waashk/20ng huggingface dataset:
I have an IBM and run Windows 3.1.  A friend installed Norton Desktop For Windows on top of this.  It loads automatically when I type "win", and surely adds to the (already dismally slow) process of starting up.  I would like to know how to STOP or uninstall this program!!  I have taken it out of win.ini, but it still pops up running with windows. I did a big search and found reference to it in ndw.ini, system.ini and progman.ini.  Removing it here causes a failure when starting up windows (progrman.ini has a "group 7 = ...ndw.exe..." which can't be deleted.)  Is there anyone familiar with NDW who can tell me how to turn it off??  		thanks!		Chet
In article <1993May14.210055.25497@klaava.Helsinki.FI> jliukkon@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Juha-Matti Liukkonen) writes: > >Let me pose a question: how many MS-DOS users are out there who have no >access to the net, but would probably find this feature useful, too? >Ie., your suggestion implies that Microsoft is relying on the shareware >or PD products to fill the gaps on DOS. Or did I misunderstand your >statement?
In <1993Apr30.145427.11025@bert.eecs.uic.edu> zmola@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Carl Zmola) writes:  >	Sombody's data is wrong.  Since Mac OS, Finder, Systerm >or whatever you want to call it doesn't appear in the first  >survey, I tend to doubt their results more.  Just because >sombody wrote it doesn't mean its correct.  Note that the two tables don't talk about the same population.  One is Fortune 1000 companies favoring the platform as their primary application platform, the other is sales (to everyone, not just Fortune 1000).  Fortune 1000 companies don't do a lot of development with the Mac as their top platform.  I would expect that that would explain the discrepancy.  --  "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live  in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
After hearing endless debate (READ: name-calling) over which os is better, dos and windows or OS/2 and finally having enought resourses to play with a couple of different operating systems, I have decided to put the two products to a head to head test, as so many fellow newsposters have suggested.  I have,  however, no desire whatsoever to use a version of os/2 which wont REALLY do what it says (i.e. run windows apps)  OS/2 2.0-2.1 will not run windows apps in 386 enhansed mode, something that most larger windows apps require, but OS/2 2.2, which is supposed to be in beta test, is supposed to.  I have heard that os/2 2.2 beta is available via ftp, and I was wondering if anyone knew where to obtain a copy.  I would appreciate any information, as I would like,  once and for all, to establish for myself which is the best os for my needs.
While there are too many PS clones to count, some of which are quite poor, trying to clone something that goes through regular modifications does require some patience. Three questions come to mid real quick for something like this.  Q:	Which version of Adobe PS will we clone? 	Aside from the level 1 and level 2 issues, Adobe has in the past released 	new code that incorporates modifications/upgrades/fixes just as all other 	software vendors do. The level 2 stuff may seem sound now, but I assure 	you,changes will become more frequent as their customer list begins to 	dwindle in the face of competition. This allows them to shift people to 	maintenance, as well as design efforts for level 3.  Q:	Do we duplicate the bugs, or do we make it work correctly? 	From the LaserWriter to the LaserJet 4 there have been bugs. (If I had 	a number to call at HP or Adobe, they'ld have heard from me.) Deciding 	which approach to take depends on which printer you want to emulate.  Q:	Do we follow the Red Book, or do we follow someone's implementation? 	Without a doubt, there are differences between the Red Book and Adobe's 	PS. With level 2 many issues have been refined but the Red Book does 	leave big, big holes in the implementation specific stuff. It would be 	nice it the Red Bood at least pined things down enough so that two 	different implementations of Adobe's PS don't do the exact opposite given 	an identical set of conditions.  Q:	PSCRIPT.DRV? 	Having done a lot of PS clone testing myself, the unfortunate side of 	testing is the limited number of sources for test files. The primary 	source we use is Genoa. And having characterizes their 1992 PS ATS files, 	(1300+ of them) over half are taken from PSCRIPT.DRV. It may not ideal, 	but the ATS files are what the printer vendors use. I'm sure that Adobe 	uses them too, but Adobe's output is by definition correct, even if its 	wrong.  Yes, there are some very poor clones. We've seen them here at Rastek (a sub of Genicom which has its own clone called GeniScript). Some are poor for lack of design, some are poor because they followed the Red Book, and some are poor because the vendors don't know what PS is.
