Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!mcdchg!chinet!patrickd From: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Request for Help Message-ID: <1990Aug24.141504.6442@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 24 Aug 90 14:15:04 GMT References: <13578@sun.udel.edu> Organization: The Whitewater Group, Evanston, IL Lines: 15 In article <13578@sun.udel.edu> shaffer@sun.udel.edu (Bob Shaffer) writes: >We recently bought a 386SX machine (with a Chicony mother board >CH-386s-16d), BIOS Phonix Rev. 1.10 03, DOS 4.01, with 2 meg on RAM. We >can run windows in real mode but cannot run windows in either standard >or enhanced mode. Make sure you have the right version of himem.sys installed. When I was installing Windows 3.0 a while back I tended to have problems with the install program no overwriting my old himem.sys and would consequently not go into protected mode. -- "Organized fandom is composed of a bunch of nitpickers with a thing for trivial pursuit." -Harlan Ellison Patrick Deupree -> patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us