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Date: Tue,  1 Sep 92 12:30:21 +0200
From: Martin_Schloeter@eurologic.fido.de (Martin Schloeter)
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
X-Comment-To: (Name)
Organization: Die ersten 100.000 Jahre... 

N > >   N > Execuse me!!!!  Windows WILL NOT touch your malloc memory blocks,
N > >   N > and it will sort of juggle with your memory only with near
N > pointers and
N > >   N > that is also only because you got the same DS value; that is it
N > does
N > >   N > not play with your memory blocks in relation to your malloc calls,
N > it
N > >   N > will move your WHOLE program by changing the base address. 
N > Compile
N > >   N > in the compact or huge models where everything is far and windows
N > will
N > >   N > die a horrible death if it tried to play with it.
N > >   N >
N > >   You are definitly wrong.
N > > Don't mix it up. You description is only correct for static data in the
N > apps  
N > >default data segment(s) and data allocated with the default malloc
N > (identica
N > >lly
N > > with
N > > LocalAlloc-LocalLock) in the Local Heap (which is inside the default
N > data
N > > segment(s)).
N > Yes, this is what I ment.  Windows will move the segments not my
N > blocks.
Again, that only one special case of the Windows memory management. But in ALL 
cases (see following) Windows will move memory blocks without breaking the 
pointers.
N > 
N > > Even this problem is better managed with Win 3.1 then with 3.0 (no
N > >   more sandbank effekt with such memory).
N > >   Memory
N > >  allocated with GlobalAlloc-Global lock (also far pointers) is
N > >  perfectly
N > >   juggled by windows.
N > >   Simply write an app which uses such call, start heapwalker and make
N > some
N > >
N > >   intensive things and you will see your memory blocks juggling around.
That's the pure truth, not my personal meaning!

Martin
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: peskin@epx.cis.umn.edu (Yury Peskin)
Subject: Re: Undocumented win.ini settings
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 23:39:06 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.092743.24039@doug.cae.wisc.edu> terryh@cae.wisc.edu (Terry Henning) writes:
>Hi,
>
>I just wanted to say thanks to all who replied to my post.  I was not aware
>that the Resource Kit was available via ftp. I thought it had to be purchased.
>Terry Henning
>
Sorry, I'm late to this thread but could someone post the name of the ftp 
sites where the WRK is located.

Thanks.


-- 
We The Willing, Lead By The Unknowing, Are Doing The Impossible
For The Ungrateful.  We Have Done So Much For So Long With So
Little, We Are Now Qualified To Do Anything With NOTHING.
Yury Peskin at peskin@epx.cis.umn.edu
From: v075hn54@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Gary G Gassman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Communications Software
Date: 27 Aug 92 00:13:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In the Aug 92 issue of PC World a telecommunication program
called MICROLINK for Windows was covered.
It is available from PC World Online as MLINK.ZIP.
Unfortunately, I don't belong to America online so I
can't download it from them.
Does anyone know where else it, or a viable substitute, is
available ?

G. Gassman                       Voice day- 716 692-4637
SUNY at Buffalo                        night    837-1492
                                 or E-MAIL
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: foxworth@cpsin2.cps.msu.edu (David L Foxworthy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,alt.binaries.pictures.utilities
Subject: TC2.0 Source for Gif display
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:07:43 GMT
Reply-To: foxworth@cpsin2.cps.msu.edu (David L Foxworthy)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University
Originator: foxworth@cpsin2.cps.msu.edu


Does anyone have source code for TC 2.0 that will display a gif given a
filename, and position? I tried using GIFLIB12 from simtel but had a
real hard time with it. Would appreciate any help, or hints on where to
find such code.

Thanks in advance,

Dave		foxworth@cps.msu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: tony2@prefect.uucp (21131-gozdz)
Subject: Re: NT on a Mac???
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 23:00:35 GMT

In article <87757@netnews.upenn.edu> din@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Clarence Din) writes:
>Anyone know if Microsoft has any plans for putting NT on a Mac?
>Now that would be neat!

