Trouble installing Windows 3.x

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From: Andre van der Hoeven (I89)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:41

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hello,
I'm having trouble installing Windows 3.1 (and 3.0) on a 386 clone.
When the Setup is supposed to switch to graphics mode it quits with
the following message:

Standard Mode: Fault in MS-DOS extender
EC = ... (register contents)

I've tried about everything:
- installation on a clean disk (partitioned/formatted) goes well but
  as soon as other software is installed Windows startup failes with
  or without the above message
- checked Windows software 
- replaced hard disk

any suggestions?

ahoeven@gene.fwi.uva.nl

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From: ahoeven@fwi.uva.nl (Andre van der Hoeven (I89))
Subject: Trouble installing Windows 3.x
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Summary: Trouble installing windows 3.x
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:41:37 GMT
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