DESQview Version 2.4
Additional Information

This file contains information which does not 
appear in the current manual or supplement.

**** If you would like to print this file, 
     simply type

     COPY READDV.ME PRN: ΔΩ

at the DOS prompt.


**** DESQview and DOS 5

The shipping versions of all Quarterdeck 
products are compatible with DOS 5.  Users of 
Quarterdeck products who have installed DOS 5 
should observe the following guidelines with our
currently shipping products:

1) Do not use the "DOS=UMB" option or the 
DEVICEHIGH or LOADHIGH statements.  
Quarterdeck's LOADHI technology, available with 
our QEMM and QRAM products, makes the "DOS=UMB" 
option unnecessary.

2) The "DOS=HIGH" option sometimes results in a 
net loss of conventional memory inside DESQview.  
If you use the "DOS=HIGH" option, inspect the 
DESQview Memory Status program before and after 
"DOS=HIGH" to determine which configuration 
gives you the largest window size in DESQview. 

3) Use QEMM-386, not DOS 5's EMM386.EXE, as an 
80386 memory manager if you are running on an 
80386.  EMM386 cannot provide the range of 
features that QEMM-386 can.

4) If you load DOS 5's DOSKEY before DESQview, 
you should load it again in each DESQview 
window in which you wish to use it.

5) Don't use the DOS 5 DOSSHELL's task switcher 
option with DESQview.


**** Intel SatisFAXtion Board

If you wish to use the Intel SatisFAXtion board 
in a DESQview window, you will probably need 
the HOOKINT.ZIP file on the Quarterdeck 
Bulletin Board at (213) 396-3904.  More 
detailed instructions are available with the 
HOOKINT program on our bulletin board.


**** AST Premium Exec 386SX/20 Notebook
     ACER 1100SX

DESQview-386 users often experience a delay of 
a minute or more when entering DESQview on the 
AST Premium Exec 386SX/20 Notebook and on the 
Acer 1100SX.  The delay is due to timing 
problems with a BIOS call that DESQview makes
to get information about port mice.  The delay 
vanishes if a port mouse is plugged into the 
mouse port on these machines; it is reduced to 
8-15 seconds if the IGNOREA20 parameter is 
added to the QEMM-386 line in the CONFIG.SYS 
file.  There is also a technical note called 
DELAYMS.PAT, #201 on the Quarterdeck Q/FAX 
service at (213) 314-3214, that will instruct 
you on how to patch DESQview's DV.EXE file to 
remove the delay.  
   

**** Microsoft Windows

DESQview's Learn feature and its Transfer 
function do not work in windows running 
Microsoft Windows.  Windows takes its 
keystrokes directly from the keyboard hardware, 
and never sees the keystrokes that DESQview's 
Learn and Transfer place in the BIOS's keyboard 
buffer.


**** PageMaker 4 .DVP file

When installing PageMaker 4 onto your DESQview
menu, it may be necessary to manually enter the
name of the directory where Windows is
installed onto the Change a Program screen.
This information should be placed in the
"Directory" field of the Change a Program /
Standard Options screen.


**** Q/FAX

Q/FAX, a service of Quarterdeck Office Systems, 
allows you to receive technical notes, product 
information and upgrade information right on 
your fax machine.   The technical notes are 
particularly extensive and provide answers to 
the most common problems that may be 
encountered when using Quarterdeck products.  
Using Q/FAX is easy.  Here's what you do:

1. Pick up the phone at your fax machine and 
call (213) 314-3214.  Q/FAX is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.  This number is for 
outgoing Q/FAX service only.  If you want to 
send us a fax, send to (213) 314-3217.

2.  When you hear the computer answer, use your 
touchtone phone to enter the code number of the 
fax you want (from the Master List), followed 
by the pound sign (#).  You may order up to 
three faxes per session.  To correct an error, 
press the asterisk key (*) and enter the number 
again.

3.  When prompted by the computer, press the 
"START/COPY" or "RECEIVE" button on your fax 
machine.  This is often the green button on 
your machine.  You may then hang up and should 
immediately receive your fax.

The first fax you will want to request is our 
Master List of faxes (#100).  This lists 
contains a full, up-to-date, description of all 
the faxes that are available, along with the 
numbers you enter to get them.


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