Installing Windows 3.0 for Different Graphic Resolutions (63574)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Windows 3.0a
This article was previously published under Q63574

SUMMARY

To install Microsoft Windows version 3.00 on a machine with different graphic resolutions, install the program as if you were installing from a network server.

MORE INFORMATION

  1. After expanding all of the files in a directory on your hard drive, type SETUP/N from the directory in which the expanded files are located.
  2. During this setup, have the Setup program install Windows 3.0 into a different directory while selecting the graphic resolution that you want to install. When the screen asks if you want to modify the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, select the option that allows you to modify them yourself.
  3. Repeat step 2 for each different resolution that you want to install.
  4. Modify the CONFIG.SYS to include the HIMEM.SYS and SMARTDRV.SYS device drivers.
  5. Modify the PATH in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to include the Windows directory in which the files were expanded.
To start Windows 3.0 with the desired graphic resolution, change directories to where you installed Windows with the desired resolution and type WIN.

REFERENCES

For further information on setting up Windows 3.00 from a network server, refer to Pages 553-556 in Chapter 14 of the "Microsoft Windows User's Guide."
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/7/2005
Keywords:KB63574
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