--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00097 Date: 04/25/98 From: ALAN ZISMAN Time: 12:00am \/To: KARI SUOMELA (Read 4 times) Subj: File000x.chk Kari Suomela said to Andy Smith on 04-24-98 12:41: KS>Monday April 20 1998 20:05, Andy Smith wrote to Ted Brightman: TB>> Can anyone tell me what program creates the FILE000X.CHK files in TB>> root directory when running Windows 95, what they are for, and whi AS> These are created when either windows crashes or if you dont shut d AS> properly. They contain data from programs that were open at the tim KS>Really!!??? Andy is mistaken... the files are created when running Chkdisk or Scandisk... he's half right, however... the *.CHK files are created when those error-checking programs discovered files that were damaged in the way he describes. _______________ Internet mail to: azisman@rogers.wave.ca Win95 FAQ at: http://home.bc.rogers.wave.ca/azisman/faq95.htm ___ * WR 1.31 # 126 * --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: Basic'ly Computers: Mooo-ing Right Along. (1:153/9) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00098 Date: 04/25/98 From: KARL SCHNEIDER Time: 08:49am \/To: BOB WINGENDER (Read 4 times) Subj: yr2k Win 3.1 file fix? On (24 Apr 98) Bob Wingender wrote to Karl Schneider... KS> Bob, is that program just to detect y2k compatibility...? or to KS> 'fix' it? BW> It fixes the CMOS only. And I don't know if that is all CMOS's. BW> Will do no good to software Y2K uncompliance. Sure, I understand that... KS> but I can't figure out how any software would do anything different KS> or better than just setting the time to 12:55 p.m. on Dec 31, 1999 KS> and waiting a few minutes...? BW> Well, there are several files available from the RighTime.com site. BW> YEAR2000.ZIP, TEST2000.ZIP and others. Visit the site and all your BW> questions should be answered. Ok, I'll check it out...thanx. ... DSZ speed 300 ha ha ha tee hee hee rz -ZZZZZZZZ --- PPoint 2.05 * Origin: Green Country (1:170/170.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00099 Date: 04/24/98 From: FRED JONES Time: 04:34pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: wtb: WINDOWS 3.1 I need A copy of WINDOWS 3.11 If you have A old copy forsale? email: fjones@midnight.harborcom.net --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Brian's World (516)-331-5540 Long Island, NY (1:2619/232) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00100 Date: 04/25/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 07:59pm \/To: JOHN NEMMER (Read 4 times) Subj: win 95 hyperterm and ans [Apr 24, 98 - 11:41] John Nemmer of 1:129/186 wrote to Alan Zisman: JN>>autodetect and I still can't get the proper displays plus JN>>it is really dark help???? AZ>> Besides setting the terminal emulation to ANSI, you need to choose a font JN> ok only have the "terminal' font much better but the type is really dark JN> and just barely shows through the balack background Is the background black for all of your applications? My HyperTerminal background is white. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00101 Date: 04/25/98 From: KEN BLAKE Time: 04:14pm \/To: KARI SUOMELA (Read 4 times) Subj: File000x.chk On 04-24-98 12:41, KARI SUOMELA wrote KS>Monday April 20 1998 20:05, Andy Smith wrote to Ted Brightman: TB>> Can anyone tell me what program creates the FILE000X.CHK files in TB>> root directory when running Windows 95, what they are for, and whi AS> These are created when either windows crashes or if you dont shut d AS> properly. They contain data from programs that were open at the tim KS>Really!!??? No, not really. They are ceated by Scandisk (or Chkdsk or Norton Utilities) when it finds lost clusters and you instruct it to save lost clusters as files. - - Ken Blake kblake@primenet.com - --- * WR 1.31 # 119 * Tagline Lotto: <- Scratch here to reveal prize. * Origin: The Tucson Computer Society BBS (1:300/2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00102 Date: 04/25/98 From: KARI SUOMELA Time: 05:02pm \/To: ALAN ZISMAN (Read 4 times) Subj: Booting & Scandisk optio Friday April 24 1998 00:00, Alan Zisman wrote to Kari Suomela: KS>> SCANDISK /ALL /AUTOFIX /NOSUMMARY AZ> KS>> That should do what you want. :) AZ> AZ> He was asking about the way that ScanDisk starts up automatically upon AZ> restart if W95 wasn't properly shut down... that happens prior to AZ> processing Autoexec.bat; your method (while useful) won't help him). Sure it does! Have you tried??? AZ> Instead, editing MSDOS.SYS, adding the line: AZ> AZ> AutoScan=2 An excellent option! :) KS --- * Origin: KARICO BS-BBS * Toronto ON * (416) 502-3611 (1:2424/101) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00103 Date: 04/25/98 From: KARI SUOMELA Time: 05:04pm \/To: PETER HARLE (Read 4 times) Subj: Booting & Scandisk options Friday April 24 1998 17:33, Peter Harle wrote to Kari Suomela: PH> PH> Thanks Kari, I do that too, but only to Windows 3.11/DOS6.22 ystems, PH> are you sure that this also applies to Win95? I maintain sites with over 200 Win95 machines, and it works on every one of them. :) You may want to specify c:\windows\command\... on the lines. KS --- * Origin: KARICO BS-BBS * Toronto ON * (416) 502-3611 (1:2424/101) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00104 Date: 04/25/98 From: SHERYL DOUYARD Time: 08:37pm \/To: KURT TISCHER (Read 4 times) Subj: Leap Year Thank you. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Message Center, Jacksonville FL (1:112/115) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00105 Date: 04/25/98 From: BILL DAWSON Time: 05:28pm \/To: PHILIP RAGUSA (Read 4 times) Subj: Tape Drives in Windows -=> Quoting Philip Ragusa to Bill Dawson <=- JR> What are you using to access your drive if Cheyenne don't work? BD>My older drive, a CMS Jumbo 250, was getting way too small for the >drive sizes these days when Verbatim released a "2120-EX" tape that >is longer than the 2120-XL's that turned the 250 tape drives into >350's. They included a freebie copy of Arcada Backup for Windows >(now sold as Seagate Backup). PR> I have a Conner Tape Stor Backup drive. It came with Verbatim 2120-XL PR> tapes. I have the Conner Backup Exec program. Would you have any info PR> as to the compatibilty of 2120-EX with my machine? AFAIK, any QIC80 style tape drive should work with them. I have all four of the original boxes out right here; let's see what it says on the outside? "Substitute for any DC2120 QIC-80, TR-1, or QW 5122F cartridge. All QIC-80 drives (QIC, QIC-Wide and Travan) can write to, and read from, DC2120X." You will probably need the Arcada 5.0 software that came with the tapes, or some still newer backup software. None of the other backup packages I tried with the CMS Jumbo recognized the poten- tial 800 MB's capacity (1,000 foot tape length - a standard 2120 is 210 feet, I believe -- can't recall the length of an XL -- but not really that much longer than a 2120). Bill D ... COBOL: Completely Obsolete Boring Old Language --- RemoteAccess 2.52+ * Origin: Northern Lights! * San Antonio * 210-499-6299 V34/VFC (1:387/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00106 Date: 04/23/98 From: PAUL QUINN Time: 03:59pm \/To: KURT TISCHER (Read 4 times) Subj: Leap Year Hi! Kurt, On Mon 20 Apr 1998, Kurt Tischer whispered to Sheryl Douyard: KT> No need to apologize. The only reason I knew what the answer KT> was is because I had to code for leap year detection in one of KT> first projects in a course in C programming language. The prof. [ ...trim...] KT> But the real kicker came afterwards. After that part of the KT> program was finished we had to modify it to return the correct KT> day of the week. Hey! I had to do exactly the same thing... 6 years ago. Wanna swap some code?? =8*) Cheers, Paul. ... Toto, I don't think we're in DOS any more... --- * Origin: Quinn's Post (3:640/384.1)