KT> I find the window the BBS was running in at the prepare to DL
 KT> screen.  The last thing you would see just before a Zmodem DL
 KT> starts.  It's just there frozen.

ahhh... that's not good, to say the least...

 > what protocol driver are you using that's crashing? the
 > built-in one or something external? if external, what is your

 KT> Built in Zmodem.  I know it was working when I first put the BBS 
 KT> up.  I did some googling, and there are pages talking about the 
 KT> ntvdm.exe freezing in Win XP for some 16bit DOS programs and an 
 KT> updates that needs to be removed. but haven't found the infor for 
 KT> win7pro.

hummm... you might want to try adding an external protocol driver or three
and seeing how they work out... i think i have two or three alternative
zmodem drivers that are available here... DSZ, Texas Zmodem, and another i
can't think of right off hand...

 KT> I'm running Netfoss 1.11, I haven't tried any other version yet.
 KT> But it could be involved, I to see an error message breifly about
 KT> the pcmicro fossil not being able to uninstall when the bbs' batch
 KT> file finishes up. 

you shouldn't have to be loading and unloading a fossil driver... load it
at the beginning and leave it until the bbs shuts down... oh but wait...
you may be doing it that way because of your mailer if you are running a
mailer in front of RA...

 KT> "NetFoss v1.11 (c) 2001-2013 pcmicro.com
 KT> Can't Uninstall"

netfoss 1.12 is out since 3 Aug 2014... it might be of benefit to try it...

 KT> ...continued because QuickED doesn't lie me pasting lock message
 KT> tonite..    

ugh!

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