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Date:	Mon, 18 Feb 2002 09:46:56 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: process commander question

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In <3C70B1FD.15ECFDAC@gte.net>, on 02/17/02
at 11:47 PM, "Benedict G. Archer" said:

>I double clicked the INSTPC.exe icon and selected two of three options
>presented, none referred to a keyboard driver.

I see. You made up your own procedure. Well, we know know not to use it
in the future. :-)

>Didn't reboot until I had installed PC, installed FIX01, applied the
>patch to doscall1 and manually added the suggested line to config.sys.

The two PCINSDLL steps are required, even after a fresh install.

>They seem to work. Actually, Mr KIA explains how to install PC when a
>full MCP install is done--"Reinstall PC from the CD. Do not install the
>alternate keyboard driver."

Yes, but it needs some rework. On re-reading, I can see how it might be
mis-read and the PCINSDLL steps skipped.

>I'm not sure I follow you here. Icouldn't have executed PCINSDLL from a
>command line because it was still in a zip file so Idouble clicked the
>INSTPC icon. Except for that I did follow your instructions to the

That's what I need to rework. After running INSTPC, you need to run both
of the PCINSDLL steps. The first one uninstalls the Process Commander
driver.

>that. If I had replaced kbdbase.sys before rebooting I would have been
>OK. I think that's the only thing missing from the instructions. I'm

If you had run the instructions, as I intended, this would have been
done. I'll let you know when I have the write-up updated.

>glad my utility diskettes worked; without them I couldn't get to a
>command line.

That's not entirely true, you could have booted the eCS CD or the install
diskettes or a maintenance partition. However, I do understand the
excitement of the moment.

Steven

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