separate
>chapters with the Insert File function. 
>Using the proper display mode I could also see that the control file
>indeed only contained a few headlines and the insertion fields. 
>Imagine my surprise when I checked the size of the control file and
>found it to be as large as the sum of all sizes of the inserted files!
>(~3MB for a 46-page document containing many MS-Draw images)
>
>I know that WfW2.0 does have trouble with importing images. Even though
>there is a check box in the dialog to not include the image in the file
>but to just reference the image file and only store its name in the WfW
>- document, this doesn't work. Answer from MS-support: It's not a bug,
>it's a feature.
>But I hate that it's the same with the include file function. Am I
>making some mistake?
>
>Now with the 3MB-file I keep experiencing crashes. WfW manages to
>violate memory protection. It's always the module GDI.EXE that's
>affected. Any solution known to that problem?
>
>My conclusion: I'll stay away from MS-products until they reach version
>numbers 3.0 and greater.
>

How much memory is on your box ? When I ran with 4 megs of memory,
I received crashes like this all the time, especially with lots of
graphics. Going to 16 megs, I have not had a problem since. Also,
Revision 2.0B is starting to ship and I seem to remember someone
telling me that the particular problem you are having has been
addressed in this version. Dont quote me though, I may be wrong.

I did notice some GDI problems on the original 2.0 release that
went away in 2.0A, such as using WordArt and importing graphics. Do
you have 2.0A now ? Even if you dont, call Microsoft @ (800)
541-1261 and request your upgrade to 2.0B. It's free.

Hope this helps.

...Paul


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Where can I find....?
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:28:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.BvnpsA.H4x
Organization: Indiana University

In article <512@highett.mel.dbce.csiro.au> steveo@mel.dbce.csiro.au (Stephen Oakes) writes:
|In article <3046.1100.uupcb@satalink.com| john.will@satalink.com (John Will) writes:
||NC.I'm looking for some Windows apps that are share or free-
||  .ware.
||  .
||  .First, is there a shareware app that functions like Dr.
||  .Watson (that helps you figure out why an app crashed).

||Since Dr. Watson comes free with Windows, why do you need a replacement
||with the same functionality?

|Dr. Watson comes free *with windows 3.1*, not with 3.0.  But it is
|available from various ftp sites if you want it.  I am not aware of
|any other apps that have similar functionality.

True, but if you aren't using  3.1 by now you should be. Apart from
Dr. Watson theres a lot in there. 

||NC.Also, does anyone know of a good "Exit" button or icon
||  .utility for the program manager?
||
||Alt-F4 is a pretty quick exit, how much of a hurry are you in?
|
|This may be true (actually it isn't, since an extra key press is required)
|but it doesn't answer the question.  There are programs available to do
|this (but not "for the program manager", that I know of).  They are
|sometimes useful if you have the Program Manager buried under a stack
|of windows, although I personally wouldn't use one.

Th Exit button will also be buried in that case. I'd also be 
leery of something I could click on by mistake that would cause
Windows to exit.

|Please don't respond if you don't have an answer.

The person might not have known that you _could_ exit with alt-F4,
or by double clicking on the PM bar box. Its surprising how many 
people don't know this. They think like a Mac you need to go to 
File then Exit.







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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant)
Subject: Re: MDI Information Requested
Keywords: MDI
Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 00:05:31 GMT

MDI seems to be used in cases where there are several child windows each of
which use the same menu as the main window.  For example, word processors,
editors, Borland's IDE (and I assume everyone else's).  It seems primarily
for 'document' applications, i.e. multi-file editors.  I think the idea is
to allow you to manage all of the open document windows with things like
tiling automatically.  Also it allows them all to share the same menu.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: dmsilev@athena.mit.edu (Daniel M Silevitch)
Subject: Re: Where can I find....?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 21:26:47 GMT

