Charles Angelich (1:106/2000) wrote to Steven Horn at 05:07 on 15 Apr 2003:

 CA> Early Windows did not do pre-emptive multitasking and few knew how
 CA> to reset the function W3x _did_ have to improve telecom. Resetting
 CA> it was no 'miracle cure' regardless and it's safe to say W3x was
 CA> not the best telecom multitasker in the world at the time. Desqview
 CA> was not pre-emptive but had a finer tuning capability and did seem
 CA> a bit better (at that time).

I would have said that Desqview was better at least until Windows for
Workgroups 3.11 was available.  I also remember that I used to boot up with
DOS and then selected the multi-tasker of choice. 

 CA> Since we cannot get 'into' the directories we really don't know
 CA> that the 'problem' pops up at _that_ stage of the login process?  

Possibly but I do note he has had no difficulty with CuteFTP.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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