Re: DOS 5.0 and Windows in Real or Standard Mode.

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From: Joe Morris
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 18:34

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axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar) writes:

>I find that I can run Windows just fine in 386 Enhanced mode, but 
>that it doesn't run in standard mode or real mode.

>CONFIG.SYS
 [...]
>DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.exe noems

There's an obscurely documented restriction that if you're running EMM386.EXE
you can't run Windows in standard mode.  

I don't know why you can't run in standard mode; what are the symptoms?

Joe Morris

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