SETUP.TXT from Windows for Workgroups Version 3.1 (Part A)

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1

SUMMARY

The following information was taken from the Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 SETUP.TXT file. This article contains the first half of the file.

SETUP.TXT

This file contains information about problems that may occur while running Windows for Workgroups Setup and describes problems that can occur when using terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs or drivers with Windows for Workgroups or Setup. If you are using a TSR or if you encounter problems setting up Windows for Workgroups, read this document BEFORE running Setup again.

General Setup Notes

This section includes notes on specific system configurations that may prevent Setup from installing Windows for Workgroups successfully. A solution to each problem is provided.

If you are using a hardware or software product listed here, follow the proposed recommendations before running Setup.

Network Cards

If you are using one of the following network cards, you must run Setup with the /i option:

   Novell/Anthem NE1500
   Novell/Anthem NE2100
   Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) AM2100
   Microdyne EXOS 105

   setup /i

MS-DOS Screen Savers

If you are using an MS-DOS screen saver, you should turn it off before running Setup. These screen savers can cause problems when running Setup.

COMPAQ Computer with MS-DOS Version 5.0 and EGA or VGA

If you are using the upgrade version of Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0, check your CONFIG.SYS file to make sure the following drivers (if present) appear in this order:

   HIMEM.SYS
   EMM386.EXE
   ANSI.SYS

If ANSI.SYS is loaded before HIMEM.SYS or EMM386.EXE (or if you are using COMPAQ MS-DOS 5.0 before HIMEM.EXE or CEMM.EXE), Setup may restart your system before Windows for Workgroups is installed. Also, if you are using the DOS=HIGH,UMB command line to load MS-DOS into upper memory, loading EMM386.EXE (or CEMM.EXE) before loading ANSI.SYS will create the maximum amount of upper memory space on a COMPAQ computer.

AT&T Safari Computer

If you have an AT&T Safari computer, you cannot maintain two versions of Windows (version 3.0 and version 3.1) on your system. You must upgrade over version 3.0. If you set up Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 in its own directory, it will not use the special drivers required to run on the Safari computer.

Displays That May Require Driver Updates with Windows for Workgroups

Certain third-party display drivers designed for Windows version 3.0 can cause problems with Windows for Workgroups version 3.1. The most serious problem is a system failure while running Windows for Workgroups Setup. If you encounter this problem, run Custom Setup, and then select one of the standard display types, such as VGA, that is provided with Windows for Workgroups.

With other Windows version 3.0 display drivers, Windows for Workgroups may be set up successfully but TrueType fonts may not appear correctly on your screen.

An updated driver may be available in the Windows Driver Library (WDL) or from your display vendor or manufacturer. For information about obtaining the WDL, see the "Getting Started" book.

Windows version 3.0 drivers for the following display adapters may cause problems:

• ATI Graphics Ultra and Vantage

  Note: These adapters are 8514/a-compatible and run well with the 8514/a driver provided with Windows for Workgroups.

• DGIS display adapters (Direct Graphics Interface Standard) from Graphic Software Systems, including the following:

        NEC MultiSynch Graphics Engine (MGE)
        Zenith Z-649
        HP IGC-10, IGC-20
        GSS 1000 Series
  

  Note: Some DGIS-based adapters are TIGA-compatible and run well when used with the appropriate TIGACD.EXE MS-DOS driver and with the TIGA driver provided with Windows for Workgroups.

• HP Ultra VGA (versions earlier than 1.4 only)
• IBM Image Adapter/A
• Matrox MG Series/M-WIN Series
• Palettized VGA 640x480, 16-color (provided with Windows Multimedia Extensions version 1.0)
• Radius SVGA MultiView
• RGDI (Renaissance Graphics Device Interface) display adapters from Appian, Inc., including the following:

        Appian Rendition II, IIe, II/XE, and III
        Appian GV1024
        Decpc 433
  

• S3 adapters, including the following:

        Orchid Fahrenheit 1280
        STB WIND/X
        Diamond Stealth VRAM
  

Using Stacker

If you are using Stacker to compress your hard disk, there are certain steps you need to take before setting up Windows for Workgroups.

