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From: sun060@Ritchiecd.uakron.edu (Howard Lymor)
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Subject: Re: Bug in Screen Peace 1.2
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Date: 13 Sep 90 23:25:29 GMT
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I have had that problem also.  I was running Screen Peace and when in
the File Mgr.
if I chose A: or B: and didn't have a disk in that drive, I would get
the warning
message from the F.M. and whether I chose Cancel or Retry, I would be
tossed out
of windows and would have to perform a cold boot (on/off switch). 
However, if I
were to place a disk into the drive in question, and choose Retry, I
would continue
on as normal.  I'm not sure  if it was screen peace or the F.M., but one
or the 
other is being awfully naughty.

On to another issue, and the reason I can't use screen peace right now
(I can live 
with the above), it seems that screen peace takes over complete control
of windows
when activated.  The problem in question:  when downloading files from
my school's
VAX system via a modem using the Terminal program, once Screen Peace is
activated
either instantly or through no keyboard activity (it was late one night
and I didn't
feel like working on anything else, not even Solitaire!), the
downloading would
cease.  I mean, no data would come through my modem at all.  I've also
noticed that
this happens when printing to my HP LJIII or IBM Proprinter (cough,
cough) and using
the Print Manager to buffer the process.  The Print Manager will stop
running, all
disk activity will stop.  As I said before, I thought it was something I
had done
and I am still testing to see if any of my other programs cause this
problem.

FYI,  I'm running Windows 3.0 on and IBM PS/2 Model 80 (300MB HD), I
have a HD 3.5"
and an external 5.25" HD floppy.  The only memory resident software
loaded before
windows is a virus scanning package (VSHEILD from McAffee (sp?) Assoc.,
I sent MY
registration form and money in, did you), a driver for the 5.25"
external from 
PROCOMM (not the telecomm folks), and MIRROR from PCTOOLS.  They are
loaded in the
following order:  Mirror, Vshield and Fdriver.  I have had the problems
whether 
running multiple windows based programs or only one windows based
program.  I have
not tried to recreate it using DOS programs and time slicing, but I'll
try.

Howard Lymor

(my views are my own, not that I want them anyway!)