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Q84309: Summary of WRI Files Included with Windows 3.1 Resource Kit

Article: Q84309
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 09-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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This article contains a brief summary of the WRI files included with the Windows
Resource Kit for Windows operating system version 3.1. The files included are :

  31README.WRI
  3270.WRI
  COMMQA.WRI
  LAYOUTS.WRI
  MOUSEQA.WRI
  NETWORKS.WRI
  PRINTERS.WRI
  README.WRI
  SYSINI.WRI
  WININI.WRI
  T2HINTS.WRI
  VIDEOQA.WRI
  IPX.WRI

MORE INFORMATION
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31README.WRI
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Duplicate of Windows 3.1 README.WRI file

3270.WRI
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Describes some specific problems you might encounter when running non-Windows
3270-emulation applications with Windows version 3.1

COMMQA.WRI
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Common questions and answers about Windows 3.1 and serial communication

LAYOUTS.WRI
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Windows 3.1 disk layouts by file, in the following form:

   Filename  1.44Mb  1.2MB  720Kb  360Kb  Expanded Size  FileDescription

MOUSEQA.WRI
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Common questions and answers about using Windows 3.1 with a mouse

NETWORKS.WRI
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Duplicate of the Windows 3.1 NETWORKS.WRI file

PRINTERS.WRI
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Duplicate of the Windows 3.1 PRINTERS.WRI file

README.WRI
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The README.WRI covers the following topics:

- Adding third-party drivers to a shared copy of Windows

- Background on Stacks = 9,256

- Setting Up Windows over an asynchronous connection

- RAMDrive Suggestions

- Documentation Notes

- Utilities

- Windows 3.1 Disk Layouts

SYSINI.WRI
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Explanation of the format of the Windows 3.1 SYSTEM.INI file

This includes the SYSTEM.INI file and a complete listing of all entries in the
file. The SYSINI.WRI that is included with Windows 3.1 is only a partial
listing.

WININI.WRI
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Explanation of the format of the Windows 3.1 WIN.INI file

This includes the WIN.INI file and a complete listing of all entries in the file.
The WININI.WRI that is included with Windows 3.1 is only a partial listing.

T2HINTS.WRI
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TrueType hints

VIDEOQA.WRI
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Common questions and answers about Windows 3.1 and video support

IPX.WRI
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The Microsoft IPX Upgrade Utility (NEWIPX.EXE) is designed to help network
administrators who need to update the version of Novell NetWare on their client
workstations in order to run Windows 3.1.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 wrk

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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