[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Microsoft Windows & Word

howell@bashful.cs.unc.edu (William Howell) (06/15/88)

I am running Windows 2.03 on an IBM PS/2 model 80 system.  I also have
Word version 4.0 installed.

If I start windows, and then start a terminal session, then try to start
Word I get the error:  COM in use.  Cannot swap Windows

Which by the way is not to be found in the Windows manual.

Does anyone know what is going on?  Yes, COM is in use, but why should
Word care about it?  (My printing is done across the parallel port.)

I generally do not read this newsgroup so I would prefer mail responses
if anyone can help out of this pickle.

Thanks.

Bill Howell
howell@cs.unc.edu
UNC at Chapel Hill