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Article #4988Re: HELP - can't run windoze apps anymore
From: tannael
Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 00:00
Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 00:00
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In <3oj628$89e@attoo.netaxis.qc.ca>, c.romano (Chris Romano) writes: > >> >>>For no apparent reason, one of my clients has lost the ability to run any of >>>his windows applications. Whenever he tries to launch a windows based >>>application, or a win-os2 window or full screen session, the hard drive >>>is accessed for about a half second, and then nothing. >> > > >I also had this problem... I think it happened after re-configuring my >Video Card under windows (ATI Mach64). > >I tried the Selective Install option to re-install the OS/2 video >support, but it didn't fix the problem. Finally I just re-installed >(again from Selective Install) the WIN/OS2 support, and this resolved >the problem. > >Why it happened in the first place, I don't know! >I guess I'm used to weird things hapenning in WARP and think nothing >of it. >So far though, I think I still prefer WARP over Windows95. Sounds like your OS/2 and Windows video resolution and/or color depth got out of sync. I've had this happen with the Mach64 (I had to boot DOS/Windows and changed the color depth using ATIDesk). The moral is: Only change resolution/depth from OS/2. ------------------------------------------- Brian Bailey - Executioner DM tannael@winternet.com "What fools these mortals be!" The unlived life is not worth examining....
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1044c2,582147eb2e1881e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1044c2,public X-Google-Thread: 112d6c,582147eb2e1881e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid112d6c,public X-Google-Thread: 10cd94,582147eb2e1881e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10cd94,public X-Google-Thread: 10c4f5,582147eb2e1881e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c4f5,public From: tannael@winternet.com Subject: Re: HELP - can't run windoze apps anymore Date: 1995/05/07 Message-ID: <3ojej0$cv4@blackice.winternet.com> X-Deja-AN: 102195145 references: <3oarqb$mue@news.iastate.edu> <3oe16u$nt8@beyond.escape.com> <3oj628$89e@attoo.netaxis.qc.ca> organization: StarNet Communications, Inc reply-to: tannael@winternet.com newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.bugs,comp.os.os2.misc,bit.listserv.os2-l