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   On Mnemosyne's memorable day known as Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:16:11 GMT Calliope   
   probably had an epic bad hair day to prompt her sister Thalia in mockingly   
   inspiring "D. Kirkpatrick"  to write in his/her   
   epistle  thus:   
      
      
      
   > Do[n]es anyone know of a Windows patch that will fix this that is still   
   > available for download?  Or is there something I can add to SYSTEM.INI   
   > to trick it into thinking its there?   
      
   Yes, re-install Dec Pathworks Ethernet options ;-)   
      
   > Or does anyone have a copy of "decpw.386" they can send me and tell me   
   > where to install it to get this error to go away.   
   >   
   > DMK   
      
   Two ways to go about this:   
      
   1) Do a clean and full re-install of Windows 95 OS, but this time with the   
   correct drivers/options for your Ethernet card. Windows 95 is pretty touchy   
   when it comes to the network drivers. Changing/Repairing is often   
   useless/major hassle, a clean re-install often does the trick best.   
      
   or   
      
   2) Clean out all references to "decpw.386" in the Windows registry. Here's   
   how.   
      
   [First and **ALWAYS** backup your registry by copying your "SYSTEM.DAT" and   
   "USER.DAT" from C:\WINDOWS directory to a safe place, which is anywhere but   
   not C:\WINDOWS or C:\. To find these files, you probably have to make them   
   visible (un-hidden) first. Open a DOS-box and type at the prompt (if path is   
   C:\WINDOWS):   
      
   ATTRIB -H -R USER.DAT   
      
   If 'nothing' happens and the prompt returns to a new line with C:\WINDOWS   
   you may let out a victorious Tarzan-scream celebrating your gloriously   
   succesful result and boosting self-pride way up in the red zone. Now repeat   
   same command with SYSTEM.DAT and type:   
      
   ATTRIB -H -R SYSTEM.DAT   
      
   When again succesful, repeat unrestrained joy-outburst if circumstances   
   permit.   
   Now hunt 'em down in Windows Explorer and back them up. So if things do go   
   soft on you or even FUBAR, copy them back (in MS-DOS-mode or REAL-mode) to   
   C:\WINDOWS from the DOS-prompt before Windows start-up to put things as they   
   were before you started screwing things up. You will thank me for pressing   
   this extra effort when you ever get there.]   
      
   Right. Let's go wiping now.   
   Go to Start | Run | type "REGEDIT.EXE" and make sure 'This computer' is   
   highlighted/selected.   
   Press F3, CTRL-F (Search) or Edit-menu and then Search. Tick all options to   
   search for Keys, Values, &c. Now type "decpw.386" (without the quotes, of   
   course) and delete each instance you come across, by pressing DEL and ENTER   
   and continue the search by pressing F3. Exit the program when no more   
   references can be found and the search is finished.   
   Reboot Windows and the warnings should be history.   
      
   User...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)