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
Computer Guys Inc.
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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'?
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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