Re: XyWrite & Windows 2000

["Martin J. Osborne" osborne@xxxxxxxx]

Because the problem occurs in all the DOS programs I have (as I've now discovered),
I guess it's nothing specific to XyWrite (though XyWrite users need to resolve it to
use the program on the configuration that I have).

It's not connected with the type of screen---or, at least, when I attach my old CRT
instead of the new LCD to the new computer, the same problem persists.

The problem with directory listings is resolved by unsetting the archive bit (thanks
to a very useful suggestion of Paul Ambros).

> 1. Does your W2K shortcut invoke editor.exe directly, or does it run a batch
> file?
>
> 2. Are you using the default config.nt and autoexec.nt files to run the
> shortcut? What's in them? (Right click on the Xy shortcut, take Properties,
> then the Program tab. Click Advanced to see the filenames for these two files.)
>
> 3. Let us see what's in your startup.int file.
>
> 4. Let's define the directory that is there but can't be seen by Xy as the
> "Problem Directory." Can the Problem Directory be seen by other Windows apps?
> If you have other DOS apps on this machine, can they see the Problem Directory?
>
> As for the "slowness" problem, I've experienced this under W2K, but it can be
> fixed. It seems to be hardware related, particularly video hardware and
> particularly if you have an LCD screen (in my experience, anyway.) Something
> in settings.dfl may be causing it. Try starting Xy without a settings.dfl file
> (just rename it temporarily for this test.) Is the slowness still there?
>
> Tom Hawley
> New York
> tjh@xxxxxxxx

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