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Re: HELP - can't run windoze apps anymore

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From: tannael
Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 00:00
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In <3oj628$89e@attoo.netaxis.qc.ca>, c.romano (Chris Romano) writes:
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>>
>>>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.

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From: tannael@winternet.com
Subject: Re: HELP - can't run windoze apps anymore
Date: 1995/05/07
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