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- From: roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle)
- Subject: Re: Did microsoft really write an OS/2 "Terminator" crash prog?
- Message-ID: <roelle.725744271@uars_mag>
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- References: <1992Dec29.142331.777@mec.ohio.gov> <1hrga6INN2d0@access.usask.ca>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 19:37:51 GMT
- Lines: 66
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- lowey@jester.usask.ca (CrazyMan) writes:
-
- >oecn_smith@mec.ohio.gov wrote:
- >: In article <laird.725643909@thistle.ecn.purdue.edu>, laird@thistle.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:
- >: > shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
- >: >
- >: > I'd sure love some simple security that would keep people from deleting
- >: > files like config.sys. I thought that something like that was available
- >: > for OS/2, but I can't recall.
- >: >
- >: > --kyler
- >:
- >: Hmmm, I must be simpleminded, but setting permission to read-only should keep
- >: the casual user from doing to much harm.
- >:
- >: bob - smith@leeca.oecn.ohio.gov
-
- >That will work. Also, don't forget about the ALT-F1 trick when booting your
- >computer. That will copy the CONFIG.SYS, and .INI files from the /OS2/INSTALL
- >directory back to the proper place. So, if someone deleted CONFIG.SYS
- >you just ALT-F1 when you boot up, and it's back again.
-
- >Here's the actual quote from the OS/2 README file:
-
- >======================================================================
- >Warning: This procedure removes any desktop
- > customization done since installing
- > the operating system.
-
- >1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the
- > computer.
- >2. Before the OS/2 Logo panel appears, hold
- > down Alt+F1 for 20 seconds.
-
- >The current versions of the CONFIG.SYS, OS2.INI,
- >and OS2SYS.INI files are renamed and replaced by
- >the default installation versions in the
- >\OS2\INSTALL subdirectory. If you have a
- >STARTUP.CMD file, it also is renamed. This
- >deactivates the startup feature.
- >======================================================================
-
- >I suppose you could replace the relevant files in these directories with
- >later versions, so that once you have the system running correctly, you
- >could go back to that version of the system, instead of the default
- >installation.
-
- >- Kevin Lowey (Lowey@Sask.USask.CA)
- >>>>>> Anonymous FTP to FTP.USASK.CA for DOS, OS/2, and Windows programs <<<<<
-
- I expect that technique is how the "uninstallation" of the Service Pack
- changes are implemented (to return your system to its prior status
- before installing the service pack). The following quote is from
- the "OS/2 2.0 Service Pak (10/92) - README" ...
- ________________________________________________________________
-
- Many customers are aware of the ALT+F1
- key sequence to restore a desktop to its
- original state. After installing this
- Service Pak, ALT+F1 will return your
- system to its state as it was
- immediately before the Service Pak was
- installed.
- _________________________________________________________________
- Curt roelle@sigi.jhuapl.edu
-
-