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Re: HELP - can't run windoze apps anymore

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From: Jay Weedon
Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 00:00

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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. 

Why not try this simple diagnostic: Open a full-screen DOS session, and type at
the command prompt "winos2". You'll probably see an error message of some
kind that may give you a clue about what's going on. Video drivers are often
the culprits here, but corrupted files, changed paths etc. are also possibilities.

Jay Weedon.

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From: j_weedon@escape.com  (Jay Weedon)
Subject: Re: HELP - can't run windoze apps anymore
Date: 1995/05/05
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