What is Mac? ;-)

--T.
From: nsus_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Nick Susch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Diamond SpeedStar 24x
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:06:25 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Hello. I just purchased a Diamond SpeedStar 24x video card and was wondering
if there are newer drivers anywhere (Newer then Apr. 92). Also, one problem
I noticed with the card is that, when AfterDark kicks in, the mouse cursor
doesn't go away. It just stays on the screen. Does any one know how to fix
this? Thanks.

--
They say there is strangeness too dangerous | /\/ick Susch - U. of Rochester
In our theatres and bookstore shelves,      | nick@blaise.cif.rochester.edu
That those who know what's best for us      |    or
Must rise and save us from ourselves.       | nsus_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
				   -RUSH
From: tguez@jade.tufts.edu (Name)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Date: 31 Aug 92 02:22:50 GMT
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA


   N > Let me see....  Virtualization, in my mind (with reference to this
   N > discussion), is that the OP makes each application think it has a
   N > certain resources all to itself without concern of other applications.
   N > For instance, the IBM CP/M (I think this is the one) works on the
   N > concept of virtual machines, each application feels like it has a
   N > machine of it's own, memory of it's own, cpu of it's, tape drives of
   N > it's own and so on.  Now stopping an application from accessing a
   N > resource-- controling a resource-- is not virtualization.
> Windows does exactly what you are describing for "IBM CP/M" (whatever this 
> UART was no good example, because there is no reasonable way to virtualize 
>UART for concurrently accessing processes, because of timeout problems on the 
> other side of the line. The only reasonable reaction is to block the second 
>   accessing process one.
First, I am very glad you are starting to pay attention to the
arguments, and even refer back to some, instead trying to prove me
wrong.  Second, you are beginning to get the picture.  Third, this
particular argument you are commenting is exsplicitly (sp?) to explain to
you that although virtualization contains control,
virtualization!=control.  Fourth, I have finally poin-pointed some
concepts you confuse, and therefore, I have writting out the email
about the VM operating system, and the virtual machine concept, in
which you should particularaly pay attention that in layered operating
systems the top operating system does not penetrate into the lower
operating system-- it is not even our of it's existence, it views
everything underneath it as a bare-machine.  The last statement may be
released to you a little bit pre-maturely, you have first to realize
that your argument should be that windows is an operating system
layered over DOS.

>   Greetings Martin

Greethings Tomer
From: cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam)
Subject: RAM drive under Windows
Keywords: RAMdrive
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 17:11:09 GMT

A while back, I posted a request about a RAM disk driver that
would work under windows.

I got several responses, several of which suggested alternatives
involving disk caching.  While I appreciate the suggestions, my
situation really requires a RAM drive.

I am running Windows 3.1 under DR DOS 6.0 and have tried four
RAM disk drivers with the following results:

DRIVER                             MEMORY USED FOR DISK
                          EXTENDED                  EXPANDED (EMS)

VDISK.SYS                doesn't work                doesn't work
 (with DR DOS 6.0)

EDISK.SYS (Everex)       doesn't work                doesn't work

RAMDRIVE.SYS             doesn't work                doesn't work
 (with MS DOS 3.3)

RAMDRIVE.SYS             sorta works                 doesn't work
 (with MS DOS 5.0)


In all the "doesn't work" cases, Windows starts by displaying
its title screen but does not clear -- the DOS prompt just appears
in the upper left corner with an invisible cursor. (the "mode 80"
command restores the screen)

With RAMDRIVE.SYS from MS DOS 5.0, when using extended memory,
the drive is useable and Windows runs --- but only in Standard Mode.
It won't run in 386 Enhanced Mode.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

Cal.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: dspascha@eos.ncsu.edu (DAVID SCOTT PASCHAL)
Subject: Re: Password protection
Originator: dspascha@c00089-100lez.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: dspascha@eos.ncsu.edu (DAVID SCOTT PASCHAL)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 20:41:26 GMT


