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XU,

Did you delete the windows directory before you reinstalled Windows? If I 
had to take a SWAG, I'd say that you probably have one or more corrupted 
dll files. If you don't wipe out the windows directory, you can't be sure 
that the corrupted dll gets replaced. Of course, zapping the windows 
directory means that you'll have to reinstall all of your windows 
applications, but hey, they aren't doing you much good now.

Other things you try are to run ScanDisk from the DOS prompt to get rid 
of lost clusters (assuming you have DOS 6.0 or later; if not, run chkdisk 
/f or something like that).

If this doesn't work or it screws something up, I am not responsible (so 
go sue somebody else).

Good luck,

Bob Thomas

XU JIEFENG wrote:
> 
> Dear netter,
> 
> I ran into a problem running MS window 3.1 on my computer and ask for 
your
> expert's help. The window 3.1 was pre-loaded on my 486-DX33 machine and
> had been working fine for one and half years until yesterday when I 
typed
> "win", it showed the Microsoft banner and then returned back to MS DOS.
> Then I reinstalled the Windows using the six original windows disk. The 
setup
> was successful and I can saw the Program Manager Graphics at the end of
> installation. However, after installation, whenever I type "win", it 
rebooted
> the machine after showing the Microsoft banner. Finally I found that I 
can
> run windows using the standard mode (type "win /s"), but not the 
enhanced
> 386 mode (when I typed "win" or "win /3", it rebooted machine). Since I 
don't
> have such problems before (I think I ran in enhanced 386 mode before), 
I am
> wondering if there is any software/hardware problem in my machine. I 
would
> appreciate any pointers on this.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jiefeng Xu
> Graduate School of Business
> University of Colorado at Boulder