In article <1993Apr19.154349.10382@cfmu.eurocontrol.be>, rajiev@cfmu.eurocontrol.be (Rajiev Gupta) writes... >In article <C562Cq.FC7@ms.uky.edu> shan@ms.uky.edu (Minghua SHAN) writes: >>    ...stuff deleted >> >>1. Does Windows NT run on Sun Sparc Server 490? >>2. If the answer to question 1 is yes, does it run unix applications >>   (such as SAS for unix). >>3. Is Windows NT a multiuser OS? >>4. When will Windows NT be released? >>5. Is there any telephone number that I can call and get more >>   info on Win NT? >> >>Thank you. >> >>Minghua Shan >  >As far as I have read WIN NT will be supported on Intel, DEC ALPHA and the MIPS R4000 >series of processors only. I do remember though reading a rumour about Sparc support >sometime in the future. I am not sure what you mean by running "unix applications". >You would have to have SAS for WIN NT (or maybe SAS for WIN16 etc). I have read  >that MS will anounce avalaibility of WIN NT by end of May 93 (Comdex Spring). Hope >this helps. >  >Rajiev Gupta >  >--  >Rajiev GUPTA			Eurocontrol - CFMU	Disclaimer: >rajiev@cfmu.eurocontrol.be	Rue de la Loi 72	These are *my* views, >Tel: +32 2 729 33 12            B-1040 BRUXELLES	not my companies. >Fax: +32 2 729 32 16            Belgium   According to the April issue of PC Magazine (pg. 139), and I quote,  "Eventually, Windows NT is likely to be ported to every successful RISC architecture.  PowerPC and HP's PA-RISC are the two most likely candidates, with SPARC somewhat less likely because of Sun's relatively strong UNIX software base."
>In article <1993Apr17.023017.17301@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> rwang@gmuvax2.gmu.edu writes: > > Hi, everybody: > >     I guess my subject has said it all.  It is getting boring > > looking at those same old bmp files that came with Windows.  So, > > I am wondering if there is any body has some beautiful bmp file > > I can share.  Or maybe somebody can tell me some ftp site for > > some bmp files, like some scenery files, some animals files, > > etc....  I used to have some, unfortunately i delete them all. >Eric  	Hmmm, let's see: I could upload some .BMP files (I have around 15 b/w and color ones), but I'd rather give you the fishing pole instead of the fish:Here it goes:         Begginers guide to the coolest Windows backgrounds: Step 1: ftp to cica (ftp.cica.indiana.edu user:anonymous passwd: guest) cd to pub/pc/win3/(util?desktop?) and get one of these : wingif14.zip, pspro??.zip gws?????.zip . They will scale, dither and convert GIFs to BMPs. get the index file from the win3 subdir too for future reference... Step 2: ftp to wuarchive.wustl.edu or plaza.aarnet.edu.au or archive.orst.edu and cd to graphics/gif GET THE INDEX FILE... Now GigaBytes of pictures are waiting to become your desktop...  Advice: If you have a slow computer (<486DX w/4MB RAM), make your bg b/w by selecting b/w dither in any of the abovementioned apps.. Hope it helps...
I am looking for the latest drivers for the Actix graphics accelerator card.  The driver I am currently using is version 1.21 and doesn't support more  than 256 colors in 1024x768 mode even you have 2MB memory.   The BBS support for Actix is unbelievable! They are still using 2400bps  modem! It will take you hours to download the drivers, it hurts when you are calling long distance. Is there any ftp site that has a collection of video drivers for windows?  BTW, anyone using this card, and how do you like it so far?  Thanks.   --    Daniel Y.H. Wong					UofT:(416)978-1659 wongda@picton.eecg.toronto.edu				Electrical Engineering
Forgive me if this is stupid, but didn't I see a rumor somewhere that Apple was working on an Intel platform OS.  Say like system 7 for 80X86's?
