Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!mvb.saic.com!ncr-sd!ncrcae!opusc!susie!pritchet From: pritchet@susie.cs.scarolina.edu (Ronald W. Pritchett) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: DR-DOS 5.0 +Win3 -problems? Message-ID: Date: 23 Oct 90 23:27:29 GMT References: <90277.124701LK-AP@finou.oulu.fi> <2712862e-40.1comp.os.msdos.apps-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> Sender: usenet@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Usenet news system) Organization: Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia Lines: 24 Nntp-Posting-Host: 129.252.11.12 louisg@vpnet.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes: >> Everything but Windows3 seems to be OK. Problem is, that every now and >> Windows is out of order. Error messages are;"Swapfile is corrupted" or >> "Main grp is corrupted". > I can only think of two reasons off-hand. > 1) There might be a virus on your system, because Windows 3 seems to keep >contstant watch on the swapfile, and if a DOS virus changes it, Windows >will, of course, bomb. >2) I haven't really heard of DR-Dos 5.0 too much, but keep in mind that >WIndows is a microsoft product designed to be used with MS-DOS or PC-DOS. >It might overrride some of the other DOS functions, or use some other >procedure than interrupts to preform I/O tasks. Perhaps you should try MS- >DOS and see if that helps. >Louis Giliberto DR-DOS 5.0 & WIN3 work fine for me. Check the setup of windows. Ron