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Article #1280Re: Verrrrrry Slow Dos Prompt BOX
From: Greg Cook|xxxxxx
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 22:21
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 22:21
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From article <1993Jan4.093626.3320@pony.Ingres.COM>, by jonm@Ingres.COM (Don't Judge a book by your cover):
> I have set up my dos prompt to be windows within the PIF setup.
> I have 4M using a 486 33MHz. I have about 12M of swap space set up.
>
> Why why why why does the machine hang for abominably long periods when I try
> to do average commands like copy/del etc. I have done the same on a little
> compaq/386 and there was no problem?
While in PIF editor, advanced options, try setting your foreground priority
to 1000. This allows the fullest priority to the DOS window while it's
active but still allows WINDOWS to take care of business in the background.
That should help to speed things up!
Gregory R. Cook | INTERNET: gcook@horus.cem.msu.edu
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