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- From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
- Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 locks up my computer in Excel 4.0 and Wordperfect,etc.c
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.175313.16719@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1993Jan27.152948.25006@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 17:53:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.152948.25006@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> bgebby@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Brian P Gebby) writes:
- >HELP!
- >My computer keeps locking up using Windows 3.1! Does anyone else have a
- >problem where one is using windows and the computer just locks up as it is
- >or as it writes/reads a file from the hard disk (I have a 200MB IDE drive)?
- >
- >I am using a 386/25 DX chip with an AMI BIOS (1989) and the motherboard oper
- >ates with 0 wait state and I have an expansion memory board from Boca Research
- >that operates with 0 wait state.
- >
- >DOS is in the high memory area, I do not use an extended memory manager,
- >I have two programs (FASTOPEN and KEYB.COM) 'LOADEDHIGH' and I have 4 devices
- >in 'DEVICEHIGH' in CONFIG.SYS. Do I need an extended memory manager for these
- >to work properly? I have all of my memory set in extended so I use it in
- >windows but the computer keeps locking up!
-
- You need an extended memory manager to load these programs high. HIMEM.SYS
- *has* to be installed (or a third-party memory manager) for everything to
- work properly.
-
- >
- >Any help would be greatly appreciated!
-
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