Re: Windows 3.1 locks up my computer in Excel 4.0 and Wordperfect,etc.c

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From: John P. Mechalas
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:53

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In article <1993Jan27.152948.25006@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> bgebby@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Brian P Gebby) writes:
>HELP!
>My computer keeps locking up using Windows 3.1!  Does anyone else have a
>problem where one is using windows and the computer just locks up as it is
>or as it writes/reads a file from the hard disk (I have a 200MB IDE drive)?
>
>I am using a 386/25 DX chip with an AMI BIOS (1989) and the motherboard oper
>ates with 0 wait state and I have an expansion memory board from Boca Research
>that operates with 0 wait state.
>
>DOS is in the high memory area, I do not use an extended memory manager,
>I have two programs (FASTOPEN and KEYB.COM) 'LOADEDHIGH' and I have 4 devices
>in 'DEVICEHIGH' in CONFIG.SYS.  Do I need an extended memory manager for these
>to work properly?  I have all of my memory set in extended so I use it in
>windows but the computer keeps locking up!

You need an extended memory manager to load these programs high.  HIMEM.SYS
*has* to be installed (or a third-party memory manager) for everything to
work properly.

>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated!

-- 
John Mechalas                                          "I'm not an actor, but
mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu                                 I play one on TV."
Aero Engineering, Purdue University                     #include disclaimer.h

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Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 locks up my computer in Excel 4.0 and Wordperfect,etc.c
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