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Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Windows for WorkGroups and LAN Workplace
Organization: School of Architecture, University of Bath, UK
Lines: 19

This may be a simple question but:

We have a number of PC's which we use to link to a mainframe using 
Novell LAN WorkPlace for DOS . 
Now, to make life easier for us we are thinking of using Windows for
Workgroups to allow file sharing across our PC network. 

Now does anyone know if it is possible to use W4WG and Lan Workplace
for DOS at the same time. 

ie Can I access a file on another PC while being logged on to the
mainframe at the same time, simultaneously.

Any help well appreciated.

Gary Hunt.
Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture
University of Bath
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: Grey Scale while in windows?
Organization: Motorola Ltd., European Cellular Infrastructure Division
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Distribution: world
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Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: win/NT file systems
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
Lines: 26

In article <>   writes:
>OK will some one out there tell me why / how DOS 5
>can read 
>the Win/NT NTFS file system.
>I thought NTFS was supposed to be better than the FAT system
>
>keith

DOS 5.0/6.0 cannot read the NTFS file system, although the NTFS file system
can read the FAT file system of DOS.  I have WindowsNT on a seperate
partition on my machine at home, and I can read my DOS disks from Windows NT,
but not vice-versa.

As far as the robustness of the file system, it seems to be very fast, and
I have yet to have a single problem with it.  That doesn't prove it's better
than the FAT system though.  Read the book 'Inside Windows NT,' it will give
you all the info you're looking for.

		Scott


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Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Hhy won't my DOS apps run in a window?!
Distribution: world
Organization: Sigma Press
Reply-To: 
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 
Lines: 8

Can somebody help me out there? I have just purchased Win 3.1 and I just
can't get DOS apps  to run in a window on their own. I've
tried mucking around with the PIF settings etc, but to no avail. What am
I doing wrong? .

Thanks in advance ...

Jason.
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: WinBench
Organization: San Jose State University - Math/CS Dept.
Lines: 36

  writes:

>  writes:
>> Is there any FTP site that carries WinBench results for different graphics
>> cards? In Excel  format? What is the latest version of WinBench and
>> how do they differ? Is the source available, and has anybody try to port it to
>> X-Window, at least in a way that will make comparisons possible?
>> 
>On ftp.cica.indiana.edu in pub/pc/win3/misc/winadv.zip is a writeup by
>Steve Gibson of InfoWorld with winbench 3.11 and a number of other 
>benchmark results for nine isa and four VLB video cards.  This is a 
>very current upload and is likely to have any card you're currently 
>giving serious consideration.  Not in XLS format.  Latest version of
>WinBench that I know of is ver 3.11.  I believe they try to maintain
>the same rating scale between versions, and new versions are released
>to defeat the lastest coding tricks put in by driver programmers to
>beat the benchmarks.  Don't know on the last one.

And why they are considering using WinBench as a test, they may want
to read everything Steve Gibson has said on the subject in his
InfoWorld column the past couple of month.  In short, virtually
every board manufacturer cheats on the test by writing things in the
driver that is there only to make the board appear faster on the
WinBench suite.  So the WinBench score has no bearing in reality to
how cards stack up on real world tasks.

In the last PC-Magazine they benchmarked some of the new accelerators,
and admitted that many of them 'cheated' on WinBench.  Interestingly,
they 'allowed' one type of cheating behaviour , yet did not allow a couple of other
types of cheating behaviour that some of the cards used.  At least
one card was eliminated from the "Editor's Choice" because of
cheating on the benchmark.

