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 I click on seup and it comes back with "This application has failed to start because wer.dll was not found".  Any ideas?

Simple question, not sure if it's a simple answer- is it possible to boot Windows 3.1 from a USB flash drive?  I have a valid install for Windows 3.1 and boot disks.  Is this at all possible?

I am running 3.1. Can I download Win 95/98 from the web?

Hi
Ive been looking around on this in recent even looking for win3.11 install disks
Im Appartly missing disks 6-8 can any give me link with name and password or a free download area
or email me.
thx
KSF2003

Guys,

Where can I download win 3.1 setup disks (6 in all I think).  I have pcdos 6.3 installed but need the setup disks for my friends pc as we are just having some fun with an old 486pc that we reformatted.

what is macros and it function?

My computer crashed in the middle of a major presentation. Auto recover was not turned on.

I'm looking for a program which can create DOS 6.22 or 6.2 Boot Disks. This is because I don't want to keep a MS-DOS machine to be able to create boot disks to setup Netware servers. And just copying the system files from another dos boot disk...

I'm using Microsoft Virtual PC version 6.0.192.0 on XP Pro SP2 with 2GB DDR RAM.

I've been able to install DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1, but (after finally remembering how to change the video settings/driver using SETUP.EXE) I'm unable to find a...

Hey,
I know Windows 3.1 is a program, not an OS. So it should be possibal to run it in Windows XP. The only problem is the DOS version that I try opening it with (I tried a whole bunch) is incompatible. Well anyways any help/tips/sugjestions...

Hello,

I would like to format my acer aspire 1640 laptop, but the problem is I don't have a win xp cd for acer, but I have for dell.  Would it work ? Where is the best source for an acer win xp cd ? Would an ordinary xp installation cd (not...

Does anyone know the organization of the windows 3.11 files for each of the six disk

Could you please give some information about CPU scheduling algorithms used in Windows 3.1, its memory management and its design principles?

A client of mine has asked me to take files off an old 3.1 system.  She is using the Card File program.  Is there a way of converting the Card File file to something that could be read by say wworks or Access?

Your help would be appreciated
...

I am running Windows 3.1 with Dos 5.02 on a 486 w/ 66mhz processor with 8 MB RAM. The motherboard is a "DEC pc 433dxLP." It is using an on-board 1 MB "S3 86c924" video chip.

I recently installed chip-specific drivers for this chip, so that I...

I need office on my older computer. I understand that office 4.3 was the newest verion who works on windows 3.x. I need it the fastest possible. I need also to see the minimum requirements because I'm not sure that my computer will be able to rn...

I purchased a encyklopedia to run on a NW 4.11 network on a Discport Plus with Discview 5.30.
I want to run it in a shared Windows (Wfw 3.11).

I run the setup and everythings OK on a Olivetti DX2 66.

Then i run the setup on a noname P75. The...

How do I get the current date into a dos environment variable?
Something like "set curdate=date /t"

Ta,
Tim.

We have a server with a directory called Tehnic where beside Admin and one user, Everyone has FULL access as well (pls see attached jpg).
No one is abel to create new folders or copy files there.
All permisions are inhereted, so there is no...

Please tell me how I can install printer driver "EPSON LX-800" in Windows 3.11 (workgroup version).
I've found backed up of the windows setup files, but they are stored in CD (within same directory). Which files do I need? Or, is there any other...

I have been trying to install a security patch for internet explorer v3.01 (IE301ICW.exe) but all I get is the message "unexpected DOS error 21" and the install stops. I am running Windows 3.11 and have win32s installed in the windows system...

I have Windows for Workgroups v 3.11 loaded on an old 486.  This 486 is hooked up to the network and runs fine except for some reason we can no longer surf the Internet.  None of the TCP/IP settings have changed and I get the Application Error; ...

Could you tell me where I can find the Microsoft TCP/IP stack for the following clients :
- DOS 6.22
- Windows 3.11
I had a look to http://www.pubs.5sigcmd.army.mil/win311.htm,
but it seems that this web site no longer exists...

Thanks

 What would make a WFW 3.11 PC networked to a shared print server PC show "unable to print" errors in Lotus 123. It will still print from any other application. I have several PC's that do this. Upon reboot they work fine for several print jobs...

My serial port on an old notebook uses the FIFO-Mode. What I need to do is to disable this. I expect this is a MS-DOS configuration task, but first I found no DOS-Topic anymore and second my programm runs under win3.11.
Thanks

Has anyone got the files to make a Windows 3.1 boot disk please. If you have please send them to diaz@iolfree.ie.

