ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) (01/28/91)
My computer has stopped loading the wallpaper on startup. I thought it might be a suddenly-malicious NEWPAPER program (although it had been performing flawlessly for months), so I removed it. No luck. I then re-installed Windows. Still a blank grey screen for a backdrop. Does anyone have any suggestions? Particulars: 8MHz AT compatible with EGA card and monitor. Himem and Smartdrive loaded and active. Recently installed 4DOS, but the problem persists with the old processor. Thanks, Eric
jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Sheckel) (02/08/91)
(Eric Sheppard) writes: > >Thanks for all your suggestions. The interesting quirk here is that Windows >_was_ in Standard mode. In addition, the font of the icon names had changed >to the larger system font, instead of the small tiny type. Very weird! > I've noticed that this happens with the font in either of two cases: Windows runs out of memory (you can force this with Heapwalk), or you don't have enough FILES set up in CONFIG.SYS. -- +-------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------+ | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | POLYGEN CORPORATION | When I was young, I had to walk | | Drummers do it... | Waltham, MA USA | to school and back every day -- | | ... In rhythm! | (617) 890-2175 | 20 miles, uphill both ways. | +-------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------+ | ...! [ princeton mit-eddie bu sunne ] !polygen!jerry | | jerry@polygen.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+