>Al DeVilbiss
>
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: Windows gripe...
Organization: TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Lines: 37

In article <1ppmvf$>   writes:
>
>Hi there,
>
>     There's one thing about Windows that really frosts me.
>I have 20MB of RAM installed in my system. I use a 5MB  disk-cache, and a 4MB permanent swap file.
>
>     While I can never fill the memory up, I still have problems
>sometimes because I run out of GDI resources. What gives?
>I think Windows could manage these resources a little better.
>
>     Does anyone have any input on how to conserve these resources
>so that I can avoid this problem?
>
>Nate
>--------------------------
>Nathan C. Crowell, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/ACRL
>
>Worcester Polytechnic Institute     E-mail: 
>
>"Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars"

Nathan,
  Win31 has a fixed limit of 64K GDI memory, regardless of physical RAM
installed, this is twice that of Win30, but not nearly robust enough for
many developers and power users.
 
Using Amish Launch as your shell, you can reduce GDI memory usage by as
much as 15% over Progman, NDW 2, DAshboard, and other graphical type icon
based and other shells.  Also, nesting, and full hot-key global support
is offered, something no other shells have at this time.
 
Ted Matsumura, President
Amish Software, Inc.

:wq
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

Organization: University of Central Florida - Computer Services
Mark Woodruff <>Many people on one machine
Lines: 9

I have several people sharing my machine and would like to set up separate
environments under Windows for each of them.  Is there some way of setting
things up separate desktops/directories for each of them?  Ideally,
I'd like totally separate virtual machines.  I'd be willing to settle for
less, and may end up having batch files that copy .ini files around
depending on who wants to use the machine.

mark
Alas, Setup/n doesn't work if you don't have a network.
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 WinQVT/Net V3.4?
Article-I.D.: lorien.354
Distribution: usa
Organization: UC LLNL
Lines: 11
Nntp-Posting-Host: angmar.llnl.gov

An earlier article in this newsgroup made reference to
WinQVT/Net version 3.4. Realy? Where? I tried archie
with no luck. It's probably just a typo.
But I sure would like to get one if it's real as I too
have a printer problem in WinQVT.

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Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: 486/33 WIN3.1 HANG
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
Lines: 19

  writes:

>HELP, PROBLEM 486/33MHZ HANGS IN EXTENDED MODE TRYING TO
>ACCESS DRIVES A: OR B: , SOMETIMES IT WILL DO DIR , SOMETIMES WILL HANG
>ON ACCESS SOMETIMES WILL WHEN TYING A TEXT FILE.

>HARDWARE:
>AMERICAN MEGATREND MOTHERBOARD
>AMI BIOS 91
>CONNER 85MB HARD DRIVE
>TRIDENT 1 MEG SVGA

>PLEASE HELP!!!
>ITS OK IN STANDARD MODE!!!

I have the same problem. Someone suggested it might be a BIOS bug.
Gonna check with my supplier tomorrow. I'll tell you if it helps.

Wouter.
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 486/33 WIN3.1 HANG
Lines: 12
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University 

HELP, PROBLEM 486/33MHZ HANGS IN EXTENDED MODE TRYING TO
ACCESS DRIVES A: OR B: , SOMETIMES IT WILL DO DIR , SOMETIMES WILL HANG
ON ACCESS SOMETIMES WILL WHEN TYING A TEXT FILE.

HARDWARE:
AMERICAN MEGATREND MOTHERBOARD
AMI BIOS 91
CONNER 85MB HARD DRIVE
TRIDENT 1 MEG SVGA

PLEASE HELP!!!
ITS OK IN STANDARD MODE!!!
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: Cirrus Logic 5426 Graph Card
Organization: HP Singapore Notes-Server
Lines: 17

In comp.os.ms-windows.misc,   writes:

    In article <1qms3c$>,   writes:

    >Version 1.3 drivers are due to be release by Cirrus soon.
    >Unfortunately, their not available via FTP, you have to dial
    >up their BBS in the USA.  I do this from NZ using a 14.4k modem
    >to cut down on phone bills.  It took me around 7 minutes to 
    >download the v1.2 driver.

	Could you please upload to any of the ftp sites  and announce it here? This will benefit
	people does not have access to their BBS in USA )?

	Thanks a lot.

