Windows 3.1 RC3d

3.1 RC3d
Build of Windows 3.1
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Release nameRelease Candidate 3
OS family16-bit Windows
Version number3.1
Build revisiond
Architecturex86 16-bit

Windows 3.1 RC3d is mentioned in an internal Microsoft document from February 1992.[1] It is part of the Release Candidate stage and, like other RC builds, is not referred to by its actual build number in all places except one - on page 7 of the document calling it build 103d - being called "RC3d" everywhere else.

According to the document, several third-party applications were tested on this build. Additionally, the following issues with this build were observed:

 DDEML - BUG# 15245, Execute Strings not Freed
              15298, PASTE LINK: From Q+E UAEs everytime
 GDI.EXE - Bug# 10343 - font substitution bug
           TT memory fragmentation bug
           sidebearing bug in rasteriser
           Bug# 15335, ATM 2.0 messes up rotated T2 when printing to HP LJ
           SetBoundsRect GP-Faults
           KenBy's Debug GDI fixes
*PSCRIPT.DRV - Bug# 14946, HP LJ III5i driver does not correctly change bins
*SETUP.INF, WIN.SRC, USER.EXE - Bug# 14810, JustWrite problem under RC1
 XLAT850.BIN - Bug# 15255, AnsiToOem mapping bug
*PROPRN24.DRV and OKI24.DRV - Bug# 14904, Problem with ProPrinter in draft mode
 SPC2.DRV - Bug# 15200, Epson LQ-570: Enevlope printing from bin 1 broken

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