WfW upgrades
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For many months, I'd been running the Windows for Workgroups v3.1 that I bought
from Gateway. Then I installed Win32s from the Visual C 32-bit CD. Then I
heard about Windows v3.11 and downloaded it from the Exec PC BBS. I installed
that without a hitch. Then I tried to install the TCP/IP stack for Windows for
Workgroups. The installation instructions described a different set of dialogs
than I had on my system. The docs made it sound more like WinNT's dialogs,
with separate levels for more layering of network protocols, but I was able to
have the TCP/IP protocol appear in the list. I restarted, but never saw the
init and config dialogs described in the docs… so no TCP/IP.
I've sent in all the registration cards, but never received a formal offer from
Microsoft for WfW 3.11.
I'd like to get a real upgrade. My company does Win32s and WinNT development,
but we've never subscribed to the TechNet or MSDN CDs. We do have one or two
of these around the office. Someone told me that they contain upgrades to
Windows and WfW. Do they?
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>>I'd like to get a real upgrade. My company does Win32s and WinNT
development, but we've never subscribed to the TechNet or MSDN CDs. We do
have one or two of these around the office. Someone told me that they contain
upgrades to Windows and WfW. Do they?<<
Hi John,
You can obtain an upgrade through retail stores. It is called the Windows
for Workgroup Ver 3.11 Add-on. It is for customers that have Windows 3.1,
3.11 and WFW 3.1. The SRP is 69.95, but you should get a better deal at a
retail store. The MSDN Level II program does give you WFW 3.11, but it is
licensed for development purposes only. Not to be used in regular production
use. That is the restriction on all operating systems on the MSDN Level II
program.
Steve Hvidsten
Microsoft Developer Solutions Team
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1: Was WfW 3.11? ever distributed through non-networks like Compus4ererve?
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