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From: umbryer@herbert.cc.umanitoba.ca (Jeffrey Michael Bryer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Windows slowing down to a crawl
Message-ID: <1991Apr25.220141.11701@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 25 Apr 91 22:01:41 GMT
Sender: umbryer@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jeffrey Michael Bryer)
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My windows system is slowing down to the point where I can watch it paint the
screen.  It does this immediately after exiting from a Dos prompt (either       running Dos full screen or windowed).  The problem has occured after using
Zip Manager v3.01 although not very often.  As near as I can tell it has
occurred after using fmplayer 1.00 (fm10.zip on cica.)  I do not know if this
is causing the problem or not. I have since reverted back to sound.drv with
the only improvement being in time to boot.  This problem has also occurred to
a friend when he was using player to play a .ROL file from floppy.

Because the problem has happened to both of us I know it is not as a result
of caching software or video boards and their video drivers.

It only happens it 386 enhanced mode.  Since the appearance of this problem
I have been unable to run many dos apps from the dos prompt (while shelled out
of windows) that I used to be able to run.  These apps now violate system
integrity and terminate dos but with no decrease in speed for Windows.

I really have to no idea what is happening and if anyone knows please tell me
why and what I can do to fix it.

Is it possible I have found a Windows virus?

Any help is greatly appreciated (and needed). 

Thank you.

Jeff Bryer
umbryer@ccu.umanitoba.ca

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Jeff Bryer
Genetics II