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  5. Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 92 14:06:51 LCL
  6. Sender:       Nota Bene List <NOTABENE@TAUNIVM>
  7. From:         "John E. Koontz" <koontz@ALPHA.BLDR.NIST.GOV>
  8. Subject:      Re: Desqview & NB crashes
  9. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.notabene
  10. In-Reply-To:  <01GNRUJC9NU8003N0O@ENH.NIST.GOV>
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  13. > NB ran fine in Desqview/X for me, until I switched to an Orchid
  14. > Prodesigner/e video card.  Now invoking NB causes the entire screen, not
  15. > just NB's window, to go crazy.
  16.  
  17. Tom,
  18.  
  19. Have you tried forcing the Orchid card into a "primitive" mode before
  20. running Desqview?  Some graphics cards come with utilities that can be used
  21. to force particular modes.  You might try forcing EGA mode, for example.
  22.  
  23. John Koontz
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