Thanks

I am trying to install an 3.11 version of "Kings Quest" onto my new HP Pavilion with within Windows XP so my son can play it., but keep getting display and audio driver compatability errors. I did some troubleshooting of my own and found out that...

Hello, I have a friend with an old computer, and I'm helping her to learn how to use WordPerfect 5.1, but I have forgotten many things about this program. If anyone uses it, could please tell me how can I add more fonts. After the installation it...

I am trying to boot into old school dos and map a network drive...

I created a batch file with the following command but it does not work.
(GHOST is the server name and COMPUTER-IMAGES is the share name)

net use z: \\ghost\computer-images...

I am running Win 7 Professional in VMWare Fusion 3.0 on a MAC.  If I allow Win 7 to install the updates, when it reboots, the taskbar is permantly locked, all of the icons that I have pinned to it are gone, all of the changes that I have made...

Hello
i know this question was asked before and i tried to follow the link but i think it was removed.
anyway is there a place i can download win3.1 ?
because my company use a software works only on win3.1 for weldding machine
thanks

I want to download office 4.3 but I don't know where. I really need Word 6.0 (I think that it's the earlier verion that work on 16-bit opertaing system) and power point 4.0 (I think that it's also the earlier version. It would be nice to have the...

Can anybody tell if Win 3.1 can get IP from a W2K DHCP server, and how to config?

If not, is there any method for Win3.1 to get IP dynamically in a W2K server based environment?

Thanks for any suggestion.

pok

 

Friends bought a computer at garage sale and upgraded 3.11 with 6.22. Now they cannot get windows or games at all..They couldn't make backup's of files before upgrading.
At boot up the window looks like this.

Himem is testing extended...

Hi I need  help my outlook chrash everytime I reply to that specific email address
Faulting application outlook.exe, version 10.0.6856.0, faulting module mso.dll, version 10.0.6856.0, fault address 0x00003992
Event ID: 1000

My daughter's PC OS is Win 3.11, she changes and plays with the password feature often, it's new fun, she's only 12.  Now, she can't remember the last password she used and can't get into her PC.  I know nothing about Win 3.11 and need to find a...

What is meant by Microsofts ANYTIME upgrade in relation to WINDOWS 7

I'm trying to restore a complicated LAN-based (not modem-based) automation project that ran on Windows 3.1. Windows for Workgroups 3.1.1 is installed right now.

The procedure tells me I need to have the Microsoft TCP/IP stack installed, as...

How can I create a directory which will appear in File manager as a new drive letter?

Is there a place that I can get the windows 3.1 ddk from?

I would like to know how to remove MS-RAMDRIVE from my hdd as fdisk can't see it.

Thanks

Can I fresh install windows 7 pro 64bit new hardrive for a hp m7680n media center pc. the original hardrive was formatted with win xp.

Thank you

Hi there,
I'm trying to find out if Windows PowerShel 1.0 is installed on a win 2003 server?

Cheers

Number 1 son has an old 486 running win3.1 with an 18 MB hard drive and 20 MB of RAM. He wants to get onto Juno, and I found an old Juno disk that claims it will run on 3.1. When he tries to run Juno.exe he gets an error message that says...

how can i make windows 3.11 starup disk because i want to use it for formatting and divide the hard disk by using Fdisk ...

was text file invented with windows 3.1 or was it there even before PC times, with mainframes?

thanks

I recently upgraded my system from a 486DX2 to a Pentium-S and am running Windows 3.11.  Whenever I set my system to 32-bit access, everything seems to run fione until I exit. I then get the message "invalid command.com  system halted".  I have...

My Win311 installation disk1 is destroyed.
I need another copy.
Where I find free download ?

We've got a shared network printer, a Brother HL-5140, attached to the network file server via a USB hookup. The Win Server 2003 file server has a static IP address. We've been able to connect to this printer using the <\\Server IP...

hi

i was wondering if you need drivers to setup a external cd rom drive.

i was gonna use a lpt to scsi type of cable on my laptop, but im concerned i might need some drivers for it

if you can tell me where to find and how to install ill...

Background:
This Tandy is a friend of mine's and he said he turned it on one day and all it got was the dos prompt asking for him to do an F2 so he did and all checked out according to the book, then the tandy did the same thing only getting the...

I'm working on a project similar to winsock.dll and need as much information as possible about the original winsock (about SLIP/PPP, TCP/IP, etc.) any RFC docs or c++ source code would be very helpful!

hey ok i got a old 386 labtop and it has win 3.1 but i cant get into any thing like when i boot it up it says fixed disk configuration error, Press F1 to continue, Press F2 for the BIOS setup. When i Press F1 it says NO bot device available,...

