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Re: Can't get Windows 3.1 to run

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From: Judy D. Daniluk
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 00:00
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I hope I've got these attributions right.  In the original query, 
novmondo@solar.sky.net said

>>>Nothing has helped, I still get just the logo, then thhe DOS prompt on 
>>>the first machine. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

and then  dsadites@mcd.on.ca (Dean Sadites) suggested, among other things,

>>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.

I just wanted to add that if EMM386 seems to be related to the problem, you 
might have the problem I had: the STEALTH_C virus.  My symptom was that if 
anything was loaded into upper memory, Windows would show the logo, then drop 
out to the DOS prompt. Also, 32-bit file access was broken.  Cleaning the 
virus off my system removed both problems.

It wouldn't hurt to run a virus scanner in any case.  Go to comp.virus for 
more info.

-- Judy

Judy Daniluk - Olivetti Advanced Finance Development, Shelton,CT 
Internet:  jdd@afd.olivetti.com
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From: JDD@afd.olivetti.com (Judy D. Daniluk)
Subject: Re: Can't get Windows 3.1 to run
Date: 1995/03/30
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