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From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Multiple Windows 2.x run-times on the same system
Message-ID: <112711@linus.mitre.org>
Date: 7 Jul 90 17:13:15 GMT
References: <716@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca> <61874@oliveb.atc.olivetti.com>
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In article <61874@oliveb.atc.olivetti.com> tonyb@olivej.olivetti.com (Anthony M. Brich) writes:
>In article <716@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca> Samuel Lam <skl@wimsey.bc.ca> writes:
>>I have both PageMaker 3.0 and Word-for-Windows 1.0 installed on the
>>same hard disk, and they had came with their own Windows 286 2.x
>>run-time modules, printer drivers and fonts ....  
>>Tonight I tried to consolidate the two Windows run-times together
>>into a separate directory, but things only went worse 
>>Could any Windows wizzard please enlighten me as to what is the
>>correct way to go about this, 
>
>	Buy Windows.  You are trying to make mayonnaise on a stormy
>  [...]

Microsoft is extending the $50 upgrade offer to *any* Windows users,
including owners of only the run-time version.  For that amount of money,
it's probably not worth the effort to try to figure out the interactions
between the run-time files.  Call uSoft at 1-800-426-9400.

I'm assuming that you don't have any reason *not* to run Windows 3.  If
you can't (8088 chip, no disk space available, Intel inboard/386, etc.)
they you should still try to find an old copy of Windows/286.  I would
be *very* worried about the reliability of merging the run-time stuff...

Joe Morris