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In <3kf71p$cll@mindy.mcd.on.ca> dsadites@mcd.on.ca (Dean Sadites) 
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>There are several reasons why Windows might terminate immediately 
>following the startup logo.
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>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).
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>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.
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>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.  
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>There are numerous other possibilities.  If this doesn't help, let me 
>know.
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>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...
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Nothing has helped, I still get just the logo, then thhe DOS prompt on 
>>the first machine. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
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have you tried win /b ? It creates boot.log file