Bob,
Thanks a million, turns out the wsc1600.20.m file is an emty file. Deleting
these files resolved the problem.

At 02:49 PM 11/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I received the same message when I installed CiscoWorks. If you have
>CiscoWorks, delete the wsc1600.20.p and wsc1600.20.m files in the
>/usr/OV/bitmap/C directory..
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>Bob Schneider
>Metlife
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>John Hachey <john_hachey AT INS DOT COM> on 11/09/98 02:24:44 PM
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>Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
>      NetView <NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu>
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>To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
>cc:    (bcc: Robert Schneider/Bsg/MetLife/US)
>Subject:  Netview startup error message
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>All,
>I get the following error whenever Netview 5 is started:
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>Error During Reading Background File
>        Press OK
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>Some have suggested that this has to do with the map background files, but
>I don't think this is the case.  Any ideas?  Thanks in advacnce,
>JH.
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