Linda Proulx,

20-Oct-99 18:06:47, Linda Proulx wrote to All
          Subject: An Inquiring Mind

 LP> Running Warp 3 Red

 LP> Regular 3rd party uninstall programs will uninstall Win programs?

 LP> Running Warp 3 Blue

 LP> Do I need the 3rd party uninstall or will it uninstall thru Warp?

Someone else already replied in detail about OS/2 not being like Win95 as far
uninstall is concerned.  So 3rd party prgms for that are not needed.  If the
particular app such as TaxCut includes an uninstall, then yes it will work to
a degree.  But in almost all cases with DOS/WinXX prgms and many not perfect
OS/2 prgms, just running some uninstall still leaves stuff in the *.INI files,
which can eventually slow your system down.  Someone else replied that they
use the commercial prgm UniMaint to clean up that mess.  I don't, I use this:
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Wptool29.Zip                    05-30-99         337,555
    Collection of INI-file and WPS maintenance tools by Henk Kelder
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CHECKINI /C /S /Y:2 /L1.LOG

 LP> What DOS or WIN programs have not worked with either 3 or 4 in
 LP> your experience?

Very few DOS prgms won't run.  Those that attempt to take direct control of
the hardware, such as Check-It-Pro, a hardware diagostic tool.  OTOH that is
not needed since there are native OS/2 tools for that purpose.

Many Win32S v.1.30+ prgms won't install automatically.  Most prgms that will
run on Win95 but not run on Win3.1 will not run under Win-OS/2.

IMO the need for Windows prgms is almost non-existant, since there are native
OS/2 prgms to perform almost every task.  Pete Norloff runs the OS/2 ShareWare
BBS, which at 1 time was the largest BBS of any type anywhere in the world.
It may still be for all I know.  Anyway, I often Telnet bbs.os2bbs.com into
his BBS to pickup some of about 18,000 files.

Eventually you will see some msg that mentions releasing "DOS Think" which
includes Windows, since that is just a GUI on top of DOS.  It's been a long
thread in the past.  And it reoccures frequently with new OS/2 users, because
it seems to take them awhile to think of OS/2 as a "tool" rather than an
upgrade from DOS/WinXX.  Basically what it means is that with OS/2 you can use
most of the DOS/WinXX stuff, but there is usually a more efficient and easier
way to accomplish almost any task.   And if you cling to the DOS/WinXX tools
and methods, then you will prevent yourself from taking full advantage of the
power and better methods of OS/2.  An example is clinging to FAT rather than
using HPFS.  If you install OS/2 or a lot of OS/2 apps on a FAT partition you
will sooner than later run into a problem with the 8.3 file name limitation of
DOS/FAT that is not a problem with HPFS.

 LP> Is there a paper saver type printing program for Warp?

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21Upr74A.Zip                    01-25-98         175,838
   (V7.4a) - 21UPRT.ZIP - FREEWARE OS/2 program to print 2UP in landscape mode
   or 1UP in portrait mode on laser printers using PPDS, PCL or PostScript
   commands. Will number lines or support ANSI control characters. Suppresses
   multiple blank lines and page ejects. Supports A4 (European) paper size and
   other functions. Roger Lapp - 70573.2577@compuserve.com
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From Pete Norloff's BBS:
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CPRINT.ZIP    57K  6-25-94  CPRINT v5.04 Text File Format/Print Utility. Print
                            both sides of paper; headers; margins; page length
                            control; etc, etc. Useful for text docs and
                            program source files. Source incl.

LJ2OS2.ZIP    60K  4-28-93  Print 2-up on HP Laserjet. This program prints a
                            series of files on the LaserJet printer. The files
                            are printed in landscape font at 17 cpi. Two
                            "pages" of information from the file are printed
                            on each piece of paper.

MPAGE.ZIP    112K  9-25-97  Mpage is a program to reduce and print multiple
                            pages of text per sheet on a PostScript compatible
                            printer.
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Another alternative is to import your text document into StarOffice and
rearrange the number of columns and font size to suit yourself.

     Thanks and Good Luck,        Andy Roberts
                                  andy@shentel.net
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