• If you want to use a swap file with Windows for Workgroups, you must set up the swap file on the uncompressed drive. When setting up Stacker, you can leave at least 1 megabyte (MB) of disk space uncompressed for storing system files. To leave enough space for the swap file, it is recommended that the amount of uncompressed disk space equal at least twice the amount of system memory. For example, if your system has 4 MB of memory, you should leave at least 8 MB of disk space uncompressed.

  If Stacker is already set up on your system and there is not enough uncompressed disk space for a swap file, you can run the STAC utility provided with Stacker to increase the amount of uncompressed disk space. For more information, see your Stacker documentation.

• If you are using Stacker version 2.0 or later, Windows for Workgroups Setup modifies your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. When Setup finishes making the modifications, it displays a message at the end of the Windows portion of Setup, notifying you of the modifications. If you have used Stacker to swap your startup drive, when you restart your system, Stacker will ask whether you want to update to the new version of the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file. It is recommended that you update.

  If you are using a version of Stacker earlier than 2.0, you may need to modify your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files yourself. For more information, see the following topic, "Modifying Your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT Files Yourself."

• For best performance, do not use SMARTDrive to cache the compressed drive. You only need to cache the uncompressed drive. You can include options on the SMARTDRV.EXE line of the CONFIG.SYS file to specify which drives to cache.

  For example, if the Stacker swap utility swaps drives C and D so that C is compressed and D is uncompressed, you would include the following line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

        c:\windows\smartdrv.exe c- d+
  

Modifying Your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT Files Yourself

When you set up Windows for Workgroups, Setup usually places the HIMEM.SYS, SMARTDRV.EXE, and EMM386.EXE files in the Windows directory. If the Windows directory is on a disk that is not available when you start your computer, such as a removable or nonlocal disk, or if Setup detects one of the following conditions, Setup does not modify the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

• Your boot drive has been modified by a disk-compression utility.
• Your CONFIG.SYS file contains references to block device drivers.
• There is not enough available space on your hard disk to copy the files.
• The files are already installed on your system and Setup cannot overwrite them (they are read-only).

Setting Up XGA on a PS/2 Model 75 or 90

If you have a PS/2 model 75 or 90 with an XGA, Windows for Workgroups Setup will configure the display adapter for 16-color, 640x480 resolution. Do not change this configuration during Setup. Specifying a different XGA configuration while setting up Windows for may cause Setup to fail.

After you have successfully installed Windows, you can configure your XGA to use a different resolution or 256 colors, if your monitor supports it. For more information on how to do this, see the topic "IBM XGA: Configuring Color and Resolution" in the README.WRI online document.

If you are using the plasma screen on the PS/2 model 75, use ONLY the 640x480, 16-color configuration. If you change this configuration, you return to the MS-DOS prompt when you try to start Windows.

Correcting the "Out of Environment Space" Error Message

If you receive an "out of environment space" message when starting Windows, you can either:

• Increase the size of your environment by adding the SHELL= command line to your CONFIG.SYS file. See your MS-DOS documentation for more information about the SHELL command and about modifying your CONFIG.SYS file.
• Move the SET commands in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to the beginning of the file so that they run before the commands that load terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs or drivers, such as SMARTDrive.

The "Program Listing" section of this document lists several terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs and drivers that are known to cause problems when running with Windows for Workgroups. Some of the problems you may encounter include system failures or an incorrect display of information on your screen. In some cases, special steps are provided to solve the problems.

While setting up Windows for Workgroups, Setup searches the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files for references to TSR programs and drivers, in addition to scanning memory for TSRs that are currently running. If Setup detects a TSR that is known to cause problems when running with Windows for Workgroups, a message appears, asking whether you want to continue or quit Setup.

If you receive such a message, do the following:

1. Locate your TSR in the "Program Listing" section of this document and use the information to determine if the situation encountered prevents Setup from successfully installing Windows for Workgroups.

2. If the situation does not affect Setup, you can continue setting up Windows for Workgroups by following the instructions on your screen.

   If the situation does affect Setup and prevents it from installing Windows for Workgroups on your computer, follow the instructions on the screen to quit Setup, and then complete the following steps.

