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From: mark@infolog.se (Mark Plotnick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Windows has lately started freezing up.
Keywords: PROBLEM FREEZE COLD ICE BRRR ANTARCTICA MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
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Date: 8 Nov 90 10:03:09 GMT
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In article <32181@netnews.upenn.edu> chaim@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Chaim Dworkin) writes:
>Well, this is very interesting.  I just logged in to post a question
>about a problem and someone else has just described the same problem.
>The problem is that periodically Win3 just hangs.  It doesn't seem to be
>related to any specific program I'm running at the time and it occurs 
>when I'm running a single task.  I have win3 running on a home made
>8 Mhz 286 with 2 Mb RAM.  The hangups don't happen very frequently
>so it's just a minor annoyance but they do happen.  The only time
>the hangups happen with any regularity is if I try to run DateBook, which
>I've since deleted, or if I click on the special options bar in Ami
>Professional.  Otherwise they occur randomly every few days.
>
>Any ideas on what I can check in my .ini files?
>
>
>--
>Chaim Dworkin                             (chaim@eniac.seas.upenn.edu)

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Keywords: PROBLEM FREEZE COLD ICE BRRR ANTARCTICA MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

In article <32181@netnews.upenn.edu> chaim@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Chaim Dworkin) writes:
>Well, this is very interesting.  I just logged in to post a question
>about a problem and someone else has just described the same problem.
>The problem is that periodically Win3 just hangs.  It doesn't seem to be
>................................................................

I encountered similar symptoms. In my case the problem was a not quite
compatible Extended Memory board. I`m running a Compaq Deskpro 286/12Mhz,
and the Memory card was a BocaRam/AT with 4MB. Win3 ran OK with smaller
applications but anything that required larger data transfers (Toolbook
for example), would freeze windows. I swapped the extended memory board
with a somewhat newer one and everything seems OK now.

Mark Plotnick,         mark@infolog.se
Box 91, 191 22  Sollentuna   SWEDEN