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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Service Pack Problems
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.191302.13565@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 19:13:02 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.081204.23034@news.columbia.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <1992Nov12.081204.23034@news.columbia.edu> dsc2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Daniel S Chan) writes:
- > After spending hours downloading and installing the Service Pack, I
- >had to remove it and put the GA version back on last night because the
- >Windows CUT and PASTE features were so SLOW!!!!!! ( at least under excel4.0).
- >Using the SP, it took nearly four or five seconds just to cut 6 cells out
- >compared to less than a second under GA(same conditions). Fine tuning does not
- > help any. Anyone have the same problem ?
-
- In OS/2 System -> System Setup you'll find a new Win-OS/2 setup
- object. Use that to make the Clipboard private, and Excel will speed
- up dramatically.
-
- > Also, another bug I encountered(this time under GA) is that when
- >switching from Win-OS2, the system hangs and just gives me a black screen.
- >Anybody know if this bug was fixed yet?
-
- You may have had some video settings disrupted. See the FAQ List for
- some advice here.
-
- >BTW, the new fonts are much easier to read on top of bitmaps than before.
-
- I knew someone would like the new typefaces.
-
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