Novell Workstation Hangs Due to Queued Messages

 Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q85526
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

A Novell workstation running Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1 may hang or lock after you exit Windows if:

  1. The ability to receive messages is disabled in the Network option in Control Panel.

    -and-

  2. A message is received before you exit Windows.

The message(s) will be queued at MS-DOS and will appear on the twenty-fifth line of the monitor after exiting Windows. When you press CTRL+ENTER to clear the message, your workstation will hang or scroll unreadable characters ("garbage") on the screen.

This problem is caused by NETX.COM. A future updated version of this file may address this problem.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem:

  1. Do not disable the ability to receive messages in Windows with Control Panel's Network option.

    -or-

  2. Before exiting Windows, enable the ability to receive messages.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kb3rdparty
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.1 3.11 25th

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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