In article <1992Sep1.133613.5047@walter.cray.com>, huot@cray.com (Tom Huot) writes:
|> Path: taco!gatech!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!network.ucsd.edu!sdcrsi!equalizer!timbuk.cray.com!walter.cray.com!huot
|> From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
|> Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
|> Subject: Re: Password protection
|> Summary: Try the Keylock
|> Message-ID: <1992Sep1.133613.5047@walter.cray.com>
|> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 14:36:12 GMT+5:00
|> References: <5684@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM$> <420@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> <Btv9B3.2FA@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
|> Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
|> Lines: 14
|> 
|> [Line of complaints about password protection not secure enough deleted]
|> 
|> I am surprised no one has yet to mention this one. Use the Keylock to
|> lock the computer. Unless someone wants to go to the trouble of 
|> taking the system apart and rewiring it, I don't think you will
|> have any trouble with someone messing with your data.
|> Please ... no flames about the computers that are not equipped
|> with a lock.
|> 
|> -- 
|> _____________________________________________________________________________
|> Tom Huot        			       
|> huot@cray.com 
|> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|> 


Hi.  The problem with keylocks is that some computer manufacturers don't go to
the trouble to make each key unique!!!  You got one key, you can open them
all!

Tschuess,
David Paschal
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mmroczek@sedona.intel.com (Michael Mroczek~)
Subject: Problem with Windows3.1, QEMM386, and MS Mouse
Originator: mmroczek@sedona
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:53:10 GMT


  When I try to run windows in enhanced mode with qemm installed as the high memory manager, it crashes
before getting to the windows startup screen.  When I start windows with the win /b option to create
the log file BOOTLOG.TXT, it reports a load failure on loading the mouse driver MOUSE.DRV, with a 
failure code of 00.  The mouse driver is version 8.20 and qemm is version 6.02.
  Does anyone have any suggestions?  How about where to find out what the failure codes stand for.

							Thanks
							  Mike
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: prang@du9ds4.uni-duisburg.de (Juergen Prang)
Subject: Re: Undocumented win.ini settings
Date: 26 Aug 92 14:46:45 GMT
Organization: Rechenzentrum Uni-Duisburg

terryh@cae.wisc.edu (Terry Henning) writes:

>Hi,

>I need to know the win.ini settings that are not mentioned in the user's
>manual.  The winini.wri file states that additional settings can be found
>in the windows 3.1 resource kit.  Would it be illegal for someone to post or
>make publically available these settings which should be in the User's Guide
>that came with Windows.  I refuse to buy the entire resource kit so that I
>can change the font in my title bar!

You can copy the Windows 3.1 resource kit (including the docs in WfW2-
format) from different ftp-sites, for example

ftp.uni-duisburg.de: /pub/pc/win3/util/wrk_doc.exe
(login: anonymous, password: FULL e-mail address)

or at ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the /pub/pc/win3/wrk subdirectory, I think

Hope this helps
-- 
   Juergen Prang           | INTERNET: prang@du9ds4.uni-duisburg.de
   University of Duisburg  | BITNET: prang%du9ds4.uni-duisburg.de@UNIDO
   EE - Dept. of Dataprocessing - Bismarckstr. 81 - D-4100 Duisburg 1
From: reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Password protection
Date: 29 Aug 92 06:36:00 GMT
Reply-To: reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima)
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591


 vscarafi@eccdb1.pms.ford.com (Vincent F. Scarafino) writes:

VF>mlowery@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Mike Lowery) writes:
VF>> 
VF>> Does anyone out there know of a method for password protecting
VF>> Windows 3.1?  I know about the password for the screen savers,
VF>> but what I want is one for the whole system.
VF>> 
VF>> By the way, I was shocked to learn that the easiest way to 
VF>> defeat the screen saver's password protection was to re-boot,
VF>> re-start Windows, and simply reset the password in the Control
VF>> panel.  Some security.
VF>> 
VF>> ----Mike
VF>> 
VF>> 
VF>Afterdark has a program AD_WRAP that password protects DOS.  I have 
VF>it as
VF>the very first line in my autoexec.bat file.  There is a theoretical
VF>window-of-vulnerability boot at time when control is turned over to 
VF>your
VF>autoexec.bat file and before this program is invoked.  I don't know
VF>enough of the details on how Control-C works at boot time to 
VF>determine
VF>how easy it would be to circumvent.  Of course, this assumes that 
VF>your
VF>floppy drive is disabled, otherwise anyone with a floppy containing
VF>the DOS SYS could boot the system from the floppy and change anything
VF>they wanted to.
VF>
VF>Vince
VF>         

   A long time ago I came across piece of password protection software 
which rested in the config.sys.  I was never ever able to bypass it.  Is 
it possible to break out of the config.sys (i know it is possible to break 
out of the autoexec.bat)?
   The program also somehow doesn't let you access the c drive if you boot 
up from the a drive!