In article <1993May12.193927.9012@microsoft.com> kenk@microsoft.com (Ken Kiesow) writes: >In article <sundaram.737186206@msuinfo> sundaram@egr.msu.edu wrote: >>  >> It certainly smacks of that! Remember the "POLL" that you quoted saying that >> you had seen a 95% of users being satisfied with DOS 6.0? Care to recall how >> unbiased the sample set was? That post sure looked like FUD....and coming >> from a microsoftie .... well, it sure seemed like something was not on level. > >It came from a reseller survey.  I had posted that it came from a survey of registered users, I  double-checked with a friendly neighborhood marketing type and found there were actually two surveys. One of randomly selected resellers, one of randomly selected users from the 6 upgrade  registered user database. Both surveys showed a 93% positive rating.  -jen  --
Hey now.  First of all, sorry to post this DOS question in a WINDOWS group, but I'm in kinda a hurry, so I can't scramble to find the dos groups' names.    Anyway, anyone know where I ccan find the exit codes to DOS commands? the manual doesn't seem to have all of them.  I'm particularly looking for COPY, in order to make a "move" batch file, such that if the file wasn't coppied properly, it won't be deleted.   please e'mail louray@seas.gwu.edu Thanks, I.A, Mickey
Does anyone know where the program MONOUMB.386 is available .. I have  checked my Windows system disks and MONOUMB2.386 is there but not the  other one.. Thanks..  Stan Kucera
> tomh@metrics.com (Tom Haapanen) writes: >> Has anyone used a Hercules Graphite adapter?  It looks good on paper, and >> Steve Gibson gave it a very good review in Infoworld.  I'd love to get a >> real-world impression, though -- how is the speed?  Drivers?  Support?  ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes: > The PC World reviewers found out that the Herc people had hard-coded > Winbench text into the driver. Clever, no? In any case, the Winbench > results are pretty much inflated.  Two things that annoyed me about the PC Magazine review:  1.  Their benchmarking technique is seriously flawed, as was clearly shown     by the Graphite and #9GXE's "cheating".  Can't they just admit that     their benchmark is to easy to optimize for and/or cheat on?  WinTach     is much harder to beat...  2.  The big "cheat" that Hercules/IIT used was overlappipping BitBlit and     PolyLine optimization, and Hercules sent them a new driver which didn't     do this -- but produced almost identical scores.  Yet, the only thing     PC Magazine says is that scores are not "legitimate" -- couldn't they     at least make some comment about its real-world performance?  I'm not so much going by WinBench for performance, but, rather, by Steve Gibson's results, which are more real-world based (like using Micrografx Draw to benchmark).  If you believe Gibson, that is ... :)  He writes:      "Despite these documented cheats, I have to say that in real-world      applications the Hercules Graphite adapter actually draws faster than      any other display adapter in the industry.   [...]  Even though it's      just a modest ISA bus card, it outperformed every local bus adapter I      have, including the Stealth 24 VLB, the Fahrenheit 1280VA/VLB, the      ATI VLB Mach32 and even the Weitek P9000-based Diamond Viper VLB."  This kind of praise is enough for me to be interested in it, bogus WinBench or not!  :)  > When and if you get one send me mail.. I might buy that ATI GU+ off > you.. 9-)  I already returned the ATI GU+.  My dealer had sold eight of them, and  seven were returned to him.  I'm now (temporarily) back to running an original ATI GU, until I get my Graphite.  And, yes, the GU is faster in my 16 MB system than the GU+, especially in bitmap handling (that's where you use BitBlits).  Hercules has a promotion available for VARs and software developers: you can buy one Graphite or Graphite VLB for 50% off list to try it out.  At just $199 for Graphite or $249 for the VLB version I decided it was worth trying (I'm supposed to get the VLB board within two weeks).  I'll post my impressions when I get it...
In article <10377@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> victorf@wright.seas.ucla.edu (Victor Friedman) writes:  >Can anybody tell me what exactly Windows 3.1 does to the COM ports???  >Why can't I run a single communication program under Windows? I have ProComm+,  >QuickLink, {COMMO} - neither of them respond to modem commands after the  >connection has finally been established, although I'm still able to manage  >								Vick.  >							(victorf@seas.ucla.edu) 	This is one of the trickiest problems w/ Win 3.1 ... Personally I run Telix 3.2 for DOS under Windows just fine (and 've been waiting for the Win version froever... :) ), but I have to admit I am the exception to the rule: I have tried installing various DOS comm progs on friends' machines, most of them w/ big problems... Some of the stuff you have to lookout for:  1) ALWAYS run the prog thru a .PIF, never by calling its .exe, 2) In the .PIF _always_ toggle on _lock_application_memory_ --actually this is something MS points out in the readme.wri file, and is especially critical for downloading 3) Go under Ctrl Panel/386 enh and check for _all_ your COM ports 'Alway Warn' --it will help u w. debugging this thing and it's 'healthier' 4) Check where are u running the mouse from - com port - 5) check the com port addresses from your BIOS setup and from Ctrl Panel/Ports/(Setup?)/Advanced.. These might help u... If yu still have problems, get $100 and buy Procomm+Win.., :) Hope it helps somehow...
