Re: UpgradePrep alters serial port drivers?

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From: Dave Griffiths
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 10:35

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In article <1992Nov1.052415.16271@afit.af.mil> johair@afit.af.mil (John R. O'hair) writes:
>I recently installed the upgrade prep software that comes with the 
>3.0 so I could see what was on the CD-ROM. After looking and reading
>what is going on with 3.0 from a users perspective, I decided not to
>install 3.0 at this time, but apparently the 3.0 prep installation
>altered something in my system's configuration.
>
>I used Microphone II as my communications software, and after installing
>upgrade prep Microphone will "loose" the connection during a long
>download. For example, if I'm reading a long text document off the net
>at some point the program apparently hangs, but if I reconnect to the
>comm port, it starts to work again. Its very irritating, and I can't
>locate what is causing this problem. Since it worked before I installed
>3.0 upgrade prep, I assume that did something to my system. Does 
>anyone know what is going on and how do I correct it?
>

I have a different problem after running UpgradePrep: the system "beep"
has disappeared!

Dave Griffiths

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Subject: Re: UpgradePrep alters serial port drivers?
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