.os.os2.misc:3827   
   From: "Mr. G"    
      
   On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:23:09 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski"    
    wrote:   
      
   > Alright...so re-boot, after re-boot, after re-boot...I had tried all the    
   > combinations I could think off, including basically stripping down the    
   > CONFIG.SYS to what seemed like just the bare essentials...basically the OS,    
   > -sound -USB -utilities, what remained was the Network stuff.   
   >    
   > I had removed all my entries from the regular STARTUP folder and moved them   
   all    
   > to the XWorkplace startup, which is pre-defined to start up 2 seconds AFTER   
   the    
   > Desktop populates.   
   >    
   > I also dwindled down the HPFS386 cache to 64Meg, tried a run with cache   
   turned    
   > OFF, various VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT combinations (2048 is what my 4 core system    
   > seems to like) and the OS2APCI with, and w/o the /APIC parameter.   
   >    
   > At this point in time I am basically giving up on this...maybe eventually   
   the    
   > news will reach me that eCS ACPI is OK, and then I will give it a try.   
   >    
   > I'm curious though if anyone out there is running a 6 core combination I   
   would    
   > appreciate hearing from you.   
   >    
   > Thanks again for all your help guys...keep the ideas coming...I am always   
   happy    
   > to give it another whirl...but for now, I'm ready to get back to normal    
   > computing that doesn't keep me up until the wee 1-1:30am morning hours...LOL!   
   >    
      
   Just for kicks, have you tried the xWorkplace feature of holding down   
   the shift key just before WPS is supposed to come up. Does that not   
   bring up the ifix feature or something like that? Maybe you could find   
   something in there?   
      
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