KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q90211: Windows for Workgroups Fails If Installed on DoubleDisk

Article: Q90211
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1; :1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 06-NOV-1999

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 
- Microsoft Workgroup Connections, version 1.0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

If you attempt to use Windows for Workgroups or Workgroup Connections with
Vertisoft System's DoubleDisk disk compression program, you receive bad or
missing file error messages when you restart the computer after installation.

CAUSE
=====

Windows for Workgroups and Workgroup Connections are not compatible with the
DoubleDisk versions 1.x and 2.x.

WORKAROUND
==========

There is no workaround at this time. You must install Windows for Workgroups on
an uncompressed drive.

The DoubleDisk product included here is manufactured by Vertisoft Systems, Inc.,
a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.10 wc 3rdparty

======================================================================
Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWFWSearch kbWFW310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1; :1.0

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.