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- OS/2 FOR WINDOWS COMPATIBILITY WITH MICROSOFT WINDOWS 3.11 Q'S AND A's
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- THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THE USE OF IBM
- EMPLOYEES/CONTRACTORS IN DISCUSSING OS/2 2.1 FOR WINDOWS 3.11
- COMPATIBILITY CODE (WIN311.ZIP) WITH CUSTOMERS.
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- 1. What is this code and why would I want it?
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- This code is necessary to allow OS/2 2.1 for Windows to
- interoperate with Microsoft Windows 3.11. This code is not
- needed by customers who have OS/2 systems or customers
- who have OS/2 for Windows systems but who do not have the
- 3.11 level of Windows. This code is also necessary for
- OS/2 2.1 for Windows to interoperate with Windows for
- Workgroups 3.11. However, applying this update does not
- make the Windows for Workgroups networking functions
- available to the OS/2 for Windows environment.
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- 2. What does this code do?
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- This code modifies OS/2 code to allow it to interoperate
- with Microsoft Windows 3.11.
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- 3. How does this code install?
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- This code installs on OS/2 2.1 for Windows by typing
- "A:install."
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- 4. Do I have to have Windows 3.11 installed already?
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- Yes: either Windows 3.11 by itself or Windows for Workgroups
- 3.11.
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- 5. If I install this code on OS/2 for Windows, can I still
- use Windows 3.11 from DOS?
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- Yes. For example, if you have a dual boot or boot manager
- system, you can run Windows 3.11 from DOS just as you did
- before you installed this code on OS/2 for Windows.
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- 6. Does this code upgrade my Windows 3.1 system to Windows 3.11?
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- No. This code modifies OS/2 for Windows.
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- 7. Will this code work if I have OS/2 for Windows with
- ServicePak XR06300 applied?
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- Yes. This code can be installed on OS/2 for Windows
- CSD levels XR02011 (the original OS/2 for Windows) and
- XR06300 (OS/2 for Windows plus servicepak XR06300).
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- 8. Does this code affect my Windows for Workgroups function?
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- No. The networking functions of Windows for Workgroups 3.11
- are available via OS/2 for Windows's dual boot capability
- to the native DOS and Windows for Workgroups environment.
- Applying this update does not make the Windows for Workgroups
- networking functions available to the OS/2 for Windows
- environment.
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- 9. If I install this code, will I see performance changes
- in running Windows 3.11 under OS/2 for Windows?
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- We have not measured the performance of running Windows 3.11
- under OS/2 for Windows versus running Windows 3.1 under
- OS/2 for Windows.
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- 10. Why did not OS/2 2.1 for Windows support Windows 3.11 when
- OS/2 2.1 for Windows was released?
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- Availability of Windows 3.11 occurred after the availability
- of OS/2 2.1 for Windows.
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- 11. What happens if I try to use Windows 3.11 from OS/2 for
- Windows without installing this update first?
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- You will get a SYS 3176 error message that will tell you
- "A program in this session encountered a problem and
- cannot continue." Your system will not trap or hang.
- You will be able to recover and perform other functions
- in the OS/2 for Windows environment.
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