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Article #16135

Re: WinOS2 in 2.1beta

#16135
From: Meir I Green
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:17
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No, it is an install problem (fixed by selective install times X)
However, umb support seems to prevent DOS programs from working right.

In article <1993Jan25.145122.2847@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU> jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin) writes:
>In article <1993Jan24.064834.28954@news.columbia.edu> mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green) writes:
>>I have the 2.1beta and can't get Windows programs working without running
>>the WIN-full-screen session.  No WINOS2 settings exist when I create a
>>program object for a Windows program.  I tried reinstalling WINOS2 support
>>using selective install.  It gave me a Y E? N A R I error, and I told it to
>>retry...it continued, then appeared to hang saying it was configuring.
>>I double clicked on the top left, and on OK, and it closed.  Same as before,
>>no Win-OS2 settings.  Any ideas on how to get this to work?
>>
>>Video is ET4000, 800x600x256.
>>HPFS partition
>>SCSI (AHA1542) disk (also an IDE)
>>
>>I believe I should be able to get seamless winos2, as well as settings.
>>I installed 2.1 on a freshly formatted partition.
>
>Just a thought...do you happen to use 4DOS as a DOS shell?  I did, and when
>4DOS used the UMB, I could not get seamless windows to work.  In my 4dos.ini
>file, I changed the UMBEnvironment to = NO and UMBLoad = NO.  Is anything else
>using your UMB?
>
>Jeff
>
>
>-- 
>--------------------------------------
>jurlwin@gandalf.umcs.maine.edu
>


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