Path: utzoo!dciem!nttor!contact!zooid!dve From: dve@zooid.UUCP (David Mason) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Networks using config.sys Message-ID: Date: 22 Aug 90 17:22:20 GMT References: <3130027@hplsla.HP.COM> Organization: here Lines: 14 davidr@hplsla.HP.COM (David M. Reed) writes: > Our work-around is to configure the cards at interrupt 5 (LPT2). We have > never had a problem after doing that. However, we should never have a > problem with interrupt 3 if MSWindows wouldn't touch things it is not > directly instructed to touch. Try deleting all references to COM ports in WIN.INI. That's what Newbridge recommended to us for our Easystreet (bleh) "network". Although Easystreet uses the serial ports for the network Windows was causing problems, but deleting the COMx:= lines seems to make Windows ignore them, and hopefullyu their interupts. I hope this helps.