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Re: FP22 Breaks WinOS/2 !!! Any fixes, suggestions?

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From: Derek Morton
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 00:00
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I had to install fp22 twice to get mine to work, after that all is well

pentium 66, 32mb, 730mb scsi, 2.1gb scsi, scsi cd, scsi zip drive
win/os2.

Derek

In article <5114v4$2h50@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> igonzal@ibm.net writes:
>From: igonzal@ibm.net
>Subject: FP22 Breaks WinOS/2 !!! Any fixes, suggestions?
>Date: 9 Sep 1996 13:09:56 GMT

>I posted 4 weeks ago about installing WordPro beta (which required intall of 
>FP20 or 21), amongst a few other programs. After this my desktop was totally
>screwed up with icons not executing (just throwing up a "setting" option).

>It seemed so bad that I decided:
>(i) to totally reformat c: drive and reinstall OS/2 Warp Connect from CD.
>(ii) (since my previous level of FPack had been 17 and it was no longer
>available
>     from the IBM Sydney BBS, I took on FP22)  and Installed FP22.

>After which my desktop objects linked to WinOS/2 don't work. I was also told 
>that IBM does not support Fixpacks.

>Does this mean I have to re-install, or back out a Fixpack to vanilla (since 17
>isn't available) or just go Win'95??  What the hell, if I have to re-install,
>why
>not try Win'95 ??? 

>Does anyone have any suggestions for rescuing Warp? Can they guarantee Merlin
>will not be the same? 
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From: derekm@tbsa.com.au (Derek Morton)
Subject: Re: FP22 Breaks WinOS/2 !!! Any fixes, suggestions?
Date: 1996/09/10
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