--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F2500014 Date: 02/04/98 From: DAVE WARREN Time: 06:52pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: Bill & Pies * Crossposted from: SWO Echo: User Chatter Just saw on the news that our good ol' friend Bill Gates has gotten a pie in the face as he entered through the metal detectors in Belgium He never looked better. :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Warren DMW Computer Solutions Internet: dwarren@golden.net http://www.golden.net/~dwarren ... Go straight to the docs. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200! --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 * Origin: City Limits BBS (1:221/503) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F2500015 Date: 02/04/98 From: JOHN RANGER Time: 08:22am \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: GENERAL PROTECTION and other "ERRORS" Hello all! Can someone explain to me in simple english what these ERROR messages are? I just received one this morning and for the first time ever the system didnt disconnect anything, no reboots were needed and nothing bad happened. I was in AOL, the message was from an attachment running and when I hit the only button available..it went a way but EVERYTHING keeps going... I see them in most every application going on any computer running windows so a little insite if you please. *********************** John aka RANGER *************************** * Origin: Fight AIDS, not PEOPLE with AIDS....KBC-BBS (1:260/310.4) --- Squish v1.10 * Origin: -=:[ KBC Point 4 ]:=- (1:260/310.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F2500016 Date: 02/05/98 From: ERIC WILLIAMS Time: 12:50am \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: System Resources Hi again folks! Got yet another question...in WFWG, I consistently have 72% resources after boot-up. This I can live with. But when I run a few (or even just one) programs, then CLOSE them, the resources go down, and STAY down. How do I get Windows to release the resources from the previous program? I remember talk a few years ago of a program that would "re-claim" these lost resources...but can't find it anywhere. I have a some friends with the same trouble, so it's not isolated to my system. Thanks for any help! Pax, Eric latinrite@aol.com http://members.aol.com/egwill/index.html ..Posted from Hampton, Virginia. est. 1610 A.D. * CMPQwk 1.42 2366 * Psychoceramics: The study of crackpots. --- Whats NEXT SB&)$N * Origin: The Scrap Bin, Hampton, VA (757)825-9502, 9503 (1:271/320) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F2500017 Date: 02/05/98 From: BOB MORGAN Time: 08:41am \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: Cookie blocker for 3.x? I know there is a utility for Win95 that will block cookies in Netscape. MS Explorer already has this nice little featur built in but I still prefer Netscape. Does anyone know of a "cookie blocking" utility for Win 3.x? Thanks Bob ... Sign at the edge of the Universe: Staff only, beyond this point. --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 * Origin: Hermes BBS The Messenger Bryan Tx (409)823-4442 (1:117/110) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F2500018 Date: 02/05/98 From: SOUTHERN STAR Time: 04:18pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: Expiration Warning Hello. The Zone 1 Backbone only carries echoes listed in the Zone 1/2 EchoList. It seems that the listing for this echo will expire this month. Thus, it is necessary for the moderator to update its listing if it is to remain on the Zone 1 Backbone. For more information please consult these files: BOFAQxxx.TXT and ELISTxxx.ZIP, where "xxx" is the version number. They are available from most hubs or can be requested from 1:1/201 or 1:396/1. Regards, Zone 1 Backbone Operations --- Harvey's Robot v6.00 * Origin: Southern Star - sstar.com - V.32b/V.34+ - 504-885-5928 - (1:396/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F2500019 Date: 02/05/98 From: TIM WONG Time: 01:57am \/To: TERRY G WRIGHT (Read 4 times) Subj: W3.11 and WFWG Hello Terry: Commenting - on Wed Feb 04, 1998 at 11:06, Jeff Edmonson wrote to you stating: >> TGW> I am now being told by people who know *very* much >> TGW> more about computers than I do, that W3.11 and WFWG >> TGW> are essentially the same thing. Hey, I'm a "TGW" also - it's Gordon on this side of the screen. JE> Nope. >> They are wrong. Win 3.11 and WFWG 3.11 are two different >> animals. Win 3.11 is merely an update on Win 3.1 to correct >> some bugs in the software. JE> This is a correct statement. >> TGW> This strikes me as strange. I cannot find any >> TGW> networking capability in W3.11. JE> Because Microsoft Windows 3.11 doesn't have network JE> support. JE> Microsoft Windows For Workgroups, version 3.11 DOES. ;-) >> TGW> So that I can identify what I have, can anyone tell me >> TGW> if WFWG has distinctive file names and/or extensions, >> TGW> etc.? Why don't you just go to almost any of the base executables which have an "about" selection in the help pulldown menu. It will either say WFWG v3.11 or it won't. tturs: Tim [InterNet - mailto:teewong@intergate.bc.ca] ... Good writing mirrors the authors' respect for Terry's thoughts. --- GoldED/386 2.50+ is the premiere EMail reader! * Origin: A rare medium well done. (1:153/715.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F2500020 Date: 02/05/98 From: TIM WONG Time: 02:10am \/To: DACHA VUKOTIC (Read 4 times) Subj: System.1st Hello Dacha: On Tue Jan 27, 1998 at 17:56, you wrote to All saying: DV> What function has file SYSTEM.1ST in root of hard disk? On DV> my system, it's about 1.5 Mb, but on my friend's it's only DV> 400 Kb! I am using Windows 95 :) I believe it is used as the initial "system.dat" for the "1st" run after W95 is installed. Is your system.dat's size anywhere close to 1.5M? tturs: Tim [InterNet - mailto:teewong@intergate.bc.ca] ... Good writing mirrors the authors' respect for Dacha's thoughts. --- GoldED/386 2.50+ is the premiere EMail reader! * Origin: A rare medium well done. (1:153/715.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F2A00000 Date: 02/04/98 From: KARL SCHNEIDER Time: 10:03pm \/To: TIM WONG (Read 4 times) Subj: funny video card On (04 Feb 98) Tim Wong wrote to Karl Schneider... TW> KS> I dunno, I looked at it pretty close, but could have missed TW> KS> something. TW> I wonder how well those bent under pins hold their shape when TW> squeezed by those nubs. Is the base (included when bought) RAM also TW> of the SOJ variety? Hey Tim...they seem to hold pretty well. The original 1M of memory was soldered on and the chips are *not* SOJs, but I can't see the card right now so not sure what form they are. But, in experimenting, I found that the display DOES work right if I select the 16-million (called 'truecolor' I think)! Any lower # of colors causes the random sprnkling of little color squares.. weird... ... Opportunity knocks. Karma hunts you down. --- PPoint 2.05 * Origin: Green Country (1:170/170.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F2A00001 Date: 02/05/98 From: BUD JAMISON Time: 03:55pm \/To: BOB MORGAN (Read 4 times) Subj: Cookie blocker for 3.x? -> I know there is a utility for Win95 that will block cookies in -> Netscape. MS Explorer already has this nice little featur built in b -> I still prefer Netscape. -> -> Does anyone know of a "cookie blocking" utility for Win 3.x? Check the preferences in Netscape. I'm running Communicator 4.04 now, and it has 'accept cookies', 'accept only those sent back to originating site', and 'do not accept cookies', plus 'warn me before accepting cookies'. I'm sure I had the same options in Navigator 3.03 under Win 3.1. --- Platinum Xpress/386/Wildcat! v1.3 * Origin: FidoNet International Coordinator Emeritus, for life (1:202/746)