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Windows 3.11 on Virtual PC

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Windows 3.11 on Virtual PC

26 Oct 2004 5:34 AM
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The next operating system to look at under Virtual PC is the pinnacle of 16bit Windows - Windows 3.11.  Windows 3.11 installs with no problems under Virtual PC - however to get the best experience under Windows 3.11 you should configure the following settings:

1) Install the Creative Labs Sound Blaster 1.0 driver

2) Install the S3 Video Driver for Windows 3.11

This can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.nsysu.edu.tw/Hardware/vendor/S3/764drv/w3117004.zip and can be installed by running 'setup' in the Windows directory.

Windows 3.11 was the first version of Windows to ship with MineSweeper (as shown below).  It was also the first version of Windows to support networking (I am planning to do a separate post on how to setup networking - as it gets complex :-)).

Windows 3.11 running under Virtual PC    Windows 3.11 running under Virtual PC    Windows 3.11 running under Virtual PC

Cheers,
Ben

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  • x-com
    26 Oct 2004 2:52 AM
    for anyonw, who can't wait till the post abot setting up network, you can get the nic driver from here
    http://developer.intel.com/design/network/drivers/nd2_300.htm

    TCP/IP stack
    http://download.microsoft.com/download/wfw311/Update/3.11b/WFW/EN-US/tcp32b.exe

    IE5
    http://win3x.tucows.com/preview/4842.html

    it's a great feeling browsing the internet from 3.11 ;-)
  • Harry
    26 Oct 2004 4:23 AM
    Can you tell me where I can get Win 3.11? Thanks.
  • Smeghead
    26 Oct 2004 5:54 AM
    why not go all out and run Windows 1.0
  • anonymous
    26 Oct 2004 10:16 AM
    Didn't Windows 3.1 also include minesweeper?
  • Virtual PC Guy
    26 Oct 2004 10:53 AM
    Thanks x-com,

    You just saved me the time of hunting these links down for my next Windows post :-)

    Harry -

    I do not beleive that there is any way to buy Windows 3.11 from Microsoft today (bummer I know) - so your only option is eBay / Second hand software shops.

    Anonymous -

    Yes - Windows 3.1 did include Minesweeper - but I tend think of Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11 as largely the same product - as the only major difference between the two is that 3.11 included support for networking.

    Cheers,
    Ben
  • SP
    26 Oct 2004 12:46 PM
    What about Win 1.0? Where can I acquire it? I would not beleve it would be available anywhere outside of Microsoft.
  • Albion
    9 Nov 2004 4:35 PM
    Why not run Windows 1.0? Because, along with Win9x/XP it will not run the 16bit CAM app my company requires.
  • Toby
    7 Jul 2010 8:56 AM

    Thanks! Now I have all of the stuff, I can now access the Web on VPC07 SP1 w/Win3.11!

  • Chuck B
    2 Aug 2011 8:06 AM

    Is there something wrong with the links on this page?  I can't see any of the graphics and there is no information on how to go about virtualization of windows 3.11.

    cbruno4503@hotmail.com

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