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Top Document: Win95 FAQ Part 14 of 14: Misc Previous Document: 14.1. Why did Microsoft change Windows so much? Next Document: 14.3. How come (this old Win 3.1 driver) works? I thought it wasn't supposed to work! See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge It probably replaced some core Win95 system file, then Win95 replaced its version back. This happens with communication programs that replace COMM.DRV with their own. Win 3.1 video drivers tend to hack USER.EXE and GDI.EXE these days, to provide virtual desktops and such nonsense. Printer drivers often have their own versions of UNIDRV.DLL or whatever. Ask the maker of the hardware if they tested their Win 3.1 driver with Win95. If not, they probably have a Win95 driver for you. If no Win95 driver, do yourself a favor and dump the hardware for a Win95 compatible equivalent. Net card drivers for Windows for Workgroups won't work for sure, which is too bad, because those things got decent performance. User Contributions:Top Document: Win95 FAQ Part 14 of 14: Misc Previous Document: 14.1. Why did Microsoft change Windows so much? Next Document: 14.3. How come (this old Win 3.1 driver) works? I thought it wasn't supposed to work! Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Part7 - Part8 - Part9 - Part10 - Part11 - Part12 - Part13 - Part14 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: gordonf@intouch.bc.ca
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