Reza
reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp



--- WinQwk 1.10a #0
From: paulb@harlqn.co.uk (Paul Butcher)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Bug in Dropper version 0.3
Date: 4 Sep 92 13:51:39 GMT
Organization: Harlequin Ltd, Cambridge, UK

Whoops!  I'm afraid I may have done something rather silly with Dropper
version 0.3 - the new feature which sets the icon of a DOS program
seems to be rather less robust that I thought.  What I should have done,
of course, is to make the default *NOT* to set the icon, and allowed
users to switch the feature on if they wanted it.  However, if you
experience problems running DOS apps from Dropper, there is an easy fix;
simply place the line:

	HorribleHack=0

in the [General] section of dropper.ini

Sorry for any trouble caused :-(

By the way, if you *do* experience problems with this feature of
Dropper, I'd be grateful if you could send me a message detailing 
the circumstances under which it occurs.  It still works 100% fine
on my machine at home, and I'm a little confused as to exactly what's
going on.

One other bug that's foxing me at the moment is that one person has
reported that they can't drop files onto icons which arent associated
with those files (i.e. they can only drop .txt files onto a notepad 
icon).  I have been unable to duplicate this behaviour, and would be
grateful if anyone else who encounters it could contact me.

Thanks a lot,

PaulB->msgCount++
From: ken@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Word 4 Windows Equation Editor !!!!!!! PROBLEMS
Date: 1 Sep 92 18:30:39 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

YAP RUEH HERNG (10781935@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au) wrote:
: 
: 	I would greatly appreciate if anyone can help me out with this 
: annoying problem from MSWORD 2.0 FOR WINDOWS that had consume so much of my 
: time and energy:

<bug where fonts don't come out on the printer right>

Yep. We had this. What's worse is that we solved this problem weeks ago,
after wasting hours and hours. Even worse than that is the fact that we
posted the bug and solution to this newsgroup. It didn't make it into the
FAQ obviously..

Anyway, the bug is tripped if your printer is set to print to FILE: when you
_install_ the equation editor. Solution: delete the equation editor, set
printer to print to LPT1:, delete the equation editor fonts FROM DISK (don't
just uninstall them). Then re-install the equation editor. Hopefully
Microsoft will fix this evil bug in the next release.


--
Ken Tindell             Internet      : ken@minster.york.ac.uk
Computer Science Dept., Local FTP site: minster.york.ac.uk
York University,        Tel.          : +44-904-433244         
YO1 5DD, UK             Fax.          : +44-904-432708
--
"The Gulf War won't be like a Rambo film; it will be long, bloody and terrible"
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mbaker@erenj.bitnet (Michael Baker)
Subject: remote control products
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Organization: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:33:12 GMT

Is there anyone out there who has some decent experience using remote
control packages for helping others with their windows applications.  I am
interested in  hearing about products like nortons Anywhere for LAN and
Commute 2 users.  Also is there anyone out there using Farallons Timbuktu
5.0 for windows and macintosh support (beta testing?) Please let me know.
Thanks.
From: mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Speeding up Windows
Date: 1 Sep 92 12:44:54 GMT
Reply-To: mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin)
Organization: DaytonOH.NCR.COM

In article <1992Aug29.212201.1@vax1.umkc.edu$ edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
$In article <1992Aug28.222436.7248@wam.umd.edu$, macole@wam.umd.edu (Mario A. Cole) writes:
$$ In article <CMM.0.90.2.714995016.terjeh@maud.ifi.uio.no$ Terje Holmboe <terjeh@ifi.uio.no$ writes:
$
$How to speed up windows?
$
$$ I was sadly in your shoes...I did all of the above and more..
$$ I installed Win 3.1...increased to 8 megs...and install a 387 (for Falcon 3.0's
$$ High Fidelity Mode)...but the best addition was my Diamond Stealth card (gee,
$$ this sounds very familiar!)  Other pointers...don't put Windows on a Stacker
$$ drive, trash Himem.sys, don't blame Smartdrv for everything, and most 
$$ important of all...give Windows every bit of memory you can spare.
$$ 
$$ Or...buy a 486/66! :-)
$$ 
$$ Good luck
$$ Mario
$$ 
$$ -- 
$$ Mario A. Cole			     |  HJ Ford Associates Incorporated
$
$	Well, now I'm confused. I've heard "buy more mem" and also as Mario
$pointed out, "Get a better video card like Diamond Stealth or Orchid".
$I have a 486/33. Now I was under the impression that adding another 4 meg
$would have a much greater impact on (admitedly an already fast windows) than
$adding a new card. 
$Can anyone give hints as to which would be better?
$
$Eric

