Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable supports Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or later, Windows XP, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 contains Windows Installer 3.1 and therefore can't be installed or upgraded by this redistributable. Install Windows - Reinstall Windows - Repair Windows - Uninstall Windows - Upgrade Windows - Repair Enviroment Home Windows 10 Windows 8 Windows 7 Older Windows Windows 3.11, 3.1 and MSDOS installs and help. Glad it's up and running for you. If it's plain Windows rather than WFW (or 3.1 rather than 3.11 - I forget which made the difference), don't be tempted to try enabling 32 bit Disk Access on a drive over 512M, that doesn't work and can mess things up. Cimco edit v6.0 free download. It's basically Windows 3.1 with a few 'extras': 32-bit file access, TCP/IP compatibility (although it didn't actually come with TCP/IP; you had to install third-party protocol stacks and dialers), and so forth. There are still places that sell shrinkwrapped bundles of DOS 6.22 and WFW 3.11, so those disks aren't especially valuable.
Windows 3.x was the first to gain significant development and commercial traction. It combined the 8086, 286, and 386 modes of Windows 2 in to one package. It replaced the MSDOS Executive with a Program Manager and File Manager similar to those in OS/2 1.x. Much of its success was spurred by the availability and success of Microsoft Office. Although Microsoft would have had you believe otherwise, Windows 3.x was the direct foundation for Chicago/Windows 95.
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Windows for Workgroups 3.11 adds a 386-protected mode networking stack. It includes support for NetBUI and IPX protocols, numerous network cards, a client for accessing remote printers and files shares, and a print and file server. TCP/IP is available as a seperate add-on. The use of protected mode networking software frees up more of the conventional 640k for DOS programs, and simplifies configuration.
Windows 3.11a was a minor change released specifically to address a lawsuit over Stacker. Microsoft pulled compression functionality from a number of unrelated products including Windows for Workgroups, Excel, Powerpoint, Windows NT, Visual C++, and Fortran Powerstation.
The only difference between 3.11 for Workgoups and 3.11a for Workgroups is the REMOVAL of compression code in the Remote Access Server (RASMAC.38_ / RASMAC.386). More information can be found in Infoworld, March 7 1994.