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Q90794: SMARTDRV.EXE Hangs After CTRL+ALT+DEL

Article: Q90794
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 05-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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If you use SMARTDrive version 4.0 with either of the two expanded memory
managers listed below, your machine may stop responding (hang) after you press
CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart it. If you enable the SMARTDrive Write cache, the
elements in the cache are successfully written to the hard disk.

  Versions prior to 5.09 of Compaq's CEMM.EXE
  Version 4.20.06x or 4.33.06x of EMM386.EXE, which ships with MS-DOS 5.0

To correct this problem, use one of the following methods:

- Use Compaq's CEMM.EXE version 5.09.

  -or-

- Use EMM386.EXE version 4.44, which is included with the Windows 3.1 package.

MORE INFORMATION
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CEMM.EXE version 5.09 also corrects the following problems:

- LTE LITE computer systems stop because of a video ROM conflict.

- The inability to obtain CEMM statistics when a program hooks the interrupt
  67h after CEMM has loaded.

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

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 flush lazy write hanging hang warm boot up

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

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