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Foundation: Keylock (Sentinel driver) must be upgraded after an upgradefrom Win3.1 to Win95


Record #1291

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  Aldec

Problem Title:
Foundation:  Keylock (Sentinel driver) must be upgraded after an
upgradefrom Win3.1 to Win95



Problem Description:
After upgrading from Windows 3.x to Windows 95, the user
may lose access to the Foundation XVHDL synthesis tool.

Foundation XVHDL uses a Windows-based keylock driver.  This
driver is different for Windows 3.x and Windows 95.

All other Foundation and XACTstep programs use a DOS-based
driver, which does not need to be changed after upgrading to
Windows 95.


Solution 1:

When upgrading from Windows 3.x to Windows 95, the following
changes need to be made in order for XVHDL to properly use
the keylock.  These changes should be made after upgrading to
Windows 95Ž:

1.  From the Start menu, select "Run" and then type "SYSEDIT"
    without the quotes.

2.  Select the SYSTEM.INI window and find a reference to
    SENTINEL.386 in the [386Enh] section.  Place a semi-colon
    in front of the line that references the SENTINEL.386
    (this will cause Windows to ignore this line).  Save
    changes and close the window.

3.  Using Windows Explorer, open the Windows\System folder
    and locate a sub-folder (sub-directory if you prefer the
    older terminology) called RNBOSENT.  Delete this folder
    and all files within it.  Note: this folder is NOT
    always present.  Ignore this step if this is the case.

4.  Close all programs and restart the computer.

5.  From the Foundation CD-ROM, locate the DRIVERS folder
    (sub-folder of ACTIVE).  Within this folder is a program
    called SENTW95.EXE.

6.  Start the SENTW95.EXE program, select from the Function
    menu to Install Driver.  Accept the defaults and when
    finished, restart the computer again.

7. Foundation is now ready for use.



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