PRB: Global TSR Pop-ups Incompatible with Windows

ID Number: Q76452

3.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

SYMPTOMS

If a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident program) loaded before

Windows (a global TSR) is used to create a pop-up window over the

Windows display, the display will be disrupted.

CAUSE

When a global TSR pop-up window attempts to overlay the Windows

display, the pop-up places the system virtual machine into text

mode, which disrupts the Windows Virtual Display Device (VDD). When

the pop-up is complete, the display is not restored properly.

RESOLUTION

Global TSR pop-ups are incompatible with Windows. The same

functionality should be written into a Windows application.