[comp.windows.ms] Windows/DOS/Novell incongruity

karinc@intelisc.SSD.intel.com (Karin Coffee) (05/02/91)

Our setup:

	Novell Network running NetWare 3.11
	50 workstations, most running networked Windows 3.0
	All workstations are 386 or 486 PCs
	All workstations are running DOS 3.3 or higher
	All workstations have Excelan EXOS 205T cards set on the default
	interrupt of 2.
	

The problem:

	Three of the workstations are unable to use copy, xcopy, or any
	the other DOS utilities when logged into Windows, but work
	fine when Windows has not been invoked.

What they have in common that the rest of the net doesn't:

	VGA monitor
	DOS 4.01


Attempted solutions:

	Microsoft:  Remove APPEND from the autoexec.bat file.  APPEND
	doesn't exist in the autoexec.bat file on any of these machines.

	My Novell dealer/support had me add vpicda.386 to the Windows
	directories on the PCs and add it to the system.ini file.


So far, nothing has worked.  Has anybody else run into this?  Anybody have
a fix or a clue as to what is happening.  I have other systems running VGA
monitors, but they are running DOS 3.3 and don't have the problem.  I have
other systems running DOS 4.01, but they have EGA monitors and don't have 
the problem.

Thanks in advance.


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