Windows 3.1x: Difference between revisions

Windows 3.1x
Developer	Microsoft
Source model	Proprietary
Initial release	Windows 3.1; (6 April 1992)
Latest release	Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ; (8 November 1993)
Supported platforms	16-bit x86 (PC/AT, PC-98, FM TOWNS)
Kernel type	Monolithic
Preceded by	Windows 3.0
Succeeded by	Windows 95

Revision as of 19:11, 27 November 2023

All about windows 3.1

Windows 3.1x is a series of Microsoft Windows versions following Windows 3.0 initially released on 6 April 1992. It added TrueType support and included multimedia components installed by default. System stability was greatly increased compared to Windows 3.0, while the user interface was refined and improved. It was succeeded by Windows 95 released in 1995.

How to use windows 3.1

How to run setup

first put Disk 1 in drive A then exit windows type setup and now your running setup

First choose express setup or custom

Express setup

Put the path in

Put disk 1 in

Put disk 2 in

Put disk 3 in

Put your name and company in

Put disk 4 in

Put disk 5 in

Put disk 6 in

Installing printers

Chose a printer

Chose a LPT or COM port

Put the disk in

Put your name and company in

Custom setup

Put the path in

Put disk 1 in

Put disk 2 in

Put disk 3 in

put your name and company in

Chose if you want to setup applications set up a printer or windows components

Windows components

Chose what you want to install like read me files accessories games wallpapers and screensaver

Put disk 4 in

Put disk 5 in

put disk 6 in

Put disk 7 in

Chose if you want to modify config.sys and autoexec.bat

Installing printers

Chose a printer

Chose a LPT or COM port

Put the disk in

Setup applications it can either chose the path or the C\:

Reboot or go back to MS-DOS

Windows

File manager

1.Files that don’t open

Hlp files mostly wont open

And grp files

Menu

The menu is to help you like finding something and renaming things

History

Windows 3.1 was originally released in April 1992, and is an incremental update over Windows 3.0. It features minor improvements to the user interface, such as a new set of icons. Support for TrueType fonts, which previously had to be added by installing the Adobe Type Manager, is now available out-of-the-box. Windows 3.1 also includes the multimedia functionality introduced in Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions, which was only available via OEMs with a new computer.

Aside from the standalone version, Microsoft also released a combined bundle of MS-DOS 5 and Windows 3.1 codenamed Janus,^[1] which included minor updates to MS-DOS and Windows installers to create a seamless setup experience. The bundle was eventually updated to include MS-DOS 6 and later MS-DOS 6.2; the updated version was codenamed Jastro – a portmanteau of Janus and Astro, the codename of MS-DOS 6.^[2]

Several other special versions based on Windows 3.1 have also been released:

Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 (1992), which is optimized for use on a touch screen with a stylus;
Modular Windows (1992, codenamed Haiku), an embedded version used for the Tandy Video Information System and the minimal Windows environment used by Windows 9x setup;
Windows 3.2 (1994), an updated version of Windows 3.1 released only in the Chinese market.

In October 1992, Microsoft released Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (codenamed Sparta or Winball), an updated version of Windows 3.1 that includes a built-in network client. Although networking is already supported by the base version of Windows 3.1, it doesn't actually include any network drivers or client software and requires those to be installed separately in MS-DOS. The box for Windows for Workgroups 3.1 also includes a 10BASE2 network adapter, which greatly impacted the sales of this version as the 10BASE2 standard soon became obsolete.^[3]

An updated version, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (codenamed Snowball) was released in November 1993, which includes 32-bit network drivers as opposed to 16-bit MS-DOS-based ones in the previous version. It also includes other improvements, some of them backported from Windows 95 such as 32-bit file access. This version drops support for the Standard mode, effectively requiring a i386 or better processor.

An update for the base version of Windows 3.1 that updated some components to version 3.11 was also released, although it doesn't include any of the new features and even still supports Standard mode.

