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ID:W3 Windows 3.0 with DESQview and QEMM-386
Quarterdeck Technical Note #170
by Stan Young
WINDOWS 3.0
If you are planning to run Windows 3.0 with our DESQview, DESQview 386 and/or
QEMM-386 products, Quarterdeck recommends that you upgrade to the versions of
these products which specifically support Windows 3.0.
These versions are:
DESQview 2.3 (or above) DESQview 386 2.3 (or above) QEMM-386 5.1 (or above)
Upgrade notices will be going out to registered users of Quarterdeck products
starting 8/28/90.
RUNNING WINDOWS 3.0 WITH EARLIER VERSIONS
It is possible to run Windows 3.0 with earlier versions of Quarterdeck
products only in Real mode, not in Standard or Enhanced modes. If you are
running with a version of QEMM-386 prior to 5.1, you must be sure to use the
RAM parameter and also make the following additions to the Windows SYSTEM.INI
file, after the line which reads "[386Enh]":
[386Enh]
DualDisplay=True
EMMExclude=E000-EFFF
These changes to the SYSTEM.INI file prevent Windows 3.0 from disrupting the
high memory management of QEMM-386. These changes can be retained when you
upgrade to QEMM-386 v5.1, but they are not required with the upgrade.
If you are running Windows 3.0 in DESQview 386 versions prior to 2.3, it must
run full-screen and not virtualized, due to mouse and video problems. Even if
you are planning to run Window 3.0 ONLY in Real mode, an upgrade to the
current versions of DESQview and QEMM-386 is recommended.
DESQview v2.3 AND ABOVE WITH WINDOWS 3.0 ON A 286
On 80286 machines, Windows 3.0 requires a special loader program to operate in
Standard mode inside DESQview 2.3 and above. The loader (W3-LOAD.COM) is
provided on the DESQview disk and is invoked when you run Windows 3.0 from the
"MS Windows 3 Std." selection which is added to your Open Window menu by Add a
Program. The loader is not required when running in DESQview 386. It is
included only for consistency with what is shipped in the standard DESQview
package.
To run Windows 3.0 in Standard mode on a 286, you must have a minimum of 1MB
of real extended memory.
If all of your memory currently is configured as expanded, you may have to
reconfigure some as extended. Most Windows applications, even those which
specifically support Windows 3.0 can run in Real mode, so unless you have
applications which require Standard mode, you may wish to leave your memory
configured as expanded memory.
DESQview 386 v2.3 AND ABOVE WITH WINDOWS 3.0
DESQview 386 2.3 and above support Windows 3.0, both in Real mode and Standard
mode. This support is completely automatic, requiring no special loaders or
parameters as long as QEMM-386 v5.10 or above is used as the memory manager.
Real Mode Support:
Install the "MS Windows 3 Real" selection from Add a Program.
Running in Real mode, Windows 3.0 runs like any other large graphics program.
Windows in this mode can be run in a small window and in the background.
Standard Mode Support:
Install the "MS Windows 3 Std." selection from Add a Program.
Running in Standard mode, Windows 3.0 will run in the foreground.
However, since it writes directly to the screen in protected mode, the screen
cannot be virtualized. Therefore, the "MS Windows 3 Std." installation
defaults to run full-screen only and only in foreground.
386 Enhanced Mode:
Windows 3.0 386 Enhanced mode is not supported inside DESQview 386.
This should not be a major restriction, since currently anticipated Windows
3.0 applications are expected to support either Real or Standard mode. One of
the primary features of 386 Enhanced mode is multitasking support for standard
DOS applications. This can be obtained by running your DOS applications in
their own DESQview windows.
386 Enhanced mode is supported by QEMM-386 when running outside of DESQview
386.
USING QEMM-386 VERSION 5.1
QEMM-386 v5.1 can support Windows 3.0 in all of its possible modes of
operation: Real, Standard and 386 Enhanced.
Giving Windows 3.0 the type of memory it needs:
To give Windows 3.0 the kind of memory it needs for ANY mode of operation,
simply install QEMM-386 using the defaults. No special parameters to QEMM-386
are needed for this support and there is no need to use Microsoft's HIMEM.SYS
driver or reserve any extended memory for the use of Windows 3.0. QEMM
concurrently supports both the EMS standard (the one Windows uses in Real
mode) and the XMS standard (the one Windows uses in Standard and Enhanced
modes). QEMM-386 automatically detects the type of memory being requested and
provides it.
Installation Note:
If you will be running Windows 3.0, be sure to use the QEMM-386 "RAM"
parameter. This parameter will automatically be installed when you run the
OPTIMIZE program, or if you answer "Yes" to the question "Fill All High Memory
with RAM?" during the QEMM-386 Install procedure.
