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Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2001 13:11:04 PDT
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Windoze problems

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In <3BA98E1E.A0395C7@earthlink.net>, on 09/19/01
at 11:35 PM, Tom Brown said:

>I know we are an OS/2 group, but my family is asking me about two Windows
>problems, and I can't figure it out...

You know, there are thousands of WinXX support lists. :-)

>My sister gets an error message when booting W'95 saying that MRTRATE.VXD
>can't be found. She can bypass the error and the system seems to work
>normally, but it is a PITA. I can't find any mention of MRTRATE.VXD on
>either W'95 or W'98.

You probably find a reference in the registry. MS never really got rid of
config.sys and autoexec.bat, they just moved all the information to the
registry.

>Another W'98 system pops up a particular folder at boot time and I can't
>figure out where it's coming from. I don't see it in the Registry or in
>any of the startup folders. Any other suspects?

Are you sure it's not application related?

Steven

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