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Re: Reboot for Windows

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From: Dennis Fisher
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 18:19
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"Joseph M. Koral" <jkoral@ftp.com> spewed forth:

>Walter Lam wrote:

>> Does anyone know where I can get the source code, or executable for a PC
>> reboot program under Windows?  I've got one for dos, but it doesn't work
>> under windows/windows 95......

>One possibilty might be to figure out how to call the Win95 reboot VxD yourself.  Check out 
>Matt Pietrek's Win95 System Secrets book for more details.

>- Joseph

Van Gilluwe explains this very clearly in his book "the Undocumented
PC." It isn't as obvious as one would think, but it's pretty straight
forward.

Dennis Fisher
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From: fish0144@gold.tc.umn.edu (Dennis Fisher)
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Subject: Re: Reboot for Windows
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 18:19:13 GMT
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