- Beng Hang Tay
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 WANTED: Info on Asymetrix/Toolbook
Originator: 
Organization: Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Lines: 17

Does anyone know the phone and fax number of the Asymetrix
Corporation. I am also interested in their e-mail address.

I would also like to know what the current status of their product Toolbook
is. I received the last update 1.5 about 1.5 year ago. Are their any new
developments or is Toolbook slowly dying?

Regards,

Rob de Winter.


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Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: Is Microsoft Windows really and Ope
Nntp-Posting-Host: bach.udel.edu
Organization: University of Delaware
Lines: 24

In article <1pr6r2$>   writes:
>
>Apparently not. Many people complain about the confusion that
>results from the filemanager/progman split. It's just a basic
>flaw.
>
I have one thing to say-- why does everyone say that spliting them up is
such a bad thing?  I actually like my program launcher and file manager
do be seperate.. it make things easier to figure out.. I mean, take a look 
at OS/2's wps... .. I personally hate it cause I just
have too much trouble figuring out how to do simple things like file copy..

and don't say "just drag the icon!".. Cause I hate icons in the first place.
I have too much trouble telling what all those little push buttons mean.
I want "F"ile "C"opy etc.. 

although I know I'm in the minority.


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Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

Nntp-Posting-Host: fac-csr.byu.edu
Lines: 24
 Why is my mouse so JUMPY?  
Organization: Fine Arts and Communications -- Brigham Young University

I have a Microsoft Serial Mouse and am using mouse.com 8.00 .  Vertical motion 
is nice and smooth, but horizontal motion is so bad I sometimes can't click 
on something because my mouse jumps around.  I can be moving the mouse to 
the right with relatively uniform motion and the mouse will move smoothly 
for a bit, then jump to the right, then move smoothly for a bit then jump 
again .  This is crazy!  I have 
never had so much trouble with a mouse before.  Anyone have any solutions?  

Does Microsoft think they are what everyone should be? <- just venting steam!


---
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Computer Support Representative
College of Fine Arts and Communications

D-406 HFAC
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT  84602
378-3292
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Help with a Windows drum machine!
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Lines: 21

Hello,

I'm trying to get a drum program to work that I downloaded from
ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the pub/pc/win3/sounds directory.  It's called
drum.zip.  

I have an ATI Stereo FX card with the latest Windows drivers installed. 
When I try to run the drum program, it reports that a MIDI device is not
installed, however the drivers utility in the control panel reports that it
is installed.  

Anyone have any idea how to set up the MIDI device so that the drum program
will work with my setup?  What I'm trying to do is use my computer as a
metronome.  Someone suggested that I try one of the drum machines that are
circulating around out there.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Terry
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: Program manager ** two questions
Organization: Oak Road Systems, Cleveland Ohio USA
Lines: 25

In article <>   writes:
>
> Is it possible to change the icons in the program groups?  I'd like
>    to give them some individuality.

Do you mean the icons _of_ the program groups, or the icons of the
individual programs _in_ the program groups?  I assume you mean the
latter, and the answer is: sure you can.  Just click once 
on the application icon, then Alt-F P .  Click on the
Change Icon box and tell it the icon filename.  Or use the Browse
sub-selection.

> Can you set up a short-cut key to return to the Program Manager? 
>    I know <CTL><ESC>, <ESC> will do it, but I'd rather set it up so I 
>    can avoid the task list and get back to the P/M with <ALT><F1>.

I use Alt-Tab.  Hold the Alt key and repeatedly press Tab until you see
Program Mangler up.  Then release the Alt key.


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that it's easy to learn or that it makes sense.  If it were, "baseline"
would rhyme with "vaseline".
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 File downloading
Originator: 
Nntp-Posting-Host: cmr1
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Distribution: usa
Lines: 9

As a beginer, I just wonder how to transfer files from the Sun 
system  to my PC at home . I tried to use 'COMit' to do so, but it was very
slow and it seemed that getting multiple files at the same time
was impossible. Could anybody give me some hints & infomation?

