Hi,
This is way beyond my expertise, but I kept it in my inbox anyways.
And I don't remember anyone else replying, so what the heck ....
On 6/15/11, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros <fav...@mpcnet.com.br> wrote:
>
> If certain programs are loaded immediately after booting, the
> computer appears to be locked, but after moving the mouse
> everything is back to normal, and the machine will not lock again
> until the next boot.
Weird stuff. What mouse driver are you using (brand, version)? BIOS
(brand, version)?
> Two examples of such programs are: the WBAT menu by Horst
> Schäffer, and the DosZip file manager. I think there are several
> others but I do not remember now.
Make sure you have the latest Doszip (2.11), and try again.
> For months and months this will happen every single time the
> computer is booted and these programs are loaded, but then
> suddenly the problem is gone for no apparent reason, to be back
> again after some more months. It could be related to changes in
> FDCONFIG.SYS and FDAUTO.BAT that we occasionally do, but I could
> never identify the implicated lines.
If you're not loading the mouse high, I can't imagine any conflicts.
("ctmouse /w" forces to load low, IIRC.)
> I have observed this in several computers, and for the last
> several years. If I remember correctly, it also happened when I
> still was a MS-DOS user.
You're sure it's frozen and not just slow (resetting mouse driver)??
> The problem does not manifest if the mouse is physically
> disconnected.
>
> Is there a way of fixing that?
Presumably, if it's not a BIOS bug.
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