3. Quit the TSR and remove all references to it from your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. For more information, see the documentation for your TSR.

4. Restart your computer.

5. Run Windows for Workgroups Setup again.

Not all TSRs or drivers included in the "Program Listing" section are detected by Setup. The TSRs and drivers that Setup detects are in the SETUP.INF file, listed under the names "incomptsr1" and "incomptsr2".

Program Listing

This section describes some problems, discovered during testing, that you might encounter while using a TSR with Windows for Workgroups. It does not include all possible problems that can occur.

386MAX

The documentation for 386MAX recommends against setting the EXT parameter below 64. If you set this parameter to 0, Setup and Windows for Workgroups running in standard mode will fail.

See the README.WRI online document for more information about running 386MAX with Windows for Workgroups.

386MAX Disk-Cache Utility (QCACHE.EXE)

Do not use this disk-cache utility simultaneously with SMARTDrive. There is no reason to use two disk-cache utilities with Windows for Workgroups. It is recommended that you use SMARTDrive, provided with Windows for Workgroups, instead.

All Charge 386 Version 3.1

ALLEMM4.SYS is a memory manager that causes problems with Setup and Windows for Workgroups. If you encounter problems running this program with Windows for Workgroups, it is recommended that you use EMM386.EXE and HIMEM.SYS, provided with Windows for Workgroups, to manage memory instead.

Anarkey Version 4.00

With some memory configurations, Anarkey version 4.00 running with Windows for Workgroups in 386 enhanced mode may cause unpredictable system failures. In rare cases, this program can also corrupt hard- disk data. In addition, Windows for Workgroups might not start when this program is running.

Do not run Windows for Workgroups in 386 enhanced mode when Anarkey version 4.00 is running. Version 4.01 may correct these problems. Contact Moderne Software for a free upgrade to Anarkey 4.01.

Anarkey Version 4.01

If Anarkey version 4.01 is loaded before starting Windows for Workgroups in standard mode, it is not available in any instance of MS-DOS Prompt that you start within Windows for Workgroups. In this case, it is recommended that you load Anarkey from each instance of MS-DOS Prompt, as needed.

Do not load Anarkey HIGH before starting Windows for Workgroups in 386 enhanced mode. If you load Anarkey HIGH, your system may fail when you try to start an application.

APPEND (MS-DOS)

Do not use the APPEND utility with Windows for Workgroups. It prevents Windows and Windows-based applications from creating valid Well- Formed-Path (WFP) names for the files they are using. (A WFP is the complete name of a file, including the drive letter and full path specification, starting from the root directory.)

ASP Integrity Toolkit Version 3.7

This product is a virus-protection program that can cause problems when running Setup, including system failure, automatic restarting of the system, and the inability to use the keyboard. You should turn off protection in the toolkit before setting up Windows for Workgroups. For information about how to do this, see your ASP Integrity documentation.

Note: Setting up Windows for Workgroups is considered a system- administration task. The ASP Integrity Toolkit documentation instructs you to turn off protection when performing these types of tasks.

Autocon Version 2.0e

Autocon enables you to select up to fifty different configurations when starting your system. To do this, it modifies the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, based on information in its database AUTOCON.DAT), when you restart your system from within AUTOCON.

Windows for Workgroups Setup modifies only the first section in the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. If you want to use specific configurations with Windows, you must run Autocon and then manually edit the configurations in the database that you want to use. You must do this after setting up Windows for Workgroups. For your changes to take effect, you must restart your system from within Autocon. For more information, see your Autocon documentation.

Bootcon Version 1.60

Using Bootcon, you can maintain different system-configuration information in your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. You can then select the configuration you want to use from a menu when starting your system.

Setup modifies the first section in the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, and may modify certain other sections that contain network drivers (for example, LAN Manager drivers and NetWare drivers may be deleted). After you set up Windows for Workgroups, you must edit the sections of those files that contain other configurations you want to use. For more information, see your Bootcon documentation.

BOOT.SYS

Using BOOT.SYS, you can maintain different system-configuration information in your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. You can then select the configuration you want to use from a menu when starting your system.

