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Date:	Mon, 5 Aug 2002 11:41:04 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Yes, but . . .

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> >Though things are apparently back to normal in eCS, I notice that there
> >is no such thing as a Win-ECS windowed session. It too brings up a
> >Win-ECS full-screen session, both from Warp Center or the Command Prompts
> >system folder. "Window" is selected in the Properties for this session
> >option. Because I never tried to run a Windowed Win-OS2 session since
> >the installation of eCS, I can't say whether it ever was available.

Steven replied:

> It should be. This is often a video driver problem which is not unlikely
> considering that you've been beating on the drivers lately.

The Matrox drivers in there now seem to be working well.

> First off, try to create a new WinOS2 object from a template. If that
> works, you just have broken objects.

By templates, I take it you meant the objects in EcomStation ==> Command Prompts, since I saw nothing appropriate in the eCS Templates folder. New Objects from these made no difference.

> If not, take a close look at
> system.ini and win.ini and make sure the video related sections make sense
> for the drivers you are running.

I saw nothing in these files that jumped out at me. When I get the chance, I'll do a line-by-line comparison with the same files in the Warp 4 partition.

This is far from the most important item I need to fix in eCS, but I would like to deal with it at some point. No huge issues right now, just a number of smaller details.

For example, I wanted to make use of the LaunchPad (a.k.a. Toolbar), which I've been doing. However, I note that the LaunchPad's Shutdown button does not complete the Shutdown in eCS. It either stops part way (which can lead to CHKDSK time, afterwards), or needs to be prodded to completion with
one or more C-A-D's. O.K., this feature is a holdover from Warp 3, so one can't really expect it to offer a nice clean Reboot function, like the Shutdown in C-A-D Cmdr. or on the Warp Center. I'm wondering if there is any way to replace the particular Shutdown it uses via its oversized button --
or is this hardwired ?

I've also noticed that the activity (CPU) meter of C-A-D Cmdr.'s Status Bar never seems to dip below 5 % to 8 % in eCS, even when "nothing" is going on. In W4, there are times when it dips to 0. Based on this, I am guessing that there is always much more going on under the covers of eCS, which
would not be totally surprising.

Jordan

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