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>From: Wayne McKelvie <waynemc@xtra.co.nz>
>To: PageStreamWindowsBeta@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [PageStreamWindowsBeta] Installation of Windows vs.
>Date: Fri, May 19, 2000, 8:36 PM
>

>Steve,
>
>Thanks fot the advice ... I have managed to solve the install problem by
>reinstalling the KERNEL32.DLL file to my computer ... it was supposedly
>exactly the same version as the one it was replacing, so perhaps the
>original file was corrupted. Anyway, I have at least got it installed now
>... I now have a new problem. On running PageStream for the first time, I
>had to enter my reg and password (this is the first time to install PS to
>this new computer) ... once that is done, and I click on OK, the program
>then closes. Subsequent attempts to restart bring a quick flash on my
>screen of the "colourful man", followed by a momentary opening of a
>PageStream4 dos-like black window, with a message ...
>
>error: could not create display handle.
>
>This occurs each time I try to launch PageStream ... Help doesn't work
>either, however BME does fire up. Has anyone has a similar problem?

I had the display handle message on my laptop, and took care of it by going
back to my cmos setup and reloading the bios defaults. This was on an
earlier version of PageStream.

Dave

Dave,

Thanks for the advice, but I have tried this with no success ... I don't
know that I had changed anything in the Bios anyhow, with the computer being
a brand-spanker. If you have any other thoughts, I would be pleased to hear
them. I did get my old computer out of the garage and set it up again to
try loading PageStream on there ... it loaded to that machine with no
difficulty ... that is a "dummie-ready" Compaq with a Cyrix processor on
board, so I know the archive was downloaded uncorrupted from SoftLogik.
With my limited knowledge, I am assuming the error message refers to
something to do with getting a program screen up on the monitor correctly?
I have a relatively cheap graphics card on this machine at the moment ... an
S3 Trio 3D AGP card with 4mb of memory ... I have it running at 1024 x 728,
16.7 million colours, and 60hz refresh, to a Sony Multiscan 15sf monitor ...
I have tried smaller resolutions ... I am wanting to get one of those Matrox
Millenium cards with the "duel-head" monitor capability, but that is outside
my finances just at present.

Cheers,

Wayne.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David M. McKinstry" <dmckinstry@ewu.edu>
To: <PageStreamWindowsBeta@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 4:42 AM
Subject: Re: [PageStreamWindowsBeta] Installation of Windows vs.

> >... I now have a new problem. On running PageStream for the first time,
I
> >had to enter my reg and password (this is the first time to install PS to
> >this new computer) ... once that is done, and I click on OK, the program
> >then closes. Subsequent attempts to restart bring a quick flash on my
> >screen of the "colourful man", followed by a momentary opening of a
> >PageStream4 dos-like black window, with a message ...
> >
> >error: could not create display handle.
> >
> >This occurs each time I try to launch PageStream ... Help doesn't work
> >either, however BME does fire up. Has anyone has a similar problem?
>
> I had the display handle message on my laptop, and took care of it by
going
> back to my cmos setup and reloading the bios defaults. This was on an
> earlier version of PageStream.
>
> Dave