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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: CURE! for no desktop on bootup syndrome
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.044632.29443@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
- Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Sep09.162115.837@nds.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 04:46:32 GMT
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- Tom Williamson (tom@nds.com) wrote:
- >
- > Just a note to say that I don't think this problem has anything to do with
- > having shadows in the startup folder. One of the first things I did after
- > installing os/2 was to shadow the system clock and pulse in the startup
- > folder. I have never had any of the symptoms mentioned above. I have been
- > running my system that way for at least 6 weeks.
- >
-
- For interest's sake, IBM say it is not best to put programs in the startup
- folder that you intend to run permanently (eg the clock). It suggests you
- run it once and let it be restarted automatically when you restart the
- system. This pearl of wisdom comes straight from the Red Books.
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-