On Mon, 04 Nov 2002 02:49:12 +00, Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ wrote: > On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 18:40:28, Christof Lange wrote:
>> On 3 Nov 02 at 8:41, owner-arachne-digest@arachne wrote: >>> Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 15:34:01 +00 >>> From: "Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: User Edition 1.71 >>> Hi Glenn & list >>> Clicking in Arachne Desktop on 'Your Computer' does freeze the program >>> and the mousepointer disappears. I had to reset the computer. >>> Same problem in 1.61 and I cured it by replacing 'Your Computer' by >>> 'Floppy A:\' including the ikon. >> In the age of Users' Edition, it should be possible to deactivate >> this function that is useful on some computers / DOS flavours, but >> crashes (most?) others. Accidentally pressing ALT+F2 can definetely >> put an end to the interest for many newbies. >> * one thing is replacing the link 'file:@:*.*' on 'home.htm' > I am happy with a direct path to the floppy >> * more important would be blocking or changing the the ALT+F2 key > Tried this one... same result as control+alt+del ;-( > Is there a way to block Alt F2? Just a thought...... Do you have a CD drive setup? If so, try booting without the CD drive loaded. (rem-out its line in config.sys and the line for mscdex in autoexec.bat) Now, does the same 'freeze-up' happen??? -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
