From:	Damian Yerrick <DONT DOT YOU DOT DAREd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comSEND DOT SPAM>
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Subject:	Re: Bash crashes windows 98
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NNTP-Posting-Date:	Wed, 08 Mar 2000 12:40:06 GMT
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Date:	Wed, 08 Mar 2000 12:40:06 GMT
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 12:14:26 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
wrote:

>
>On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:
>
>> Windows is waiting for the "close window" dialog box.  One part of the
>> OS has apparently taken out a lock on window creation when the C-M-del
>> code wants to put up the "Kill..." dialog, and the task manager is
>> waiting for that lock to be removed.  So it BSOD's out to character-
>> cell mode and asks if you want to wait for the lock to go away (press
>> Enter) or restart the computer (C-M-del again).
>
>Sorry, I don't understand: are you answering my question
>(in which case I'd like to know how did you reproduce what
>happens on Chris's machine, since it doesn't happen to me)?

I've seen the "waiting for Close Window box to open" BSOD before.

>Or are you explaining something to Chris (in which case you
>should have replied to *his* message, not to mine)?

I was explaining to both of you.  You seemed confused; the situation
Chris describes will not let the user even get to the dialog box.

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