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- WINDOWS LITE 2.1
- (Windows 3.1 version)
- (c) 1992 F. K. Lenherr
- New Salem Research
- West Main Street
- New Salem MA 01355
- All Rights Reserved
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- I. How to "install" WinLite
- II. Why do I need WinLite?
- What's it good for?
- III. Trouble-shooting
- IV. Registration information
-
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- I. How to "install" Winlite
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- Windows Lite 2.1 (tm) is simply Windows 3.1 on a floppy disk!
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- The enclosed batch files, WINLITE?.BAT, will create a full
- working version of Windows 3.1 on any 3.5" high density floppy disk.
- There are NO new executable programs, just good ol' Windows 3.1.
- The point is to slim Windows down enough to fit on a (compressed)
- floppy disk. To create the disk:
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- Run winlitea.bat if your 3.5" drive is called drive A:
- Run winliteb.bat if your 3.5" drive is called drive B:
-
- Just change to the directory where you unzipped WinLite, and type
- the batch file name followed by the full path to your Windows 3.1
- directory.
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- For example, WINLITEB C:\WIN31 will create a 3.5" WinLite floppy
- in drive B: if Windows 3.1 is on your hard disk in the WIN31 directory.
-
- You MUST have a copy of Windows 3.1 installed on your hard disk.
-
- Before running the batch file, make sure you have a completely blank,
- formatted 3.5" floppy ready. Then just run the appropriate
- batch file as described above. It takes about three to seven minutes
- (depending on the speed of your processor), so go get a cup of coffee!
- Important: you must have 3 MB free space on your C: drive.
-
- Then type CD \WINLITE and WIN /S. This will start Windows in
- standard mode. You should always run in standard mode, since enhanced
- mode requires a different set of files on the floppy.
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- You can erase WinLite from your hard disk whenever you want. If you
- use WinLite on someone else's machine you must erase it when you're done,
- unless they own a copy a Windows 3.1 themselves.
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- To reinstall WinLite after erasing it, type A:INSTALLA (or B:INSTALL).
- This will copy WinLite to the WinLite directory (called C:\WINLITE) on
- your hard disk, and decompress the files. This takes only about ONE
- minute, and is necessary, since Windows 3.1 has gotten too big to fit
- on an uncompressed floppy. In other words, WinLite 2.1 is ON the floppy,
- but doesn't RUN directly from the floppy (which would be too slow
- in any case). Of course, if you can afford the space, you can leave
- WinLite on your hard disk as long as you want.
-
- That's all you really need to know, but please read the
- following before beginning.
-
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- II. Why do I need WinLite? What's it good for?
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- Once you have run the batch file which creates your floppy,
- you can take WinLite to any DOS machine and run Windows, with
- Cardfile (and your addresses/phone numbers), Notepad, Clock,
- File manager, and many more!
-
- You can easily edit WinLite to add the accessories you like and
- remove those you don't use. To save your new version, type A:UPDATEA
- (or B:UPDATE). The batch file will recompress your C:\WINLITE
- directory and copy it back to the floppy. You only need to do this
- occasionally, when you've made significant changes. It takes about
- three minutes.
-
- But rather than overwriting your original floppy, you can make a new
- one by copying the UPDATE and INSTALL batch files, along with himem.sys
- and pkzip.exe and pkunzip.exe to a blank floppy, and then running UPDATE.
-
- Specifically, here are some advantages of WinLite:
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- 1. It makes Windows as portable as a 3.5" diskette. You can
- easily take your Windows environment anywhere you go.
-
- For example, let's say you're going to give a talk. With WinLite,
- you can take the "slides" you created in WRITE on a single disk.
- They can include bulleted lists, graphics, spreadsheets, and so forth.
- While you're giving the talk, you can even run CLOCK to keep track of
- the time.
-
- 2. It will teach you more about how Windows works. Which things
- are the essentials and which are frills?
-
- 3. It allows you to have as many different Windows setups as you
- want, all without consuming valuable hard disk space. Just put each
- on a separate floppy.