In article <BvnpsA.H4x@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
|> In article <512@highett.mel.dbce.csiro.au> steveo@mel.dbce.csiro.au (Stephen Oakes) writes:
|> |In article <3046.1100.uupcb@satalink.com| john.will@satalink.com (John Will) writes:
|> ||NC.I'm looking for some Windows apps that are share or free-
|> ||  .ware.
|> ||  .
|> ||  .First, is there a shareware app that functions like Dr.
|> ||  .Watson (that helps you figure out why an app crashed).
|> 
|> ||Since Dr. Watson comes free with Windows, why do you need a replacement
|> ||with the same functionality?
|> 
|> |Dr. Watson comes free *with windows 3.1*, not with 3.0.  But it is
|> |available from various ftp sites if you want it.  I am not aware of
|> |any other apps that have similar functionality.
|> 
|> True, but if you aren't using  3.1 by now you should be. Apart from
|> Dr. Watson theres a lot in there. 
|> 
|> ||NC.Also, does anyone know of a good "Exit" button or icon
|> ||  .utility for the program manager?
|> ||
|> ||Alt-F4 is a pretty quick exit, how much of a hurry are you in?
|> |
|> |This may be true (actually it isn't, since an extra key press is required)
|> |but it doesn't answer the question.  There are programs available to do
|> |this (but not "for the program manager", that I know of).  They are
|> |sometimes useful if you have the Program Manager buried under a stack
|> |of windows, although I personally wouldn't use one.

A fast way to shut down Windows no matter where the Program Manager is is to
enter the Task Manager, either from the system menu of any application or by
double clicking the desktop. In the Task Manager, select Program Manager, and
click on the End Task button. This will kill the Program Manager (The
confirmation dialog box will appear, so accidents are not catastrophic)

|> 
|> Th Exit button will also be buried in that case. I'd also be 
|> leery of something I could click on by mistake that would cause
|> Windows to exit.
|> 
|> |Please don't respond if you don't have an answer.
|> 
|> The person might not have known that you _could_ exit with alt-F4,
|> or by double clicking on the PM bar box. Its surprising how many 
|> people don't know this. They think like a Mac you need to go to 
|> File then Exit.
|> 
|> 
|> 
|> 
|> 
|> 
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From: howard@Redwood.XAIT.Xerox.COM (Howard Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: MDI Information Requested
Keywords: MDI
Date: 2 Oct 92 20:20:03 GMT
Reply-To: howard@Redwood.XAIT.Xerox.COM (Howard Bernstein)
Organization: Xerox Advanced Information Technology, Cambridge, MA

We are in the process of developing a windows app and need to understand who
uses MDI, and why?  If anyone can cite specific examples to support its use
in particular kinds of applications, or can reference any articles or papers,
or just give their opinion, it would be appreciated.  Respond as you feel
comfortable, I will repost to the net if there is enough discussion (unless
you prefer otherwise... let me know in your response).

Thanks in advance!


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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: How to start in 386 e
Date: 29 Sep 92 21:41:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 

MW.>2. How can I make windows to make most use of the 4 MB ram ?
  .
  .In a nutshell, you can't.

Actually, he was asking about an efficient organization of memory, and
you can certainly improve on almost any configuration.

MW.>	DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
  .>    DOS=HIGH,UMB
  .>    DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.SYS 1024 RAM
  .
  .Now, here I see a problem.  I believe you need EMM386 to come before the 
  .DOS= command if you're gonna use UMB.  Also, I found that the UMB command 
  .only works if EMM386 is used with the /NOEMS switch.

The DOS=xxx,yyy is a switch, it can come anywhere in the CONFIG.SYS file,
there is no order.  The UMB command works fine with EMS, however since
he's optimizing a Windows configuration, I recommended he lose it 
altogether.

MW.Furthermore, unless you are running DOS applications under Windows, you 
  .likely wouldn't even need to stick DOS high.

OTOH, it costs nothing to load it high in memory usage, and then he has
the option of running in a decent sized DOS partition for zero cost.
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From: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Copperplate Gothic ATM/TT
Date: 29 Sep 1992 04:19:56 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


Does anyone know where (or in which archive - natm?.zip or atmfont?.zip)
I can find a Shareware/PD ATM or TrueType font resembling Copperplate?
-Thanks...
From: axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: How to change fonts in Win3.1 and NDW2.0
Date: 2 Oct 1992 02:53:16 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, PRAETHE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Ethan Evan Prater) says:

>In article <6668@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>
>sylst+@pitt.edu (Siu Y Luie) writes:
>>
>>I tried to add IconTitleFaceName=Times New Roman and
>>IconTitleSize=9 to Win.ini file but it did not work.
>>
>>Any suggestion?
> 
>Did you restart Windows?

I don't think that you can change the icon-font of items in
Norton Desktop's Quick Access Groups.

After changing the icon-font and size in WIN.INI, the font
and size of items in progman groups is altered.

Ashok
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