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- Currently, the following problems are known to the developers of F-PROT:
-
- #1 Problem with long file names
-
- F-PROT for DOS has support for long file names when running under
- Windows '98. Under Windows NT and later versions, F-PROT for DOS
- might not be able to access some files with long file names. This
- is not a flaw in F-PROT as such - the same limitation applies to any
- other DOS application.
-
- The Windows version of F-PROT and the command-line fpcmd.exe program do
- not have this limitation.
-
- #2 Problem running F-PROT on some IBM ThinkPad models.
-
- Some users of IBM ThinkPad machines have experienced a total failure of
- F-PROT (DOS version) to run on their machines. The reason is the
- following: We use the CauseWay DOS extender program to create the DOS
- version. The ThinkPad models in question run some programs from
- SystemSoft, including one named CARDXTND.SYS, which uses an old 16-bit
- DOS extender from Rational, which is simply not compatible with
- applications made with other DOS extenders. In effect, while
- CARDXTND.SYS is running, no CauseWay application (or for that matter,
- application using other extenders) can be run, not even a simple "Hello
- World" program.
-
- This problem also exists with older Zenith Data Systems notebooks that
- also use SystemSoft BIOS and drivers. The executable PMEXT.SYS must be
- in CONFIG.SYS for power management to function properly.
-
- There is nothing we can do to fix the problem, and we consider it
- entirely the fault of SystemSoft - however, they have not yet (as of
- Aug. 5th, 1998) responded to our E-mails regarding this issue.
-
- Until Systemsoft fixes the problem, CARDXTND.SYS must be disabled in
- order to run F-PROT on those machines.
-
- #1 Problem running F-PROT from a login script.
-
- We have received a single report of a problem that happens when F-PROT
- is run from a login script, where the program may randomly "hang" some
- time later. We have not yet been able to duplicate this problem, but
- we suspect it is due to a conflict with some device drivers or other
- low-level software.
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