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- From: basamson@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Pianoman, the Porsche Afficianado)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.win3-l
- Subject: WINA20.386 for Enhanced - Problems!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.192304.15229@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 19:23:04 -0500
- Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"
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- Hello. My name is Brian, and .. I am .. a .. Windows user.
- (Sorry, but after all those years that I have prophesized DOS over
- Windows in almost any situation, I felt I had to say that.)
-
- Anyways, I have a question about 386 Enhanced installation of Windows 3.1. I'm
- pretty sure that I have 386 enhanced installed because I am able to run
- non-Windows applications in a window. BUT. I have noticed many times that
- when I leave Windows a short message appears after it has successfully exited,
- just as I notice it, the screen clears and the message is never heard from
- again.
-
- Well. Today I decided to try my ability to pause the screen before it cleared
- when I exited. (not easy on a 386-40.) I finally was able to read it:
-
- "You must have the file WINA20.386 in the root of your boot
- drive to run Windows in 386 Enhanced mode."
-
- When I searched my drive for that file, it was nowhere to be found. But I'm
- POSITIVE that I'm in 386 Enhanced. Does anyone know what's going on? Is it
- just a bug? Am I running in Standard and NOT Enhanced? Any help would be
- greatly appreciated.
-
- Brian
- (P.S. I still haven't completely deserted the DOS prompt for Windows. There
- are still MANY advantages that DOS has that Windows may never have.)
-
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- Brian Samson Aka. Pianoman | -> basamson@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
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