Setup modifies the first section in the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, and may modify certain other sections that contain network drivers (for example, LAN Manager drivers and NetWare drivers may be deleted). After you set up Windows for Workgroups, you must edit the sections of those files that contain other configurations you want to use. For more information, see your BOOT.SYS documentation.

CACHE.EXE Disk-Cache Utility

Do not use two disk-cache utilities with Windows for Workgroups. It is recommended that you use SMARTDrive, provided with Windows for Workgroups, and remove all references to other disk-cache utilities from your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. (If CACHE.EXE is detected, Setup removes it from the CONFIG.SYS file for you.)

CACHE.SYS Disk-Cache Utility

This disk-cache utility will not work properly with SMARTDrive. It is recommended that you use SMARTDrive, provided with Windows for Workgroups, and remove all references to other disk-cache utilities from your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. (If CACHE.SYS is detected, Setup removes it from the CONFIG.SYS file for you.)

CED Version 1.0e

Using CED with Windows for Workgroups may cause problems, including system failure. It is recommended that you do not use CED with Windows for Workgroups.

Central Point Anti-Virus Version 1.1 (VSAFE.COM/VSAFE.SYS)

VSAFE.COM/VSAFE.SYS should not be loaded when you set up Windows for Workgroups. Otherwise, Setup may not run properly. After you set up Windows for Workgroups, you can load VSAFE.

Because Windows uses the disk for memory swapping, you should turn off the VSAFE write-protection option when running Windows for Workgroups.

For more information, see the Central Point Anti-Virus documentation.

CMDEDIT.COM Version 2.0 (Date 12-6-91)

If this command-line editor is loaded before starting Windows for Workgroups, it may cause a General Protection Fault when you run multiple MS-DOS Prompts in 386 enhanced mode. Also, it cannot be loaded from an MS-DOS Prompt within Windows when Windows is running in standard mode.

Cubit Version 3.01

When using Cubit with Windows for Workgroups, do not compress the Windows SYSTEM directory or any file that is loaded from the CONFIG.SYS file. Compressing these files could cause problems.

Before upgrading to Windows for Workgroups, make sure that the earlier version of Windows is uncompressed on your hard disk. You may recompress the files after you have successfully set up Windows for Workgroups.

Data Physician Plus Version 2.0 (VirALERT)

It is recommended that you do not set up Windows for Workgroups while VirALERT is running. If you do, VirALERT will display a warning message every few seconds while Setup is running.

After you have set up Windows for Workgroups, you can run VirALERT. Press ALT+V to display the VirALERT menu. You can use the commands on this menu to disable and enable VirALERT.

DOSCUE.COM Command-Line Editor

The DOSCUE command-line editor produces unexpected results when used with Windows for Workgroups. It is recommended that you do not use this editor with Windows for Workgroups.

Doubledisk Version 2.5

Windows for Workgroups may try to access "phantom" disk drives if you use it with Doubledisk. Phantom drives occur when you use Doubledisk to create a compressed drive. For example, if you have drives A, B, and C on your computer and you use Doubledisk to create drive F, Windows for Workgroups and MS-DOS recognize drives D and E as valid drives, even though they do not actually exist. You can use the DRVOFF utility to prevent Windows from recognizing phantom drives. Contact Vertisoft to order a copy of the DRVOFF utility.

FASTOPEN (MS-DOS)

FASTOPEN is a RAM-resident utility. Problems involving the file allocation table (FAT) may occur if FASTOPEN is used together with disk-defragmenting utilities. In low-memory situations, you may need to remove FASTOPEN for Windows for Workgroups to run properly.

Flash Disk-Cache Utility (FLASH.EXE)

Do not use this disk-cache utility simultaneously with SMARTDrive. There is no reason to use two disk-cache utilities with Windows for Workgroups. It is recommended that you use SMARTDrive, provided with Windows for Workgroups, instead.

Graphics (MS-DOS)

Loading Graphics from MS-DOS Prompt within Windows can cause unexpected results when printing. The active MS-DOS Prompt will send its output to the printer. Switching between multiple MS-DOS Prompts may result in mixed printing jobs.