In <1993May9.225637.42641@datamark.co.nz> thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle) writes:  >There is no need to load EMM386. QEMM, or anything else on many >Windows PCs. It's only useful if you are still stuck with running >MSDos based applications that need lots of low memory free.  >Otherwise you just need to load HIMEM.SYS and let Windows go straight >to the Extended memory.  ..that's what I thought, that's why I never used emm386.exe before.
Hello,  recently I noticed there is a directory named "DiskImage" in my disk.  I didn't notice it before and I wonder if while installing an application an image of  the disk was created, or if Win3.1 automatically created a backup of its files. I couldn't find any documentation on the diskimage utility; having an image of the disk is taking *a lot* of disk space.  Does anybody know if this is just  something the people who installed Win3.1 did or it is a backup mechanism?  Thanks,  Anibal --  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anibal Mayorga              |  21 Wenark Dr #7        | W: (302) 831-8704  mayorga@cis.udel.edu        |  Newark, DE 19713       | H: (302) 453-0309
Why is Win 3.1 sometimes so finicky? I have a new DELL 486DX2/66mhz  8 megs RAM. Windows was working just great.  I had a Bus mouse and mother board problem. DELL replaced the mouse, gave me a newer mouse driver for windows and replaced the motherboard.  Just prior to this problem windows would ]only load up every other time.  I would get the LOGO and either it would go on into windows or LOCK UP.  This was very consistent EVERY OTHER TIME.  Now with the new motherboard and all, it still does the same thing. The computer is less than one month old.  At first it worked FINE! I can get into windows each time now with the   win/s command. This forces Standard mode.  Things seem to run slower.  I mainly use windows apps, but in standard mode there is no virtual mem..... plus it is slower.  I re-loaded windows, it still does the same thing.  Should I first delete everything in all windows dir's?  I did not because I have so much  added in sub dir's etc.  Really puzzling why ENHANCED MODE would not load each time but consistently every other time.  Standard mode each time......  ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ???  C-ya..... /\/\artin
In article <1993Apr27.152233.906@bert.eecs.uic.edu> you write: >cah@tactix.rain.com (Chris Huey) writes: > >>Jamie Scuglia (jamie@zikzak.apana.org.au) wrote: >>: Thanks to all those people who recommended Workspace managers for >>: Windows 3.1.  I found 3 shareware Workspace Managers, from Australia's >>: MS-WINDOWS archive (monu6.cc.monash.edu.au), which mirrors some >>: sites in the U.S.  The three I found were: >>:  >>: 1. WORKSPACES 1.10 (wspace.zip) >>[ review deleted ] >>: 2. WORKSHIFT 1.6 (wrksft16.zip) >>[ review deleted ] >>: 3. BIGDESK 2.30 and BACKMENU (backdesk.zip) >>[ review deleted ] > >>I really appreciate this information.  However, given that I don't have >>direct Internet access - which means I don't have Archie access - I must >>resort to using FTPMAIL.  This means that I need the site name and the  >>directory where these workspace managers are located. > >backdesk.zip is on CICA, but I'm not sure of the whole directory. > >Another to throw into the running is topdesk.  It is alsow on CICA, but >I'm not sure where.  It is more complicated then backdesk, but I've found >it to be more stable and more usefull.  I recomend it to people who >have already used a virtual desktop.  Oh yeh, It's free.   >Copyright Microsoft and Sanford Staab.   > >	Carl >	zmola@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu  OK here are some usefull applications and locations and other:  On Cica or mirrors in the /desktop directory  WRKSFT16 ZIP   39798 920915 WokShift Graphical Virtual Desktop (ver 1.6) (email author about version 2.0)  DESK240  ZIP  164690 921103 Desktop Tools For Windows 3.x (BackMenu 2.4 & BigDesk #### Later version than BackDesk)  TOPDESK  ZIP   51051 920723 Virtual Windows for Windows ????  FINDER   ZIP ??????? 930329 A Mac Finder clone for Windows (Works well with BackMenu)  ************  Also look out for SuperBar 2.0. Due out soon.  It allows button bars to be added to almost any application.
