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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: Summary of getting Win into Enhanced mode.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.001033.45039@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 00:10:33 CST
- Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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- Thanks to ALL of those who responded to my query about getting Windows
- into the Enhanced mode after upgrading to a 386 MB. I finally did
- solve the problem with your help, and so I thought I'd share both the
- successful, and unsuccessful answers (leaving out names).
-
- In comp.os.ms-windows.setup you will recall that I wrote:
-
- >I've just switched over to a 386-20DX MB from a 286 board. The MB has
- >two meg of memory, and I have a bocaram AT board with another two meg
- >configured as extenede memory, yet Windows 3.1 is not running in 386
- >enhanced mode. Is there something I need to do to manually
- >reconfigure Windows? What's the deal here?
-
- The first incorrect answer was as follows:
-
- >For Win 3.1 you need 4MB oR more of memory, and 20 MHz is also a
- >little slow, but you can run it in the standard mode.
-
- Not so. The manual clearly states that what is needed is 1 meg of
- extended and 256K of free conventional memory to run in enhanced mode.
- However, 20MHz is a tad on the slow side.
-
- The next answer was more helpful, and might have worked but for some
- missing files that Windows had failed to install. This one appeared
- on the network.
-
-
- >Force Windows to start in the 386 Enhanced mode by calling windows up
- >with the /3 switch:
-
- >win /3
-
-
- >That should start you up in the 386 Enhanced mode.
-
-
- And it did try to force it into the 386 mode. It also notified me
- that some of the files that Windows was looking for were missing.
-
- Finally, the absolute correct answer.
-
- >If you switched to the new machine by just copying your software
- >files then you don't have the parts of Windows which are necessary
- >for enchanted mode operation. To conserve scarce disk space on the
- >user's system the Windows installer does not load the parts of
- >Windows which require a 386 if the hardware has only a 286.
-
- >The safest thing to do is to re-install Windows from scratch.
-
-
- Bingo! Apparently Windows, like much of Microsoft's stuff, is very
- equipment specific. Once I reloaded (upgraded). It went right into
- the 386 mode and runs like a top. It even kept all of the old stuff
- that I really did want to keep, so I was very pleased. Again, thanks
- to all who responded.
-
- John D. Altevogt Altevogt@UKANVM
- Department of Sociology God@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
- University of Kansas (913) 542-2096 (home)
- Lawrence, KS 66045 (913) 864-4111 (off)
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