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DOS 5.0 - Computer Will Lock After Entering W
DocumentID: 614391
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:36:29 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: After being in WordPerfect for a few minutes, the customer's computer locks. This problem has only happened since the user installed DOS 5.0.

The CONFIG.SYS file on the computer contained only FILES and BUFFERS statements. Adding the following lines to the CONFIG.SYS file corrected the locking problem:
      DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
      DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
      DOS=HIGH

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