Adding 4 MB memory will stop the hard drive paging (most of it) and provide a 
noticeable increase in speed, especially if you commonly have 2 or more Windows
apps open at once.

The video cards will give you better Windows video performance (much better).
The screen will update in a flash, instead of after common pause that we are
all used to.

If you can afford both, you will be pleasantly surprised. Your system will be
incredibly faster.

Good luck !


-- 
Brian T. McGloin	|  When Irish eyes are smiling ...
NCR Corp.		|  My wife and I are expecting our third child in March.
USG/ISS-OLS		|  Our first two are girls named Erin and Meghan.
Miamisburg, OH 45342	|  WE NEED SOME GREAT IRISH NAMES! Any ideas???
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jayas@vast.unsw.edu.au (Jayasooriah)
Subject: SLIP & WinQVT
Organization: University of New South Wales
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 23:59:51 GMT

Could someone mail me on what I need on the PC end to run WinQVT/NET
on a dedicated serial line?   The ethernet version was so good on the
desktop that I have decided to run SLIP versio on my notebook.

Many thanks.

Jaya

--
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P.O. Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033 |                                           
Telefax:        +61 (2) 313-7987 |       "No trespassing without permission."
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: hh7r@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Hsiang-Hsin  Hsiung)
Subject: Re: Tiling multiple gifs to a .bmp?
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:22:31 GMT

In article <Bu1w7D.BBJ@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Larry Jewell) writes:
>Hi, can someone recommend (or WRITE :-) a program that will allow me to 
>paste mutiple small gifs into a .bmp?  I've seen the programs that make
>"contact sheet" type collages, and they generate too much "white space"
>between the gifs.  The gifs are 320X200 or smaller, and I'd like to 
>get either six or nine into a single .bmp.  Samples of the gifs can
>be found at wuarchive.wustl.edu /graphics/gifs/v/vnr (sorry, they're not
>"exotic" :-).
>
>advTHANKSance,
>
>Larry J
>
>-- 
>#Larry W. Jewell (ex-USN)     WWII-L Listowner    jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu # 
>#"Sunday's horoscope is noteworthy because of its strange, sudden and wholly#
>#unpredictable and inexplicable occurrences, affecting all phases of life." #
>#--"Your Horoscope," L.A. Evening Herald Express, Saturday, Dec. 6, 1941.   #

	Hint: Paste the gifs into a 24-bit bmp image, then use Paint Shop Pro
(a shareware). Choose "Decrese Color Depth - 256 Colors" and options "Optimized
-Error Diffusion-Include Windows' Color" and/or "Reduce Color Bleeding" to make 
a 8-bit bmp image. I assume you wanna make an impressive windows wallpaper. Note
windows reserves 20 colors, the option "Include Windows' Color" may make a big
difference.
	The software has been uploaded to several anonymous sites recently (ftp.
cica.indiana.edu ?).
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: WINSPEED DRIVERS LOCATION (not?)
From: edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 05:07:31 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City

In article <1992Aug26.191857.11047@afit.af.mil>, jchrissi@afit.af.mil (James W. Chrissis) writes:
> [stuff deleted]
> 
>>> 
>>> >Anyone got any idea where the winspeed drivers can be located?
>>> 
>>>     Isn't Winspeed (the software windows accelerator) commercial software?
>>> I've seen it being sold in a local software store, too.
>>> 
>>> Timothy
>>> 
> 
> WinSpeed IS commercial software.  It is published by Panacea.

> James W. Chrissis                      |   No time to find

Now that we have established this, can anyone provide any reviews about
their experience with these? What exactly do  these do? Are they worth paying
the $60 for?