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At 16 OCT 1998 12:30:34PM Kevin Kastelic wrote:

AREV Specific

Hi,
 We currently run AREV 3.1 over Novell 4.10 with the VLM client. And are Considering Getting the Revelation NLM. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the client TSR for the NLM causing problems with other TSR's loaded on the client. 
We have a few tsr's loaded to do things for the users (like throw away Novell Broadcasts)

Any info Would be apreciated

Kevin Kastelic

Network Administrator, Database Programmer

Sharp Packaging Systems

Email: kevink@execpc.com

At 16 OCT 1998 04:58PM Jonathan Bird wrote:

I have one site with the NLM and a TSR called "Network Assistant" which gives the users a pop-up printer redirection utility. The only problem I have had is if the users have the pop-up programme poped up for longer than about 30 seconds, after removing it they will get a message from the NLM "No server response" but there is no effect on anything….

J

At 16 OCT 1998 09:22PM Steve Smith wrote:

I have written some AREV objects to switch broadcasts on and off - these might be a useful substitute for your TSR in the case of any clashes with the NLM. Some TSRs are badly behaved and intercept interrupts, then regain control periodically, snatching the interrupt from other programs. The usual TSR writing technique is to pass control to the next TSR in sequence for that interrupt. In some TSRs this doesn't happen, and nothing gets through to other TSRs.

Sometimes you can get around one "interrupt snatcher" TSR by resequencing the TSR load sequence. Two "interrupt snatchers" usually means one does not work.

Steve

stsm@ozemail.com.au

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~stsm

At 20 OCT 1998 11:19AM Jim Horvath wrote:

] We have a few tsr's loaded to do things for the users (like throw

] away Novell Broadcasts). Any info Would be apreciated

I know this isn't really what you asked for, but why would you load a TSR to throw away Broadcasts? Under Netware 4, use SEND /A=N to disable receipt of broadcast messages. Type SEND /? to see all the options. For Netware 3, use CASTOFF. If you never want the messages, put the commands in the user login script, or in a batch file that invokes AREV.

I avoid loading any TSRs that aren't absolutely necessary (VLM.COM is usually pretty necessary . Screen savers and keyboard macro TSRs are among the most unneccessary in my experience.

Jim

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