Microsoft ended support for all of the Windows 3.1x series on 31 December 2001, except the embedded version, which continued until 2008.^[4]

According to Microsoft, the following are the recommended system requirements for Windows 3.1x, including Modular Windows.^[5] Windows 3.1 drops support for the 8088 real mode, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 drops support for the 286 Standard mode. This table takes account retail versions; OEM versions will vary depending on the hardware that it was intended to be installed on.

Recommended system requirements
Name	CPU	RAM	Storage	Video adapter	MS-DOS version
Windows 3.1	80286 processor	1 MB	One hard disk with 6 MB of hard disk space	Hercules, CGA, EGA, or VGA	MS-DOS 3.10 and above
Windows for Workgroups 3.1	80286 processor	3 MB	One hard disk with 8 MB of hard disk space		MS-DOS 3.30 and above
Windows for Workgroups 3.11	80386 processor	3 MB	One hard disk with 8 MB of hard disk space		MS-DOS 3.30 and above
Modular Windows	80386 processor	4 MB	One hard disk with 20 MB of hard disk space		MS-DOS 3.22 and above

Easter egg

From top: Bill Gates, Brad Silverberg, Steve Ballmer, team mascot (teddy bear)

Much like previous versions, Windows 3.1x features an Easter egg that shows a list of people involved with the project. The Easter egg can be triggered by repeatedly opening the About box of any application included with Windows, double clicking the logo in the top left corner while holding Ctrl+Alt+⇧ Shift and then clicking the OK button. Upon reopening the About box and double clicking the logo for the second time, the product and system information is replaced with an animated Windows flag and a message reading "Dedicated to all the hard-working people of the Microsoft Windows 3.10 Team!".

Repeating the procedure for the third time results in the same area being replaced by a gray box showing an illustration of a person in a yellow suit presenting scrolling credits with the team members' e-mail aliases. The person's head changes randomly for each invocation between drawings of Bill Gates, Brad Silverberg, Steve Ballmer, and a bear; the last of which is a reference to the team's mascot. After closing the window, it is required to perform the steps above to trigger the Easter egg again.

Animated flag with message

List of known builds

Build list legend

Available build

Confirmed build

Unconfirmed build

Fake build

Existing page
Non-existent page

Windows 3.1

Windows 3.11

RTM

3.11.002

3.11.050

Windows 3.2

Beta

3.20.153 (Red China)

RTM

3.20.153

Windows for Workgroups 3.1

Beta

Beta 1

3.10.014e

3.10.023

3.10.024

Final Beta

3.10.027

RTM

3.10.102

Windows for Workgroups 3.11

Beta

3.11.026

3.11.048

3.11.070

Release Candidate 1

3.11.100

Release Candidate

3.11.300 RC (1993-10-13)

3.11.300 RC (1993-10-21)

RTM

3.11.050

3.11.300

Notes 📝

↑ In Standard mode. Certain components run in 32-bit mode when using the 386 Enhanced mode.

References

↑ http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/TP011907.txt
↑ http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/assets/attachments/2_6_07_Schulman_Deposition.pdf
↑ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190625-00/?p=102616
↑ Fiveash, Kelly. Microsoft retires Windows 3.11 on 18th birthday, The Register. 5 November 2008.
↑ Windows Version History, Microsoft Support. 19 July 2005. Archived from the original on 7 November 2006.

[1] In Standard mode. Certain components run in 32-bit mode when using the 386 Enhanced mode.

[2] ttp://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/TP011907.txt

[3] ttp://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/assets/attachments/2_6_07_Schulman_Deposition.pdf

[4] ttps://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190625-00/?p=102616

[5] Fiveash, Kelly. Microsoft retires Windows 3.11 on 18th birthday, The Register. 5 November 2008.

[6] Windows Version History, Microsoft Support. 19 July 2005. Archived from the original on 7 November 2006.

