Q82467: Windows: DEC Pathworks Use Command Hangs Machine

Article: Q82467
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 06-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you run Windows in 386 enhanced mode, and you issue the Digital Equipment
Corporation (DEC) Pathworks USE command from an MS-DOS virtual machine in
Windows, the machine may later stop responding (hang). Once you return to
Windows, the following error message displays:

  Application was using the network when application was terminated

When you choose the OK button to close the message box, the machine locks up.

RESOLUTION
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To correct this problem, add the following line to the [386Enh] section of the
SYSTEM.INI file:

  NetNoBlock=FALSE

MORE INFORMATION
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This problem occurs when you use the LANSESS protocol and the LAST drivers.


Pathworks is manufactured by DEC, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no
warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or
reliability.

Additional query words: 3.10 network 3.11

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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