Re: OS/2 Warp Install Problem in Windows diagnosed

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From: Robin D.H. Walker
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 15:55

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In article <3b94ct$orj@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au>,
            Robin Vowels <rav@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> wrote:
>Problem: Windows won't run from either DOS or from OS/2 under
>         the DOS prompt (in either DOS-full-screen or DOS-window) or
>	 from WIN-OS/2 icons etc.  It hangs about 10 seconds after
>	 typing WIN, or after clicking on the relevant icon on the OS/2
>	 decktop.
>
>Cause:  Microsoft Speaker Driver.
>
>How to rectify:
>	 Uninstall the Microsoft Speaker Driver.

Not necessarily.
The only problems that I had with the Windows Speaker Driver
running under OS/2 were cured by ensuring that the DOS Settings
notebook item HW_TIMER is set ON rather than the default OFF.
-- 
Robin Walker         (Network Admin), Queens' College, Cambridge, CB3 9ET, GB
rdhw@cam.ac.uk   IBMmail:i1006437   Tel:+44 1223 335528   Fax:+44 1223 335566

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Subject: Re: OS/2 Warp Install Problem in Windows diagnosed
Date: 27 Nov 1994 15:55:13 GMT
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