From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 13:09:31 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: Roger Ivie cc: OPENDOS-SUPPORT AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos-support] Windows ate its .GRP files? In-Reply-To: <01IEY0FZF97W8ZM8WZ@cc.usu.edu> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Roger Ivie wrote: > As I mentioned earlier, I recently installed OpenDOS on my friend's odd > Gateway machine. Yesterday, while playing Freecell he got a message that > an application had violated system integrity and needed to be rebooted. When > he rebooted, all of the icons were gone. > > Looking around, I see all of the .GRP files are now zero length with a > date and time stamp of about the time Freecell exploded. > > I haven't the foggiest what's going on yet, nor how I am going to fix it. > However, since the machine never did this with MS-DOS, OpenDOS is the leading > suspect... That'll teach him for running programs that "draw pretty pictures" that do direct screen writes!!! :o) Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Caldera sues Microsoft - Visit Caldera's website: www.caldera.com