My Windows 3.1 installation has somehow gone awry.  Whenever I try to run Windows now, the logo comes up OK, but when it tries to enter Windows itself, the screen gets totally screwed up as if it's in the wrong graphics mode or something.  It's completely illegible although functional as I can still exit to DOS with an ALT-E RETURN combination.  I tried to reinstall Windows again, but if you recall, halfway through the installation process, install takes you into Windows and there my graphics problem surfaces again so I cannot complete the re-installation.  All this started after trying to get a game working on my system but my config.sys and autoexec.bat have been restored to what they were before this problem cropped up.  I'm running a 486-33DX with a Diamond Stealth VRAM (I've resinstalled the Stealth video drivers again but with no luck).  I'm also using QEMM and Stacker 3.0 but Windows is installed on an un-stacked partition.  And of course, it worked perfectly before.  Any email replies and suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks.
Microsoft is the largest software company on the planet, yet I cannot think of even *ONE* computing concept that they innovated and brought to market before anyone else.  Xerox-PARC/Apple, Osborne, NeXT, GNU and others have  been pioneers and led the way to the future of computing.  What has microsoft done to be a technological leader?  I posted this question before, but I got nary a reply.  I make the challenge now to anyone who can come up with something-especially Microsoft employees.  I get no response this time, I guess it pretty much assures me that there is none--which is what I suspect anyway.
Hi.  One of my coworkers is having a very odd problem.  His mouse works fine in DOS applications, if you load them from the C: prompt. Under Windows, the mouse pointer is present, but does not move.  Even if you load a DOS app under Windows, the mouse doesn't work.    The computer is a Zeos 386SX-20 w/Diamond Speedstar VGA running MS DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1.  Mouse driver is Microsoft's 8.2.  I've tried switching the mouse from COM1 to COM2, I've tried a different mouse, I've reinstalled MOUSE.DRV, and I can't get the blamed thing to work. The only difference between his system and mine (where the mouse works perfectly) is that he has an expansion card with an additional parallel and serial port.  Could that cause the problem?     Thanks in advance for any help.
If a PC has one, does Windows 3.1 use a math co-processor?  I'm not talking about specific apps, but the OS (if you want to call it that) itself?  Please respond by email.
Haven't we wasted enough bandwidth on this silly discussion already!! [Please no flames -- let sanity prevail]
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kasajian@netcom.com (Kenneth Kasajian) writes:  >wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Oliver Kretzschmar) writes:    >>   Hey,  >>   could somebody tell me, how it is possible to work with the mouse >>   in a NON-Windows application, which runs in an window. We use >>   MS-WINDOWS 3.1 and have CLIPPER applications. Exists there any >>   routines or something else ? Please mail me your informations.  >>   Thanks for your efforts,  >>     Oliver >>--  >> NAME : O.Kretzschmar                      Inst.IKE / University Stuttgart >> PHONE: +49 711 685 2130                           Pfaffenwaldring 31 >> FAX  : +49 711 685 2010                            7000 Stuttgart 80 >> EMAIL: wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de  >Very simple.  You have to have the MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS loaded in DOS >before you run Windows.  Note that you don't need to have these files loaded >to use the mouse in Windows.
I've been using Final from CODA for some time, but suddenly it stopped using  my fonts. I have a 386 PC with lots of disk space and memory, a Postscript  laser, Win3.1, Finale 2.0.1 and I recently installed ATM 2.0. I've been  fiddling around with the Windows setup for some time, and when I needed to do  some work with Finale things didn't print properly. It might - and it might  not - have anything to do with the installation of ATM from 1.something to  2.0, but I don't have the old ATM lying around anomore.   The most annoying problem was that the Petrucci font didn't print, which is a  rather important font :-)   I managed to get direct printing to work if I included OwnPS=0 in the  [Finale] section of WIN.INI, but Compile PostScript Listing still doesn't  work; and it's those .EPS files I need. When I look at the .eps files  generated the only font which appears there is Courier. I found out that if I  manually changed the Courier 24-point to Petrucci 24-point in the .EPS file  everything worked ok, but I'd rather avoid that since I have a lot of songs  to work with.   And yes, in the Special/Font/Font names dialog box all the fonts I need are  listed, with the correct mapping between Finale, Screen and Printer fonts.  Finale is obviously aware of the fonts since direct printing of a score works  well (that is, after I included OwnPS=0), and all my other Windows  applications print Petrucci and the other fonts well.   Has anyone encountered problems like this?   What is the current version of Finale from Coda Music Software? I have 2.0.1  Are the people at Coda available on Internet or X.400?  I'd be grateful for all hints and help.                                -mats
Anyone have any info. on the video/sound card from SIGMA designs. It is called WIN STORM PC. They also have another card called the legend 24lx  any info would be appreciated, incuding performance, pricing and availability. thanks