Thank you in advance.

liu
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Dos window macros
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Distribution: usa
Lines: 6

Does anyone know a program that will record keyboard sequences that I 
do in a windowed dos box? I would like to have something that starts a
telnet program and then logs me into my accounts. Windows Recorder doesn't
seem to be able to record the key sequences.

Thanks, STeve
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 MEWIN Latex Help
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Lines: 9

I posted this to the apps group and didn't get any response, so
I'll try here. I am trying to use the latex help feature
available in emacs for windows and read that you need a separate
latexhlp.zip file along with a vms2hlp.zip file to convert this
to windows help. Has anyone found these files or gotten this
command help to work?

Thanks, Steve Herrod
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

Windows Locks up with green lines down the Screen
Reply-To: 
Organization: Brandeis University
Lines: 18

Hi, I am using a dtk 386-20Mhz 13Meg memory to run a variety of
programs, and have had problems off and on with lock up,
but now I am trying to run an application that wants a lot of memory
over a period of time  and it is 
locking up Everytime.  I have an ATI ultra + w/2Meg which I have
tried in each of the video modes, I have excluded the region of
video memory from A000-C800 segments from the use of emm386,
have tried adjusting the swap partion from large to nonexistant  and I have REM'd ALL TSR's and utilities in config.syus
and autoexec, and even tried using the default program manager, disabling
my HP dashboard.  even with a minimal system, no swap, no smartdrv,
no TSR's, no windows utilities and exclusion of video regions it still
locks up completely .  Just about out
of ideas, anyone out there have any????  Thanks
tom branham
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: speeding up windows
Keywords: speed
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 30

  writes:

>I have a 386/33 with 8 megs of memory

>I have noticed that lately when I use programs like WpfW or Corel Draw
>my computer "boggs" down and becomes really sluggish!

>What can I do to increase performance?  What should I turn on or off

>Will not loading wallpapers or stuff like that help when it comes to
>the running speed of windows and the programs that run under it?

>Thanx in advance

>Derek

1) make sure your hard drive is defragmented. This will speed up more than 
   just windows BTW.  Use something like Norton's or PC Tools.
2) I _think_ that leaving the wall paper out will use less RAM and therefore
   will speed up your machine but I could very will be wrong on this.
There's a good chance you've already done this but if not it may speed things
up.  good luck
				Morgan Bullard 
					  or   

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Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 overlapped window without a title bar
Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino CA, USA
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Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: todi.oas.olivetti.com


Hi, 

I have a simple question. Is it possible to create a OVERLAPPED THICKFRAME
window without a title bar; ie

	 & ~WS_CAPTION 


I don't seem to be able to get rid off the title bar.

I have another question:

I have a overlapped window which has few child windows 
The window shows up with all it's children fine. Now, I create another 
child with a WS_THICKFRAME style and placed on top of one or more of
it's siblings. Style WS_THICKFRAME is used so that I can resize it. How do
I make sure that the child 't' will always be at the top of it's siblings.
I used SetWindowPos and BringWindowToTop without success. What's happening
is that while I am resizing 't' it shows up but as soon as I let go, it goes
behild it's siblings.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Manu 

Please mail me at
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: does dos6 defragment??
Article-I.D.: news.C51H9M.46p
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 12

Geoffrey S. Elbo writes:

>Yes, and it is the fastest defrag I've ever watched.  It did a 170MB 
>hard disk in 20 minutes.

	I found the MS defrag looks very much like Norton Speedisk.
Is it just a strip-down version of the later?

	I have both Norton Speedisk and Backup, so I was wondering 
if I need to install MS Backup?

