   
| Release date: | 1993 |
| Media size: | Nine 1440 KB 3.5 inch (HD) floppy disks |
| Installed size: | 8.7 MByte |
| Usability: | Good: icons for executable programs, program groups,
program switching, the first usable version of Windows. |
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Start of the Microsoft Windows 3.11 setup program,
running on a MS-DOS 6.2 operating system. The setup program first
scans for existing installations of Windows 3.11.
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Welcome screen with the possibility to abort the installation
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Choose between Express setup (recommended, using some defaults)
and manual installation.
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Specify installation path with some hints for the Administrator.
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Standard configuration (including graphic adapter, keyboard layout,
language support and others), may be changed by the user.
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Selection of alternative resolution modes (SVGA-support: 800*600
and 1024*768 pixels with 16 or 256 colours).
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Setup copies some basic files to the specified harddisk.
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Now Windows tries to start the graphic mode to complete the
setup.
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After switching to graphic mode, the setup program tries
to detect a network-card (yes, Windows 3.11 is the first Windows with
networking support, but no TCP/IP is included).
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Another step to less privacy: now the setup requires
personal and company name and a serial number.
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Select which tasks should be done during installation
(Windows-parts, printer installation and detect pre-installed programs).
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Select which parts of Windows 3.11 shall be installed (README-
files, Addons, Games, Screensavers, Wallpapers). Notice the space needed
on harddisk: about 5.8 MByte (3 Mbyte more than Windows 3.1).
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Now the setup copies the Windows files onto the harddisk.
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Printer setup is the same as in Windows 3.1 - with a huge list
of printers.
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A "Citizen Swift 24" needle printer has been installed
on LPT1:.
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Windows 3.11 tries to setup Windows for Workgroups (based on
the Microsoft networkprotocol NetBEUI or NetBIOS). This is not TCP/IP!
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For a network a network interface card (NIC) is required.
This list contains drivers for some well-known cards - support was only
available for ISA- and VESA LocalBus-systems.
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As there was no plug and play, ISA-cards have to be configured
manually by hand. Also Windows 3.11 needs to know about the used resources.
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NetBEUI specific configuration: name of the computer, name of
the user and the workgroup-name.
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The setup program copies the network program and drivers onto
harddisk.
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The installation is finished, some changes within AUTOEXEC.BAT
and CONFIG.SYS are neccessary. These may be done by setup program or manually.
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The setup installs program groups and program icons within these.
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Like Windows 3.1 was available to scan for installed DOS-programs
and to generate icons for these programs.
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And like Windows 3.1 the setup is not able to identify the MS-DOS
editor.
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All programs found may be in- or excluded for setup - as the
administrator likes...
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Now the installation finished and (well, so what did you expect?),
needed to be rebooted...
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Like Windows 3.1 the GUI does not start automaticly - the user
has to edit AUTOEXEC.BAT him-/herself.
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The startup logo from Windows for Workgroups (3.11).
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The main view of Windows 3.11 - no differences to Windows 3.1.
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Control Panel ("Systemsteuerung") with two more icons.
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Font management and examples.
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