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Date:	Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:54:49 PST
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Warp Desktop hang

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By the way, Gary, when your system hangs like that, what do you do get
past it and get back to a useable system?

Harry Motin
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Gary Wong wrote:
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> Background: I've built my own PC with the following components:
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> Motherboard: Intel SE440BX-2, BIOS level P15 (not the latest as P17 is
> the most current BIOS level)
> CPU: Pentium II-400 (slot 1)
> RAM: 128MB, 168-pin, 100Mhz
> CD: a 16x IDE (not sure what manufacturer)
> Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar 35100, nearly 5GB, entire drive is
> C:\ formatted HPFS
> Sound card: Sound Blaster 16 PnP
> Case: ATX, 6 drive bays, 7 card slots
>
> The problem: I installed MCP (Convenience Pack for Warp 4), and after
> installation, I've experienced occasional "hangs" during boot-up, where
> it's at a blue screen with the clock, and it stops there and never opens
> the desktop (no Warp Center, no bitmap, no icons). If I Ctrl-Esc, I do
> get a Window List, but there's nothing in it.
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> Even after taking out Warp Center from SET AUTOSTART= in CONFIG.SYS, the
> problem still persists. Switching video cards from a Matrox MGA to a
> Diamond Stealth64 Video 2001 has no difference (also it is currently
> set to plain VGA). Taking out a 3COM 3C905B-TXNM also did not make a
> difference (also I set MPTS to "No Network Adapter" as I do not have
> DSL nor cable modem service at home).
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> Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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