From:	"A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	FRANCOIS_L1 AT sfov1 DOT verifone DOT com, DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date:	Tue, 30 May 1995 08:35:32 BST
Subject:	Re: Gnu C versus Windows versus Novell Net

  A.Appleyard wrote:-
>   I have Windows for Workgroups.
>   Previously, if I had called Novell:-
>     (a) Gnu C++ programs called in Windows ran OK except that the (Gnu C
> `system()' subroutine to call DOS) didn't work;
>     (b) Windows's `DOS prompt' icon worked, except that in DOS-in-Windows the
> prompt showed as only `C>' without the cud=rrent dierctory name.
>   But now, trying to call a Gnu C++ program from Windows (whether from an icon
> or from the File Manager, instead causes a Windows fault box "This application
> has violated integrity due to a general protection fault and will be
> terminated" (or similar). Clicking the Windows `DOS prompt' icon causes the
> same. (All of these run OK if I haven't called my Novell server since
> booting.) What the !"$%^&*()==~#@' is going on!?!?!?!!?
>   When I login to Novell, I get this:- "Netware Workstation Shell v3.32
> (931117)".
>   The only recent change that I know of is that a few days ago a WWW access
> program called Netscape was put in my PC. (When these faults happened I had
> not called C:\NET\BIN\TCPIP.EXE or my WWW access program since booting.) These
> changes were made to my C:\WINDOWS\SETUP.INI :-
> Line `drivers=mmsystem.dll' replaced by `drivers=mmsystem.dll winmm16.dll'
> Line `device=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WIN32S\W32S.386' inserted.

  "Francois Lorrain, ISPD" <FRANCOIS_L1 AT sfov1 DOT verifone DOT com> replied:-
> I had the problem some time ago, you need to install the network support for
> windows, otherwise you get exactly the behaviour you describe. Go for
> windows setup, modify system options, network : Novell 3.26 and up Hope it
> fixes the problem. Francois

  I tried it, and all the options that I needed to call were `greyed out' and
I couldn't call them. It seems that I must edit \WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI myself.
Please:- (a) what do I need to do to it; (b) what new software do I need?

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