QEMM-386 by default provides memory management in the monochrome video area
(B000-B7FF), when it is not in use by a video adapter. If you use the RAM
parameter, QEMM-386 fills these addresses with RAM so that resident programs,
drivers and some of DOS overhead can be loaded into high memory. However, if
you don't use the RAM parameter, Windows 3.0 seems to become confused by QEMM-
386's memory management in this area and may refuse to start up in 386
Enhanced mode.
If you will be running Windows 3.0 and for some reason don't want to use the
RAM parameter, you should exclude QEMM-386's use of this area by using X=B000-
B7FF as a parameter to the QEMM386.SYS driver.
Fine Tuning:
Users who want to make the most efficient use of their memory may want to
consider making some changes from the defaults. The procedure for making
these modifications varies slightly, depending on whether you have installed
QEMM-386 first, or Windows 3.0 first.
When QEMM-386 is installed before Windows 3.0:
If you install Windows 3.0 after installing QEMM-386, the Windows Setup
program's default makes two changes to your CONFIG.SYS file which you may wish
to modify.
Windows Setup inserts the driver HIMEM.SYS before the QEMM386.SYS driver. When
QEMM-386 loads, it can allocate all of the memory that is controlled by the
HIMEM.SYS driver, so the presence of HIMEM.SYS is not a big problem.
However, HIMEM.SYS takes 2.8K of conventional memory which QEMM-386 cannot
reclaim. Since QEMM-386 provides all the features of HIMEM.SYS, you may want
to avoid loading HIMEM.SYS altogether. You can do this by selecting "Let you
review & edit changes before modifications are made" from Windows Setup when
you get to the menu which offers this option. Just edit out the line which
contains the HIMEM.SYS driver from the "Proposed CONFIG.SYS file." Or you can
remove the line from your CONFIG.SYS file at a later time using a text editor.
Windows Setup inserts the driver SMARTDRV.SYS after QEMM386.SYS. This is
Microsoft's disk caching software. It will operate correctly as loaded, but
its default size tends to be rather large. If you are running programs which
use expanded memory outside of Windows, you may want to remove the driver or
modify its size. (See SMARTDRV.TEC, our technical note on SMARTDrive.)
When Windows 3.0 is installed before QEMM-386:
If Windows 3.0 is already installed when you install QEMM-386, the Windows
Setup program may have made some changes to your CONFIG.SYS file which you may
want to modify.
Windows Setup installs a driver called HIMEM.SYS. The QEMM-386 installation
procedure puts the QEMM386.SYS driver before the HIMEM.SYS driver. When the
system boots, the HIMEM.SYS driver sees that an extended memory manager (QEMM-
386) is already installed and does not load itself.
This is fine, since the QEMM386.SYS driver provides all the features of
HIMEM.SYS. Also, since HIMEM.SYS fails to load, it will not be taking any
memory. However, it will beep and produce a message, saying "Error: An
Extended Memory Manager is already installed." To get rid of this error
message, remove the line which loads the HIMEM.SYS driver from your CONFIG.SYS
file using a text editor.
Windows Setup inserts the driver SMARTDRV.SYS after QEMM386.SYS. This is
Microsoft's disk caching software. It operates correctly as loaded, though
its default size tends to be rather large. If you are running programs which
use expanded memory outside of Windows, you may want to remove the driver or
modify its size. (See SMARTDRV.TEC, our technical note on SMARTDrive.)
RUNNING MANIFEST IN WINDOWS 3.0
Quarterdeck Manifest can be run within Windows 3.0 as you would any standard
DOS application. You can use the default Windows PIF with the following
changes:
Change "Memory Requirements: KB Required" to 200. Select COM1 and COM2, so
that the communications ports can be seen.
When running Manifest in Windows 3.0 in 386 Enhanced mode, the "QEMM 386"
entry will not occur even if you are running QEMM-386 before Windows. This is
because QEMM-386 completely disables itself when Windows 3.0 is running in
Enhanced mode. You will see the entry if you are running Windows in either
Real or Standard modes.
*******************************************************
*Important Notice: Starting with QEMM-386 version 5.1,*
*the name of the QEMM-386 driver (.SYS) file was *
*changed from: *
* *
* QEMM.SYS to QEMM386.SYS *
* *
*This prevents the Windows 3.0 installation from *
*incorrectly reporting that QEMM.SYS is incompatible. *
*So as you read the DESQview 386 or QEMM-386 manual, *
*remember that QEMM.SYS is now QEMM386.SYS. *
*******************************************************
************************************************************************
*This technical note may be copied and distributed freely as long as it*
*is distributed in its entirety and it is not distributed for profit. *
* Copyright (C) 1991-2 by Quarterdeck Office Systems *
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