What is MATCLI ..

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.... running in a DOS Window on a Win98 client to a WinXPPro server on
a 2 m/c network.

Why does it hang (causing the Win98 client to crash and burn) when the
WinXPPro server is up and running, but only appears for a few secinds
and (apparently) functions normally when the server is not up?

Currently, if the Win98 m/c needs to be rebooted (which is quite
often, Win98 being what it is), then the server needs to be shut down
also and the Win98 m/c allowed to complete its bootup process before
the server is restarted - something of an inconvenience.

The Win98 m/c is a x86 Family 6, Model 8, Step 6 (whatever the hell
that is supposed to mean) with 250M of RAM and apparently hasn't
enough grunt to be converted to WinXP.

Server: WinXPPro, ICS behind ZoneAlrmPro firewall configured for a
gateway m/c. Norton AV. Pestpatrol also installed and running.

(ICS is not configured to allow the client m/c to control the
connection or to dial a connection when one is not present.)

Client: Win98, running ZoneAlarmPro firewall configured for a client
m/c. Norton AV.

Some help would be appreciated.


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Tony Sanders
New Zealand/Aotearoa

tony.sanders@[nospam]xtra.co.nz
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Tony Sanders said:
... running in a DOS Window on a Win98 client to a WinXPPro server on
a 2 m/c network.

Why does it hang (causing the Win98 client to crash and burn) when the
WinXPPro server is up and running, but only appears for a few secinds
and (apparently) functions normally when the server is not up?

Currently, if the Win98 m/c needs to be rebooted (which is quite
often, Win98 being what it is), then the server needs to be shut down
also and the Win98 m/c allowed to complete its bootup process before
the server is restarted - something of an inconvenience.

The Win98 m/c is a x86 Family 6, Model 8, Step 6 (whatever the hell
that is supposed to mean) with 250M of RAM and apparently hasn't
enough grunt to be converted to WinXP.

Server: WinXPPro, ICS behind ZoneAlrmPro firewall configured for a
gateway m/c. Norton AV. Pestpatrol also installed and running.

(ICS is not configured to allow the client m/c to control the
connection or to dial a connection when one is not present.)

Client: Win98, running ZoneAlarmPro firewall configured for a client
m/c. Norton AV.

Some help would be appreciated.
Click to expand...

I just typed "matcli" at an Internet search site and found hundreds of
articles about it. The trick is figuring out which articles have the
right answer. Here's one that looks good to me:

http://www.acorn-online.com/compcorn/cc823.htm

You might be able to disable "matcli" in Start | Run | Msconfig |
Startup.
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Thanks, I do not have a Compaq but I do have a recently acquired HP
printer attached to the client m/c - when I installed the printer
driver software, it also installed a whole pile of crap I didn't want
and didn't ask for (photo imaging and DVD photo-album compilation
stuff) without so much as asking "would you also like to install a
whole range of overblown, harddisk filling, memory grabbing, resource
wasting bloatware (Y/N)?".

I will remove the little beast(s) and hope that it cures the problem.

I just typed "matcli" at an Internet search site and found hundreds of
articles about it. The trick is figuring out which articles have the
right answer. Here's one that looks good to me:

http://www.acorn-online.com/compcorn/cc823.htm

You might be able to disable "matcli" in Start | Run | Msconfig |
Startup.
Click to expand...

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Tony Sanders
New Zealand/Aotearoa

tony.sanders@[nospam]xtra.co.nz
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