Windows 7 64 bit, msi p6n sli platinum mother board, flashed bios, cant reflash it back

it just instanlty freezes as soon as i load into windows xp or windows 7 on seperate partitions, i have a raid setup and thought it may be part of the...

We have an old 386 machine running Windows for Workgroups 3.11, and the computer is on its last legs.  We use it to monitor testing equipment only.  Is there any reason that iWFW won't run on a modern 32 bit processor?

Don

I am trying to get my mother-in-law's computer back up and running.  No idea how the problem started but when windows tries to load on startup the error message "Error loading PROGMAN.EXE" appears and it kicks back out to the DOS prompt.  I've...

Hello.

I know that this is not right place to ask this questien but  I try.
Do anyone know where I can find EU-norms about softvare and of course if there are anyone.

Bo from Sweden

While installing the Wordperfect 6.1 for windows 3.11 i am getting the following error.

Shared Code Error
Unable to run c:\windows\system\MFWIN20.exe /|| - US/#

Please provide the answer for this one asap.

All screen displayed texts (font?) are too large resulting in tool bars that are often too long so that they extend off the screen and making some larger dialogue boxes that are often too tall to access the bottom portion of the dialogue box....

What is the name of the old Windows 3.1 application that allowed you to do peer to peer chat with someone on your local network?  Similar to Net Send but it was a GWI app.  It reminded me of Unix's Write.  I believe the executable for the program...

I know, I know, run a virtual PC and install DOS 6.2x, then Windows 3.1, then run the program there, right? I dont have a very powerful PC so I'm trying to put that off as a last resort (that and installing MSDOS and Win3.1 on another HD).

Why...

while running scandisk, it stop and runtime error R6003, interger diveded by ourface scandisk, comes up. what should i do to correct this,

for a friends computer i need to find a place where i can download ms-dos 6.0 or higher.  I need an answer to this question kind of soon so PLEASE HELP!!!

i have got an old TULIP NB486SX laptop. it has two pcmcia slots and win 3.1
how do i enable them?
currently i dont have any card..

Hi!
  I need someone to explain a funny problem I have. I'm using Winword Version 6 and I had to used some graphs plotted using Excel 5. I used the copy command in Excel and paste it into my Word document. The thing is that for certain graphs,...

Hello.
My neighbor is running Windows 3.11. A few weeks ago I was able to get his Netscape
Communicator to run, but only after the Microsoft cryptic message, "An error has occured
in your application.......CLOSE or IGNORE". If he clicks IGNORE...

Getting the message "Windows could not upgrade the file NUL from c:\temp\glb1a2b.exe. Insufficient privilege:NUL. Windows could not upgrade one or more system files before starting" when booting into Windows. Press a button then Windows runs OK....

I have just purchased a clone ATX Intel Pentium II 350mhz PC. There is an Brother laser printer attached to LPT1. If the printer is powered on the PC will not start, if I turn the printer off the PC powers up fine, I can then power on the printer...

I have been getting this charming message for three weeks. I have a compage prosignia model 300. It was originally a server. It has a 90 mhz chip on a riser board, along with additional memory. It has a scsi cd and hard drive. I have been trying...

Two probs. Im putting together a pc for a friends daughter. I was given the unit and put 3,1 on without a mouse. Mow I've added one on the seial port as the amstrad mouse port is amstrad specific and the reverse of a serial port. Ive loaded as...

When you exit windows there is no DOS prompt. If you use the DOS icon all is OK and you can reboot to DOS and all is OK.

Is there an init file that could be causeing the problem?

When I started a program in Win3.11 it said, that I need Win32s on my computer. I installed Win32s on my PC but when I tried to start it, Windows return "unexpected error 21"
What can I do?

Does anybody know what does the MS-DOS timer handler does when the time has passed by midnight? We have several embedded machines with MS-DOS 3.xx and it seems it sometimes locks whenever a DOS (File I/O?) function is called (almost)...

I just wanted to mess around with networking an older machine but it could not detect my NIC or get a IP protocol, how can i get these for my network to run?

PS
i am running a peer to peer network
i am 3com fast ethernet nics
ipx and tcp/ip...

Does anyone know if you can connect using LPT1 using PCA version 2.0.  I am trying to connect 2 machines running different versions of PCA by the LPT ports.  There doesnt seem to be an option to use LPT1.  Figured someone may know a trick.  The...