-
- 4. It gives you a place to try out new programs before you install
- them in your main Windows setup. I recently loaded a MS PowerPoint
- demo. It took me about two hours to delete it when I was done. It
- had modified the *.ini files, dropped executable files here and
- there, and generally made a mess of things. Has this even happened
- to you?!
-
- 5. It will encourage you to experiment with Windows more freely.
- I'm relucant to take a chance of corrupting my main Windows setup.
- With WinLite, you can try anything and instantly (well, almost!)
- restore your prior setup from a floppy.
-
- 6. If you have a portable computer with limited hard disk space,
- WinLite will allow you to run Windows 3.1 when you need it and delete
- it when you're done.
-
-
- III. Trouble-shooting
-
- 1. The batch file says, "I can't find your floppy drive!"
-
- You are probably using the wrong batch file. Use the ones
- ending in "a" and "b" for your A: and B: drives, respectively.
-
-
- 2. The batch files says, "WinLite needs to know where your
- current copy of Windows 3.1 is stored...".
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- Give the full path to your Windows 3.1 directory (e.g., C:\WINDOWS).
-
- If you are currently running Windows 3.0 (not 3.1), you need to
- use the batch files in WinLite 1.1. Download wlit11.zip from your
- favorite bulletin board.
-
-
- 3. Error messages about protected mode or extended and expanded memory
-
- To run in standard mode, you must have loaded some version
- of himem.sys in your config.sys file. Using some version of
- smartdrive, either smartdrv.sys or (better) smartdrv.exe,
- is highly recommended. You are probably doing all this already,
- so try out WINLITE first -- you may not need to do anything.
-
- I've also found that you may have to disable expanded memory
- to run Windows in standard mode. (Insert a REM in your config.sys
- file where it loads the expanded memory manager, such as EMM386.EXE)
-
- I use "device=c:\win31\himem.sys" in my config.sys file and
- "c:\win31\smartdrv.exe 2432 256" in my autoexec.bat file.
-
-
- 4. You get the message, "Disk full" when running UPDATE.BAT
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- You have added too many new things. You must delete something of
- equal size before adding something new.
-
- Or, the diskette doesn't has full capacity. Under DOS 5.0, you should
- use FORMAT /U to avoid wasted space. If the diskette has bad blocks,
- use it for something else. WinLite needs as much space as possible!
-
-
- 5. You get the message, "Disk full" when running INSTALL.BAT
-
- You need about 3 MB free space on your disk to install WinLite 2.1.
- Delete some unnecessary files and try again.
-
-
- * * * * * * * * * * *
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-
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- If you have any trouble getting WinLite to run, please write
- to me at the above address, describing exactly what you did and
- what happened. Include a brief description of your hardware and
- any special TSR's or devices. I can't promise to answer all letters,
- but I will try to fix any bugs in a subsequent version.
-
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- * * * * * * * * * * *
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- IV. Registration information
-
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- IF YOU FIND WINLITE USEFUL OR INTERESTING, PLEASE REGISTER!!
-
- I hate nagware and have not disabled this program in any way.
-
- PLEASE DISCONTINUE USING WINLITE AND THE FLOPPIES YOU MADE
- IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO REGISTER. THIS PROGRAM IS COPYRIGHTED
- SHAREWARE, NOT FREEWARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
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- TO REGISTER, SEND $14.95 (CHEAP!) TO:
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- Fred K. Lenherr
- New Salem Research
- West Main Street
- New Salem, MA 01355
-
- IF YOU REGISTER, YOU WILL GET A COPY OF THE COMPLETE WINLITE MANUAL.
- STRONGLY RECOMMENDED! IT INCLUDES A MUCH FULLER EXPLANATION OF HOW
- TO USE WINLITE THAN IS GIVEN HERE.
-
- (Unless you are already a Windows guru, you need this manual!)
-
- HAVE FUN! AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS! SEND ME THE $14.95!
- HAVE FUN! AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS! SEND ME THE $14.95!
- HAVE FUN! AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS! SEND ME THE $14.95!
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