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Re: Re-boot required before starting Windows

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From: ewin... WinkMan
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 04:33
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In article <stevesng....@teleport.com>, stev...@teleport.com 
says...
>
>Every version of the shareware edition that I have tried (1.0, 1.1, and 
1.2) 
>has the same effect on my computer.  After a game of Descent (played in 
DOS), 
>I try to start Windows 3.1, and it doesn't work.  A lot of what looks 
like hex 
>scrolls down the screen and everything locks up.  Only solution is to hit 
the 
>reset button.
>
>My hardware is a 486DX33 VLB, Hercules Dynamite Power VL w/2MB, PA Studio 
16 
>sound card. I have followed the directions for my Dynamite card and 
excluded 
>certain areas of memory when loading EMM386.  Descent works great on this 
>system, it is just annoying to have to reset everything to get back to 
work.

What do your config.sys and autoexec.bat files look like?  Checked for 
viruses lately?  I've never run into this before.

Try a basic config.sys and autoexec.bat: himem.sys, emm386.exe 
(RAM/NOEMS), and no extra TSR's (just smartdrv.exe and mouse.exe).

What exactly happens when you enter "win"?  Any error messages?  Are you 
running Descent from a menu program?
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From: ewin...@oz.net (WinkMan)
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Subject: Re: Re-boot required before starting Windows
Date: 23 Mar 1995 04:33:32 GMT
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