That the disks were difficult to copy was a side-effect, not a design goal.) (For comparison, Windows 3.1 came on six floppies. Windows NT 3.1 came on twenty-two. And yesterday, one of my colleagues reminded me that Windows NT setup asked for the floppy disks out of order! I guess it never occurred to them that they could renumber the disks.). Windows 3.0 / 3.1. For Workgroups 3.11. Windows 3.x was the first to gain significant development and commercial traction. It combined the 8086, 286, and 386 modes of Windows 2 in to one package. It replaced the MSDOS Executive with a Program Manager and File Manager similar to those in OS/2 1.x. Much of its success was spurred by the. The free Yandex.Disk app can be depended on to save and sync all your files, photos and documents between your computer, phone, and tablet. Download Yandex.Disk for Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac OS, Linux, or Windows Phone. Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File) Before updating, please refer to the Windows release information status for known issues to confirm your device is not impacted. Windows 3.2 was a Chinese language specific release. The only difference from 3.1 was additional support for Chinese characters and was released in late 1993. On 386 systems and greater you can run a limited subset of 32-bit Windows applications (mostly those for Windows NT 3.5 and 95) with the Win32s (Win32 subset) patch. Installation instructions.

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on the Local Area Network

Al Wong

May 10, 2003

01/13/05 Update- There is an amazing amount of interest for this webpage!(It's in the top ten!)I guess there are a lot of Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (Win3.11) computers still being used!Or perhaps they are just lying around gathering dust.I am glad to give new hope for these machinesto be recycled back into service. Even if it is just for fun. :)

I wish to satisfy my curiosity.If you found this webpage useful, email meand let me know how/whyyou are using your Win3.11 computer.

I am using a 3Com LAN card (3CXE589DT)connected to a Maxtech 753 (Windows for Workgroups 3.11, MS-DOS 6.22) and got it working!

You cannot run the WinXP Network Setup Wizard on Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (Win3.11)from the floppy disk you created. I guess Windows 3.11 is considered too obsolete.This version of Windows requires a manual setup.

To get Windows 3.11 to work on the LAN, do the following. See the Windows 3.11 help fordetailed explanations on how-to:

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Evidently, you just need to start up Windows 3.11 andenable Networking in the Networking window.
It turns out you don't necessarily need the Card Services driversinstalled to get the LAN card working on the local network. In fact, if you have all the Card Services driversinstalled on boot up, Windows 3.11 will notstart! I guess there's some sort of memory problem.So it's a good thing you don't need the Card Services!
You probably need to reboot now.
Now install the driver for the 3Com LAN card.You can download the LAN card driver for Windows 3.11 from the 3Com website.You need to download the second file (3c589x_2.exe)for Windows 3.11.(You need to install the special DOS driver for the LAN card (NDIS2).)
You probably need to reboot again.
Start up Windows 3.11 and install the new TCP/IP-32 3.11b upgrade.
08/31/04 Update- It seems Microsoft very recently changed their website.Ironically, even though the above current link has all the details aboutthe TCP/IP-32 3.11b upgrade, including installation instructions,it does not link to the upgrade file anymore (there used to be a linkon the bottom of the webpage) nor tell youwhere to download it! It does not even tell you what the upgrade filename is!
Also, the email support links are useless.There are now several convoluted and cyclicallinks that waste your time (Thanks Microsoft).I suppose this is to cut down on their email but it ispoor customer service nevertheless.
After digging around, I believe I found the upgrade file.Download the TCP/IP-32 3.11B upgrade file from Microsoft's FTP site.
12/14/04 Update- Microsoft changed the link again.I link to the new URL for downloadingthe TCP/IP-32 3.11B upgrade file.If the new link is bad do a search for TCP32B.EXE in the Microsoft support website to find the upgrade file again.
If the installation software did not change your AUTOEXEC.BAT fileto start up the LAN card driver on boot up, you need to do this.At the DOS prompt, type NET START to enable the LAN card driver.You will get some warning message. Hit the enter key.You should now get a message the driver was successfully installed.
You need to reboot yet again.
Start up Windows 3.11 and do the following below. See the Windows3.11 help for detailed explanations on how-to:
1. You need to create a unique name for this computer on the LAN.Again, it doesn't matter what it is as long as it's different from every other computer on the LAN.
2. You need to create a group name. Again, it doesn't matter what it is as long as it's the same group name on every computer on the LAN.
3. You need to create another account with a username and password for the network. It doesn't matter what the username and password is as long as you exactly match this account information with the other computers that are going to be on the LAN.
  I would suggest you create a separate user account just for the network on each machine.
4. To setup Internet access, you need to set the IP address 192.168.0.1as the Gateway and as the DNS serverunderNetworking.
5. You must also enable DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). This is usually a check box.Do not specify an IP address for this computer.
6. Make sure the TCP/IP protocol has a binding to the LAN card driver.You probably need to make TCP/IP the default binding.
7. Then you may want to set some directories as Shared in the File Manager.
Reboot one more time.
Start up Windows 3.11 again.
Login to the network account you created above.The Windows 3.11 computer and shared directories should now be recognized on the WinXP server and any other computer on the LAN.
Open a MS-DOS Window and type:
ipconfig
The IP address should be 192.168.0.XXXwhere XXX is a number other than 1. The subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0.Use ipconfig /? to get help on this command.
In Windows 3.11, go to File Manager andclick the E: drive. This will bring up the share files on the othercomputers. The drive letter may be different on your computer depending.Experiment.

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