Re: Power up problem.
GadgetMaster (GadgetMstr@gnn.com)
Sun, 28 Jan 1996 14:59:56
>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 20:36:05 -0600
>From: Nathan Lewis <saturn@dataex.com>
>Sender: owner-zoomer-list@blob.best.net
>To: zoomer-list@blob.best.net
>Subject: Re: Power up problem.
>
>At 07:52 PM 1/25/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>Using the Expert+ patches, I have to re-enter all of the setup
parameters
>>(ie: recalibrate pointer, preferences, etc.) whenever I power-up
from a
>>system shut-down (closing all applications). I have two
questions.
> First,
>>can I have it so that the system starts up without this and
secondly, can
> I
>>make it so that the system does not shut down when all of the
applications
>>are closed? Thanks... jeff
>I had the same problem. You need to get rid of the line in the
> autoexec.bat
>file that copies the geos.ini from b:\ to b:\geoworks. Or after
you get
>everything setup, you can copy the goes.ini file from b:\geoworks
to b:\ so
>that everytime it starts up it will copy the same file over.
>When you setup with all the preferences, it saves the info in
>b:\geoworks\geos.ini. Everytime you startup, it copies the old
geos.ini
>from b:\ to b:\geoworks overwriting your changes.
>
>The second problem is actually part of Geoworks and cannot be
"fixed".
>Windows 3.1 works the same way. If you've ever had progman.exe
crash on
> you
>with other applications open, they will work fine. But once you
exit all
>the other open applications, windows will quit to dos.
>
Well, when you're lucky, anyway. I've had Program Manager crash on
me several times, and when I closed the other apps I was left with
my Windows wallpaper to look at...
GadgetMaster
gadgetmstr@gnn.com