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The following article contains information on the use of Windows for Workgroups with third-party products or configurations that have not been tested and are not supported by Microsoft. If the steps or procedures described in this article do not function properly, contact the manufacturer of the third-party product for more information or use a supported configuration. SYMPTOMSIf you use Windows for Workgroups and don't have a network card installed or if the network card and driver fail to initialize, you receive one of the following error messages: -or-
CAUSEThe error message appears because WORKGRP.SYS or the NDIS driver (.DOS) is unable to load in the CONFIG.SYS file. WORKAROUNDTo disable the error and allow Windows for Workgroups to function as a standalone installation of Windows 3.1, comment out the network.drv= entry in the SYSTEM.INI file (that is, place a semicolon in front of the network.drv= line). MORE INFORMATIONYou may occasionally need to use Windows for Workgroups without a network card (for example, card failure, card repair). By removing WFWNET.DRV from the network.drv= line in the [BOOT] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, the error message will no longer appear and Windows 3.1 functionality will remain. Change the following line in the [BOOT] section
-to-
then add the following line below it:
This change disables the Windows for Workgroups network driver from
loading.
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