14.4. Why shouldn't I run (this old Windows 3.1 program)?

   Avoid running these classes of Win 3.1 apps in Win95 for these
   reasons:
     * Communication (Tend to replace Win95 COMM.DRV and defeat TAPI)
     * Printing Systems (Waste of memory)
     * Virus checkers (Can misinterpret 32-bit components)
     * Disk utilities (Particularly undeleters and such that rely on real
       mode disk access)
     * Back up programs (No long filename support)

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