Hi,

What is LPT1.DOS ? Is it the same as LPT1 ? What is the differences between LPT1 and LPT1.DOS ? When do we need to use LPT1.DOS as well as LPT1 ? Why ?

What is the differences between Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11 (Workgroup) ? Is all...

I need windows3.11 's program guide book via email.
And,the book what I need is windows3.11 's detail,not
such as api reference.
my email:" goodboy_syl@yahoo.com "
please help me.thank you.

A friend of mine told me of having a problem running Win3.1 on a pentium.  I recently experienced this firsthand when I upgraded a 386 system I had with a 586 Cyrix 166Mhz Motherboard/Chip combo.  Win3.1 wouldn't come up- I got the logo, some HD...

When I go to boot Windows 3.1 it says: SYSTEM ERROR: PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM BOOT DISK

But I do not have a boot disk for Windows 3.1 or DOS 6.22
and I dont know what to do. I have tried loading a DOS 6.22 boot disk but it just says: Loading...

Who nkows the fix for WP 6.1 when it will not load gives message C:\WPC20\MFWIN20.exe/1-US/#. this has happened 2 other times but now I cann't find the napkin that I had the solution written down on.

Okay, before anyone states that it is dangerous to automatically login to a server.  SAVE IT! :-)
This system is supposed to autologin... the problem is:
Each time the system is booted, the login name and password dialog box pops up.  The user...

Hi, is there any asian language pack for IE5 (win3 version) ?

Wein

I would like to install windows 3.11 or 3.1 whatever one works and have a dual boot option, with my current windows98 SE.  I guess System Commander would allow me to dual boot.  However, were would I get a copy of the win 3.x os system.  I would...

Is there a way not to get my himem to stop testing memory whenever I boot up.  Is it really a necessity?

Client's old 486 PC, runs 3.11

Hadn't used it for a while. Unable to access hard disk. put in new BIOS battery.

Able to boot from floppy and see the hard drive and all files (back-up critical documents onto floppy).

Doesn't boot from...

We have a old PC running Windows 3.1, as part of our backup/DR strategy we intended to take an image of the Hard Drive using a third party imaging application.  We used an USB Integral Disk Caddy into a laptop running Windows XP, however it...

Does anyone know if it is possible to get File Manager to start with a specific Drive/Directory view open. I would like to launch an File Manager from an application and specify the location that is in view.

Identical to the way 'Explore This...

hoe do i get rid of this host drive. the host drive letter is i with command com in it. on the c drive win 3.1 is there but i can't get to it.

As a novice I was fiddling with my display drivers. I went through control panel, display and mistakenly loaded a video driver rather than one of the VGA drivers. Now when I boot up and load Win.3.11, after getting the Windows opening screen, my...

We had an old Compaq laptop running Win 3.1 or 3.11 - it crashed (badly), some years ago.
I was told there was no way it could be revived.
I took it apart and extracted the hard disk. Threw away the rest....

Now I'm trying to read the disk -...

Serioiusly. Does anyone still use windows 3.1 in normal computing?

Can someone tell me what file(s) to look at and how to turn on and off (dim)  selections from the Program Manager.

Under the File area I would like to know how you can turn off (dim) the New option that would let you make a New Program Group...

I have the following code that I would like to convert to VB3

To run under Windows 3.11. The functions listed are WIN32 Procedure calls!!


hDevice = CreateFile( "\\\\.\\LPN.VXD",0,0,NULL,0,FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE,NULL);
...

I am getting a strange font.  I see it:
       1.  in the "Location:" box for URLs in Netscape.
       2.  as text in boxes that hold graphics at all URL's.
       3.  in the drop down menu for Font sizes in WP 6.0a
       4.  as the names of the...

I have accidentally replaced some .DLL files in 3.11 with Win 95 versions (long story) anyway, I would appreciate if someone could email copies of them to me, so I don't have to reinstall Windows to get them back.  The files are:
CTL3V2.DLL...

I'm trying to produce a bootable disk which will detect the version of windows, either 3.11 or 3.1 and overwrite the winfile.exe with the MS year 2000 compliant one.  However how can I tell the version from within a batch file?  What commands can...

Iam using Winexec API to execute a dos exe for formatting disk  and when i call this function that dos exe is running in a separate process(child) and parent is going to execute next stmt. but only when that child process(i.e formatting) has...

I'm having a problem with the last edition of WordPerfect that runs on  Windows 3.1.  I'm sorry, I do not have the version number.  Anyway, I want the files to default to the home directory on the server.  When I set this up, it seems to accept...