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Thiemo, The trick is to install Windows 3.11 in a separate directory. For example, if Win '95 is loaded in your C:\WINDOWS directory, install Win 3.11 in C:\WIN2. I set mine up to run Win '95 normally, but when I need to use my PAR with a Windows application, I click on the Win '95 "Start button", click on "Shut Down", then click "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode". This basically causes Win '95 to completely unload itself from memory leaving only DOS behind. Turning on the computer and pressing the F8 key and pressing option 6 will have the same effect. You can even start 3D Studio at this point without any problems. To start Win 3.11, you simply go into your other Windows directory using the DOS CD (change directory) command and type WIN. Depending on what software you are using to access the PAR, you may have to reinstall some of it in Win 3.11 mode so that the .ini files can be found by Windows. Before doing anything else however, try to see what's causing Windows 3.11 to not come up. Go into your current Windows directory and type setup, then make sure the video driver is set to VGA. Also, try using the WIN /? feature. It will give you a list of switches you can use to help you troubleshoot Windows 3.11 and get it up and running again. Until DPS comes up with a fix for WIN '95, getting the PAR to work with it is going to be a pain. Almost makes you want to go out and pick up a copy of NT. Hope this helps. Don