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There are several reasons why Windows might terminate immediately 
following the startup logo.

This problem will occur if you try to use a video driver that is 
incompatible with your display adapter.  However, if you're using the 
default VGA driver that ships with Windows, it is unlikely that the 
problem is video related (unless you have something other than a VGA card 
installed).

I've also seen this occur if an EMM conflict exists.  If 
'DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE' is present, try commenting it out (by 
placing a semi-colon or 'rem' in front of it).  If this solves the 
problem, you may need to specify memory range exclusions on the EMM386 
line in CONFIG.SYS that correspond to address space that might be needed 
by adapters installed in the computer.  If this is the case, you may also 
need to add an 'EmmExclude=' line under the [386Enh] section of your 
SYSTEM.INI file.

In some rare instances I've seen the problem you're experiencing occur on 
machines where the "/TESTMEM:OFF" specifier follows the DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS 
line in CONFIG.SYS.  

There are numerous other possibilities.  If this doesn't help, let me 
know.

dsadites@mcd.on.ca (Dean Sadites)
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In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.950317122708.15936A-100000@solar.sky.net>, 
novmondo@solar.sky.net says...
>
>I just bought a used computer with Windows 3.1 on it. when I went to 
>start Windows up, I got the Windows logo, then it returned to the DOS 
>prompt. I've tried wiping it clean, then reinstalling it, with the same 
>result. I took the installation files, and installed Windows on another 
>machine, and it worked just fine.
>
>I've tried:
>1) transferring the autoexec and config.sys files from the second 
machine 
>   to the first.
>2) transferring the .ini files from the second machine to the first.
>
>Nothing has helped, I still get just the logo, then thhe DOS prompt on 
>the first machine. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
>