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- From: hhsiao@vnet.ibm.com (Harry Hsiao)
- Message-ID: <19921229.180052.824@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 09:45:54 EST
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: How to disable WPS
- News-Software: UReply 3.0
- X-X-From: Harry Hsiao
- References: <19921229.004822.251@almaden.ibm.com> <19921229.024522.263@almaden.ibm.com>
- <1992Dec29.151009.8438@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In <1992Dec29.151009.8438@midway.uchicago.edu> Jeremy Mathers writes:
- >In article <19921229.024522.263@almaden.ibm.com> KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Kenneth A. Kahn) writes:
- >...
- >>>Is there any way to disable the OS/2 WPS when booting OS/2?
- >...
- >>In your CONFIG.SYS change the line that reads PROTSHELL=C:/OS2/PMSHELL.EXE
- >>to PROTSHELL=C:/OS2/CMD.EXE; be warned though that this environment will not
- >>support any PM applications, only Full Screen. Also there is only a single
- >>screen group; i.e. you can't switch between different processes.
- >
- >I think the SHFTRUN solution is better. How to do it is documented
- >elsewhere in this group, so I won't go into it, but it allows you to
- >boot quickly to a command prompt if you choose to. I have found it very
- >handy.
-
- Kenneth's solution did work, however, I could not shutdown nor Ctrl-Alt-Del
- after I disable WPS.
-
- Does SHFTRUN provide a better solution? I missed the posting you mentioned
- and I don't have access to the old postings. Would you please repost it
- here?
-
- Harry Hsiao
-