Currently, the following problems are known to the developers of F-PROT: #1 Problem with long file names F-PROT for DOS has support for long file names when running under Windows '98. Under Windows NT and later versions, F-PROT for DOS might not be able to access some files with long file names. This is not a flaw in F-PROT as such - the same limitation applies to any other DOS application. The Windows version of F-PROT and the command-line fpcmd.exe program do not have this limitation. #2 Problem running F-PROT on some IBM ThinkPad models. Some users of IBM ThinkPad machines have experienced a total failure of F-PROT (DOS version) to run on their machines. The reason is the following: We use the CauseWay DOS extender program to create the DOS version. The ThinkPad models in question run some programs from SystemSoft, including one named CARDXTND.SYS, which uses an old 16-bit DOS extender from Rational, which is simply not compatible with applications made with other DOS extenders. In effect, while CARDXTND.SYS is running, no CauseWay application (or for that matter, application using other extenders) can be run, not even a simple "Hello World" program. This problem also exists with older Zenith Data Systems notebooks that also use SystemSoft BIOS and drivers. The executable PMEXT.SYS must be in CONFIG.SYS for power management to function properly. There is nothing we can do to fix the problem, and we consider it entirely the fault of SystemSoft - however, they have not yet (as of Aug. 5th, 1998) responded to our E-mails regarding this issue. Until Systemsoft fixes the problem, CARDXTND.SYS must be disabled in order to run F-PROT on those machines. #1 Problem running F-PROT from a login script. We have received a single report of a problem that happens when F-PROT is run from a login script, where the program may randomly "hang" some time later. We have not yet been able to duplicate this problem, but we suspect it is due to a conflict with some device drivers or other low-level software.
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