Hi Ian:
First of all please note that I am only an end user of a pc and by no means do I qualify as an expert or a geek :-)
What happens if you boot from a floppy (DOS 6.22 Boot disk) with a minimal Config.sys and autoexec.bat files. I suspect the later must have a path statement (path=c:\dos;c:\temp), otherwise the system may not recognise the "C:".
At that point you should be able to run F-Prot.
I hope I am not being pushy.....I am just curious.
Regards
Harsha Godavari
Ian wrote:
> Thanks for your response to my query. The PC has a Celeron 466 with 64Mb of ram.
>
> Unfortunately, there's no reference to anything along the lines you suggest in the startup files; in fact only autoexec.bat is active to allow Norton AntiVirus to run on startup.
>
> Ian Porter
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: harsha godavari
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 1:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] What is a 'Causeway Dos Extender'?
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> Ian:
> What CPU runs this computer and how much RAM do you have in it? The reason I ask is that, this DOS Extender will allow the full capacity of a 386! and enables running programs requiring large amounts of memory.
>
> BTW as a DOS extender, it probably loads a "device driver=" in the config.sys file and calls an "*.exe" file in the autoexec.bat. A very simplistic solution to your problem might be to edit both the config.sys and
> autoexec.bat files and remove both the device driver and the *.exe
>
> Thanks for bringing this program to my attention. I suspect I can recycle a bunch of 386s to run WIN9x :-)
>
> Regards
> Harsha Godavari
>
> Ian wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to clean up a troubled W98SE computer and want to run a virus check in DOS.
> >
> > Normally, for this purpose I use FProt for DOS. However, on this particular computer, FProt won't run - a warning screen pops up as soon as it starts, to the effect that 'Causeway Dos Extender' won't allow this operation.
> >
> > I've no idea how the 'Causeway Dos Extender' came to be on this PC and the owners have no idea either.
> >
> > In fact I have no idea what it does or how it applies to a simple household PC.
> >
> > I did manage to google some info about the thing but it was very geeky and there was no hint as to how one might remove it.
> >
> > Is there anyone on the list who knows something about this application and can tell me how to get rid of it?
>
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