Hi Folks,

My Warp 4 FP9 system has been running fine for many months, however about a
month ago an odd intermittent problem appeared. After running non-stop for
several days, the system suddenly loses SOME of the window controls, mainly
noticed though the MOVE and SIZE functions. Once the problem appears, I can no 
longer move a Window by dragging it from the Title line, and the MOVE option
on the Window menu no longer turns the border into dashes and allows the
window to be moved. Similar, I can no longer re-size a window that would
normally allow this to happen.

At the arrival of the problem, CTRL-ESC brings up the Window list, BUT no
keyboard action (including cursor moves) is recognized and the Window list
cannot be cancelled until the mouse is used to click on the desktop. If I then 
open a FULL Screen OS/2 session, and exit that, the Window list behaviour
returns to normal (except for the MOVE and SIZE functions). If the Window is a 
PM app, the ALT-F7 Move, and ALT-F8 Size functions do not work, but ALT-F9
Minimize and ALT-F10 Maximise work exactly as expected.

The system appears to otherwise function normally, and a subsequent shutdown
and re-boot restores the key controls to normal behaviour until the problem
appears again... Here are the details of an entry in the System Error Log that 
apepars at the time of the error -

===================================================================
Date:    06/11/99
Time:    13:12:24
Entry ID:    42
Severity:    2
Module Name:    PMWP.DLL
Directory Name:    E:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
    
Error Message:    A WorkPlace Shell Exception has occurred. Exception Type:
c0000005  Exception location: 00007040

    
Probe ID:    1111
    
Template ID:    1111
Template Filename:    PMWP.REP
    
Dump Generated:    Yes
Trace File Generated:    No
Process Dump Generated:    No
    
Failure Causes:
No data found
    
Failure Actions:
No data found
    
Install Causes:
No data found
    
Install Actions:
No data found
    
User Causes:
No data found
    
User Actions:
No data found
    
Return Code:    0
    
Dump Filename:    E:\OS2\SYSTEM\RAS\FF000129.DMP
    
Dump Formatter:    No data found
Dump File Deletion Date:    No data found
Dump File Deletion Time:    No data found
    
Trace filename:    No data found
    
Trace Formatter:    No data found
Trace File Deletion Date:    No data found
Trace File Deletion Time:    No data found
    
Process Dump filename:    No data found
    
Process Dump Formatter:    No data found
Process Dump File Deletion Date:    49/00/46
Process Dump File Deletion Time:    68:00:65
    
DMI Vendor Tag:    IBM-PSP
DMI Tag:    OS/2 WorkPlace Shell
Product ID:    OS/2 Warp Connect
DMI Revision:    1.00
DMI Modification Level:    No data found
DMI Fix Level:    No data found
    
Module Name:    PMWP.DLL
Machine Type:    No data found
Machine Serial Number:    No data found
    
Hostname:    PRK
    
User Data:
No data found

===================================================================

Has anyone seen this before or have any ideas on what might be causing it? I
have not changed anything in the past 3 months that would appear to be
relevant, but I guess anything is possible...

Is it possible that a WPS restart might resolve this issue (there was no
obvious automatic WPS restart), if so is there an easy way to force this to
happen without a full system shutdown/restart?

Thanks in advance................pk.


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