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From: feg@moss.ATT.COM (Forrest Gehrke,2C-119,7239,ATTBL)
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Subject: Re: Window 3.0 is a Pain
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Date: 8 Apr 91 12:17:03 GMT
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In article <1991Apr4.134855.24812@agate.berkeley.edu> gumbyltd@ronzoni.berkeley.edu (Dmitry Gokhman) writes:
>[on the heels of a discussion of SVGA under Desqview]
>
>Back on the farm:  I can't even run standard mode, only real.
>Same symptoms:  I get popped back to a DOS prompt (w/o a cursor)
>after the stupid logo (stupid because instead of the logo I would
>have preferred some diagnostic messages).  I've tried various
>combinations of himem, emm386, smartdrv, loading without turbo,
>you name it.  What's going on?!!??


You haven't supplied enough info on your system configuration,
but my guess is that Windows is not finding a video driver it
needs.  Take a look at your video card manual, or better yet,
call the tech support people for your video card.

Forrest Gehrke feg@dodger.att.com

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