Richard
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Wincmd - trouble with string variables
Organization: VPI&SU Computer Science Department, Blacksburg, VA
Lines: 19

Has anyone else been playing with that wincmd utility from PC Magazine?
If so, I am having trouble concatenating string variables together and
need your help.  For example:
temp = "path"
temp2 = "file.ext"
fullpath = temp+"/"
say fullpath			// output = 'th/'
fullpath = fullpath+temp2
say fullpath			// output = 'h/file.ext'

So, it seems to be dropping the first few characters with each
concatenations.  Is it that I am out of memory -- I only have maybe 20
variables total -- the article didn't mention memory limits. 

email me if you have an idea or would like to see the actual source and
output.  Thanks for your help.
		-Bo
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Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Re: GUI Application Frameworks for Windows ??
Nntp-Posting-Host: caesar.iaf.uiowa.edu
Organization: University of Iowa, Image Analysis Facility
Lines: 38

In article <>   writes:
>Hello,
>  
>  I'm investigating the purchase of an Object Oriented Application Framework.  I have
>come across a few that look good:
>Zinc
>----
>  Has a platform independent resource strategy.  
>
>
>


Just a thought on resources,  It is very important if you do use a
multiplatform toolkit to check on how it uses resources.  I have
used Glockenspeil commonview under Motif and OS2.  I wrote a resource
converter from OS2 to Motif, but it really wasn't too easy, especially
the naming scheme. In Motif you cannot rename controls/widgets.
With windows you can call the OK button ID_OK in every instance,
this doesn't work for Motif, you'd have to call it Dialog1_OK,
and Motif expects a text string rather than a number.  So 
your constructor should know how to convert a #define into the
proper resource identifier.
I'd check on how the toolkit expects names, and that if it does
use resources, that is uses resources for all platforms you intend to
port to.  



Alex.


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Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

JesseIs ms-windows a "mature" OS?
Originator: 
Keywords: ms-windows
Organization: Computer Science Dept. of UNT
Distribution: usa
Lines: 39

hi,
  Have you used Mac system 6.x or 7.x? If the answer is positive, you would
know if ms-windows is a "mature" OS.

  Days ago people doubted that ms-windows is not a real OS. I can see why
they have such question. Ms-windows confuses many people. Microsoft
simulated Mac, but it did a lousy job.  For example:

 You can not create hierarchy groups. There is no way to create a group
    in a group. 
 Too many system parameters to take care of. 
 uncomplete documentation. It's not easy to find the reason why causes
    an unpredictable error.
 Group deleting/file deleting
    After deleting a group, users have to use file manager to delete files.
    But if users forget to delete some related files, the disk will be full
    of nonsense files.
 share problem
    Once you create two windows doing compilation and editing in some
    language , there will be a sharing problem. You just
    can not open or save the program if it is loaded. It makes sense to
    prevent from saving, but not opening.

Microsoft try to compromise between DOS and windows, but they just make 
ms-windows a graphical DOS with capacity doing mutiple DOS jobs; 
the worst thing is they complicate the environment. The orginal purpose
of ms-windows should be to simplify the environment, and make PC easier 
to use.
  
  It's by no means easy to satisfy everybody, but if Microsoft want to
keep their reputations, they should evaluate the user interface more
carefully before products distribute.

  No flame, please.

Jesse
e-mail:/
Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

 Approach for Windows?
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Lines: 21
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

[ Article crossposted from comp.os.ms-windows.apps ]
[ Author was Dr. Richard Timmer ]
[ Posted on 24 Apr 93 23:11:16 GMT ]


Hello WinNetters:

I have seen a great deal of discussion herein on the relative merits of 
MS Access and Borland Paradox/Win.  However, are there any users out there 
with experience with the database package called "Approach".  It has gotten
a number of very good reviews from the various mags. and it seems like it
would require less hardware overhead than Paradox.  I have ruled out Access
because some aspects of it are extremely non-intuitive, e.g. requiring a
field to always have a value.  I like what I've seen of Paradox, but it
seems like the resource requirements are greater than what I have .

So, please provide me with your thoughts are "Approach", good and bad.  Thanks.


Richard Timmer