Microsoft KB Archive/85526

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Novell Workstation Hangs Due to Queued Messages

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Q85526

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
A Novell workstation running Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1 may hang or lock after you exit Windows if:


 * 1) The ability to receive messages is disabled in the Network option in Control Panel.

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 * 1) A message is received before you exit Windows.

The message(s) will be queued at MS-DOS and will appear on the twenty-fifth line of the monitor after exiting Windows. When you press CTRL+ENTER to clear the message, your workstation will hang or scroll unreadable characters (&quot;garbage&quot;) on the screen.

This problem is caused by NETX.COM. A future updated version of this file may address this problem.

WORKAROUND
To work around this problem:


 * 1) Do not disable the ability to receive messages in Windows with Control Panel's Network option.

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 * 1) Before exiting Windows, enable the ability to receive messages.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.1 3.11 25th

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin310 kbWin311