ICR2 Win95 - Paintshop brings up errors

I'm new to the newsgroup, so apologies if this is old news... (I've checked the FAQ) I'm having major problems with the ICR2 Win95 Paintshop. The programme repeatedly brings up Invalid Page faults (in paintshop.exe) and exceptions (in kernel.dll). So far all the things Sierra tech support have suggested I try have failed (e.g. bootdisk, change screen resolution, check CD surface, disable screensavers/wallpaper, reduce graphics acceleration, and other general memory saving tricks). The paintshop looks great, but I just cannot run it for more than a few minutes before it brings up an error and shuts down. My system is pretty standard: Intel P133, 16mB memory, PCI graphics card, Creative Labs Soundblaster Pro. I was wondering if anyone else has had similar problems (or even if this is another bug)? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks! "Only rock can save us now!"

: I'm new to the newsgroup, so apologies if this is old news... : (I've checked the FAQ) : I'm having major problems with the ICR2 Win95 Paintshop. The programme : repeatedly brings up Invalid Page faults (in paintshop.exe) and : exceptions (in kernel.dll). So far all the things Sierra tech support : have suggested I try have failed (e.g. bootdisk, change screen : resolution, check CD surface, disable screensavers/wallpaper, reduce : graphics acceleration, and other general memory saving tricks). The : paintshop looks great, but I just cannot run it for more than a few : minutes before it brings up an error and shuts down. : My system is pretty standard: : Intel P133, 16mB memory, PCI graphics card, Creative Labs Soundblaster : Pro. : I was wondering if anyone else has had similar problems (or even if this : is another bug)? Any help would be much appreciated. Well it would have been in the FAQ, but I don't recall anyone else complaining about it. However, it happened to me all the time. The paintshop was about the only real nice thing in the Win95 version (as far as I was concerned). But, I decided the hell with it and scrapped the Win95 version and went back to straight DOS version 1.02. I just couldn't get the paintshop to be stable. Is it a bug, you bet it is! The paintshop acted like it was a win3.x program pretending to be a Win95 proggy, but just couldn't hack it. How about it folks. Is this an issue with the rest of you Win95'ers? -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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>: I'm new to the newsgroup, so apologies if this is old news... >: (I've checked the FAQ) >: I'm having major problems with the ICR2 Win95 Paintshop. The programme >: repeatedly brings up Invalid Page faults (in paintshop.exe) and >: exceptions (in kernel.dll). So far all the things Sierra tech support >: have suggested I try have failed (e.g. bootdisk, change screen >: resolution, check CD surface, disable screensavers/wallpaper, reduce >: graphics acceleration, and other general memory saving tricks). The >: paintshop looks great, but I just cannot run it for more than a few >: minutes before it brings up an error and shuts down. >: My system is pretty standard: >: Intel P133, 16mB memory, PCI graphics card, Creative Labs Soundblaster >: Pro. >: I was wondering if anyone else has had similar problems (or even if this >: is another bug)? Any help would be much appreciated. >Well it would have been in the FAQ, but I don't recall anyone else >complaining about it. However, it happened to me all the time. The >paintshop was about the only real nice thing in the Win95 version (as >far as I was concerned). But, I decided the hell with it and scrapped >the Win95 version and went back to straight DOS version 1.02. I just >couldn't get the paintshop to be stable. Is it a bug, you bet it is! >The paintshop acted like it was a win3.x program pretending to be a >Win95 proggy, but just couldn't hack it. >How about it folks. Is this an issue with the rest of you Win95'ers? >-- >**************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* > Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Thanks for the info, Michael! Yes, I agree with you that the paintshop is about the only good bit of the Win95 version - and that's what I wanted the version for: a nice paintkit with a cursor that paints the pixels you tell it to (not the ones next door), and gives a preview so you don't have to forever load up the full sim to check things line up on the sidepods etc. Oh well, it wouldn't be like Papyrus to get a paintkit working correctly first time! I kind of wonder what machines they playtest these things on... Thanks again! Mark 'Damon' Gill "Only rock can save us now!" O==-O\