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+'''All about windows 3.1''' {{infobox operating system
 |title = Windows 3.1x
 |logo = Windows logo - 1992.svg
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 '''Windows 3.1x''' is a series of [[Microsoft Windows]] versions following [[Windows 3.0]] initially released on 6 April 1992. It added TrueType support and included multimedia components installed by default. System stability was greatly increased compared to Windows 3.0, while the user interface was refined and improved. It was succeeded by [[Windows 95]] released in 1995.
-{{TOC|limit=3|clear=left}}
+{{TOC|limit=3|clear=left}}'''<big>How to use windows 3.1</big>'''
-== History ==
+How to run setup
+first put Disk 1 in drive A then exit windows type setup and now your running setup
+First choose express setup or custom
+Express setup
+Put the path in
+Put disk 1 in
+Put disk 2 in
+Put disk 3 in
+Put your name and company in
+Put disk 4 in
+Put disk 5 in
+Put disk 6 in
+Installing printers
+Chose a printer
+Chose a LPT or COM port
+Put the disk in
+Put your name and company in
+Custom setup
+Put the path in
+Put disk 1 in
+Put disk 2 in
+Put disk 3 in
+put your name and company in
+Chose if you want to setup applications set up a printer or windows components
+Windows components
+Chose what you want to install like read me files accessories games wallpapers and screensaver
+Put disk 4 in
+Put disk 5 in
+put disk 6 in
+Put disk 7 in
+Chose if you want to modify config.sys and autoexec.bat
+Installing printers
+Chose a printer
+Chose a LPT or COM port
+Put the disk in
+Setup applications it can either chose the path or the C\:
+Reboot or go back to MS-DOS
+Windows
+File manager
+.Files that don’t open
+Hlp files mostly wont open
+And grp files
+#Menu
+The menu is to help you like finding something and renaming things
+==History==
 Windows 3.1 was originally released in April 1992, and is an incremental update over [[Windows 3.0]]. It features minor improvements to the user interface, such as a new set of icons. Support for TrueType fonts, which previously had to be added by installing the Adobe Type Manager, is now available out-of-the-box. Windows 3.1 also includes the multimedia functionality introduced in Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions, which was only available via OEMs with a new computer.
@@ Line 26: / Line 114: @@
 Several other special versions based on Windows 3.1 have also been released:
-* [[Windows for Pen Computing 1.0]] (1992), which is optimized for use on a touch screen with a stylus;
+*[[Windows for Pen Computing 1.0]] (1992), which is optimized for use on a touch screen with a stylus;
-* [[Modular Windows]] (1992, codenamed ''Haiku''), an embedded version used for the [[w:Tandy Video Information System|Tandy Video Information System]] and the minimal Windows environment used by [[Windows 9x]] setup;
+*[[Modular Windows]] (1992, codenamed ''Haiku''), an embedded version used for the [[w:Tandy Video Information System|Tandy Video Information System]] and the minimal Windows environment used by [[Windows 9x]] setup;
-* [[Windows 3.2]] (1994), an updated version of Windows 3.1 released only in the Chinese market.
+*[[Windows 3.2]] (1994), an updated version of Windows 3.1 released only in the Chinese market.
 In October 1992, Microsoft released Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (codenamed ''Sparta'' or ''Winball''), an updated version of Windows 3.1 that includes a built-in network client. Although networking is already supported by the base version of Windows 3.1, it doesn't actually include any network drivers or client software and requires those to be installed separately in [[MS-DOS]]. The box for Windows for Workgroups 3.1 also includes a [[w:10BASE2|10BASE2]] network adapter, which greatly impacted the sales of this version as the 10BASE2 standard soon became obsolete.<ref>https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190625-00/?p=102616</ref>
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 Microsoft ended support for all of the Windows 3.1x series on 31 December 2001, except the embedded version, which continued until 2008.<ref>Fiveash, Kelly. [https://www.theregister.com/2008/11/05/microsoft_retires_windows_3_1_1/ Microsoft retires Windows 3.11 on 18th birthday], ''The Register''. 5 November 2008.</ref>
-== System requirements==
