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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.