sdodd@darkstar.cs.orst.edu (Stephen_M_Dodd) (01/20/91)
Hi, I was working wan IBM 55sx running Windows 3 and an IBM mouse. The users also wished to use Quattro Pro. When I ran MOUSE.COM to enable the mouse for Quattro, the next time I ran Windows the screen colors were very strange and many of the window titles had disappeared. The only way I could get Windows right again was to boot out the MOUSE.COM. Has anybody else noticed this and discovered a solution. Steve Dodd OSU Extension ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
nef@mace.cc.purdue.edu (paulhicks) (01/21/91)
In article <22408@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> sdodd@darkstar.cs.orst.edu (Stephen_M_Dodd) writes: >Hi, > >I was working wan IBM 55sx running Windows 3 and an IBM mouse. >The users also wished to use Quattro Pro. When I ran MOUSE.COM >to enable the mouse for Quattro, the next time I ran Windows the >screen colors were very strange and many of the window titles had >disappeared. The only way I could get Windows right again was to >boot out the MOUSE.COM. > >Has anybody else noticed this and discovered a solution. > >Steve Dodd >OSU Extension >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve, I'm not familiar with Quattro Pro, nor am I much of a windows guru. However I do know, it's either been mentioned in this group or in the mannual, that MOUSE.COM is incompatable with Windows 3.0. I think its something to do with memory management (If anyone knows exactly, I'd love to know, thanks). The way to use the mouse is to put mouse.sys on CONFIG.SYS. This is done in the setup phase of windows. Whether this works with Q/Pro I have no idea. Good luck! I have a question for all the WIN/3 experts. If I make a perminant swap file, say of 6 meg, why do I get "out of memory" errors when I run multiple dos applications? (some of which require 640K each) Is it something to do with 'paging'? and what does that mean? thanks in advance Paul __________________________________________________________________ | | |"...and on the eigth day god created the Sauter Mean Diameter." | | - D.W.Senser | |________________________________________________________________|