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    AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1146                4-18-95

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    			 ADVANTAGE! DUPLICATE SHARE.EXE ON AUTOEXEC.BAT

    PROBLEM

    Some Advantage! systems may hang if they have more than one SHARE.EXE file.

    CAUSE

    Some Advantage! systems may have a duplicate SHARE.EXE entry in AUTOEXEC.BAT.

    SYSTEMS AFFECTED
    AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

    501404-XXX     ADVANTAGE! AEX 486SX-33
    501405-XXX     ADVANTAGE! AEX 486SX-33
    501434-XXX     ADVANTAGE! 486SX-33
    501435-XXX     ADVANTAGE! 486SX-33
    501437-XXX     ADVANTAGE! P4 486DX4
    501448-XXX     ADVANTAGE! 486SX 2-50
    501474-XXX     ADVANTAGE! PL2 486SX 2-50
    501491-XXX     ADVANTAGE! 570+ 2-66D
    501498-XXX     ADVANTAGE! P4 486DX 2-66
    501541-XXX     ADVANTAGE! CMT 2-66D
    501549-XXX     ADVANTAGE! 570+ 2-50D
    501609-XXX     ADVANTAGE! 570+ SX-33
    501643-XXX     ADVANTAGE! 570+ 2-50D
    501712-XXX     ADVANTAGE! 6066D

    SOLUTION

    Check the system's AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  If it contains more than one SHARE.EXE
    entry, delete all but one SHARE.EXE, save, and reboot the system.