 According to Microsoft, the following are the recommended system requirements for Windows 3.1x, including [[Modular Windows]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061107143753/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/32905 Windows Version History], ''Microsoft Support''. 19 July 2005. Archived from the [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/32905 original] on 7 November 2006.</ref> Windows 3.1 drops support for the 8088 real mode, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 drops support for the 286 Standard mode. This table takes account retail versions; OEM versions will vary depending on the hardware that it was intended to be installed on.
 {| class="wikitable"
 |+Recommended system requirements
 |-
-! Name
+!Name
-! CPU
+!CPU
 !RAM
 !Storage
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 |[[Windows 3.1 build 103|Windows 3.1]]
 | rowspan="2" |80286 processor
 |1 MB
 |One hard disk with 6 MB of hard disk space
 | rowspan="4" |Hercules, CGA, EGA, or VGA
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 |-
 |[[Windows for Workgroups 3.1 build 102|Windows for Workgroups 3.1]]
-| rowspan="2" |3 MB
+| rowspan="2" | 3 MB
 | rowspan="2" |One hard disk with 8 MB of hard disk space
 | rowspan="2" |[[MS-DOS 3.30]] and above
 |-
 |[[Windows for Workgroups 3.11 build 300|Windows for Workgroups 3.11]]
 | rowspan="2" |80386 processor
 |-
-| [[Modular Windows]]
+|[[Modular Windows]]
 |4 MB
 |One hard disk with 20 MB of hard disk space
-| [[MS-DOS 3|MS-DOS 3.22]] and above
+|[[MS-DOS 3|MS-DOS 3.22]] and above
 |}
-==Easter egg==
+== Easter egg==
 [[File:Windows3.1-EasterEgg-CreditsCast.png|thumb|From top: Bill Gates, Brad Silverberg, Steve Ballmer, team mascot (teddy bear)]]
 Much like previous versions, Windows 3.1x features an Easter egg that shows a list of people involved with the project. The Easter egg can be triggered by repeatedly opening the About box of any application included with Windows, double clicking the logo in the top left corner while holding {{key press|Ctrl|Alt|⇧ Shift}} and then clicking the OK button. Upon reopening the About box and double clicking the logo for the second time, the product and system information is replaced with an animated Windows flag and a message reading "Dedicated to all the hard-working people of the Microsoft Windows 3.10 Team!".
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 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows 3.1 build 103|3.10.103}}
-====International RTM ====
+====International RTM====
 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows 3.1 build 104|3.10.104}}
 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows 3.1 build 127|3.10.127}}
-====East Asian Beta ====
+====East Asian Beta====
 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows 3.1 build 141|3.10.141}}
 {{BLItem Confirmed|Windows 3.1 build 152|3.10.152}}
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 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows 3.11 build 002|3.11.002}}
 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows 3.11 build 050|3.11.050}}
-===Windows 3.2 ===
+===Windows 3.2===
 ====Beta====
 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows 3.2 build 153 (Red China)|3.20.153 (Red China)}}
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 ===Windows for Workgroups 3.1===
-====Beta ====
+====Beta====
 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows for Workgroups 3.1 Beta 1|Beta 1}}
 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows for Workgroups 3.1 build 014e|3.10.014e}}
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 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows for Workgroups 3.11 build 100|3.11.100}}
-====Release Candidate ====
+====Release Candidate====
 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows for Workgroups 3.11 build 300 RC (1993-10-13)|3.11.300 RC (1993-10-13)}}
 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows for Workgroups 3.11 build 300 RC (1993-10-21)|3.11.300 RC (1993-10-21)}}
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 {{BLItem Leaked|Windows for Workgroups 3.11 build 300|3.11.300}}
-==Notes==
+==Notes 📝 ==
 {{notelist}}

Windows 3.1x: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:11, 27 November 2023

History

Easter egg

List of known builds

Windows 3.1

Beta 1

Beta 2

Incremental Beta Release

Final Beta Release

Release Candidate

Pre-RTM

RTM

International RTM

East Asian Beta

East Asian RTM

Windows 3.11

RTM

Windows 3.2

Beta

RTM

Windows for Workgroups 3.1

Beta

Final Beta

RTM

Windows for Workgroups 3.11

Beta

Release Candidate 1

Release Candidate

RTM

Notes 📝

References

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