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From: jimb@netcom.UUCP (Jim Brandt)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Problem running Windows 3.0 in enhanced mode
Message-ID: <11454@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 90 13:30:29 GMT
References: <9019@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 241-9760 guest}
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klee@cs.ubc.ca (Kenneth Lee) writes:

>Well, I've just tried to run Windows 3.0 on my 386 clone.  I installed
>Windows using all of the default selections except the Windows directory
>is D:\WINDOWS.  Windows runs fine when I run it in real or standard
>mode, but when I attempt to run it in extended mode (or I let it decide
>for itself), my screen goes blank after the initial logo is displayed.

>My system is a 20 MHz 386 clone with AMI BIOS, 4 MB RAM, DTC 7280 disk
>controller, Miniscribe 3085 hard disk, and an ATI VGA Wonder (Rev. 2) 
>with 512 K.  I have tried adding the line "emmexclude=c400-c7ff" to
>the [386enh] section of my system.ini file and had no success.  I have
>also disabled BIOS and VIDEO ROM shadowing also with no success.

>Do anyone out in netland there have any ideas or suggestions?  

Try the following:

win /r swapfile

Follow the prompts, and create a swap file for enhanced mode.

exit windows and retry your win command in enhanced mode.  Be sure to
"Save Settings" before you exit.

If this does not work, try win /r again, then exiting with save sattings
again. I have found my system did the same thing, but by re-organizing my
desktop, and saving my system options, it resolved the problem.

Jim