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From: ee5391aa@triton.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Surgical removal of TSRs
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.174542.29275@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 91 17:45:42 GMT
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In article <1991Apr17.041405.16350@agate.berkeley.edu> wbl@plague.Berkeley.EDU
(Wen-Po Bobby Lee) writes:

>Is there a PD program that can remove TSRs from conventional memory, or
>better yet, one that can remove specific TSRs and "clean up" the memory
>(without affecting the DOS kernel or the COMMAND environment).  Also,
>how about a program that can remove drivers (like screen blankers)?

If you don't have it around, it's likely worth your while to get PC Magazine's
ponderous tome, _DOS_Power_Tools_.  The disk includes two companion programs,
INSTALL (itself a TSR) and REMOVE which cleanly removes all TSRs installed
since INSTALL was last run.  It is rumored to fail for some TSRs; I've not
yet had the problem.   Of course, being a 4DOS user, I've little motivation
to install a bunch of TSRs.  ;^)

I seem to recall some PD removers on SIMTEL-20...I'm sure someone will mention
them if they're there...Keith?

						G'luck,
						    d