Windows 3.0 / 3.1 3.0

DeFacto

A minor update released in October 1990.

jonirob

@user27394967

The Multimedia Edition is based on this version.

helloisthispizzahut

I installed windows 3.0 prerelease 0.1 but it wont work.

johnlennon364

@helloisthispizzahut It work on VirtualBox, try MS-DOS 4.01

helloisthispizzahut

@johnlennon364 it worked! thank you!

iheartfwm

good release. my dad used this version of Windows for his first days of Windows

i486QX

The initial release of Windows 3.0 on 360k floppy disks can be found here, courtesy of Anugrah Pratama Bahri.

MrCreeper

@jonirob
Can you give me a Config for PCem v17
Version: 5.25 Floppy Version (1.2MB)

Edit: Nvm, I Got it to work just by installing MS-DOS 5.0 With the config:
Machine: 386SX Amstrad MegaPC
CPU: Intel i386SX/25
RAM (MB): 4MB, FPU: 387
Graphics: VGA
Sound: SoundBlaster 1.0
Storage: 24MB HDD IDE Drive
Mouse: Microsoft 2-Button Mouse

JamesRules2018

Version 3.00.133 is incorrectly named. Its Windows 3.00 Build 33.

TaiMailes

two ".img" floopys of windows 3.0 build 33 are missing, If you go to archive.org where he published it, If you go to archive.org where he published it, you will see that there are only photos of these floopys but no img

win3_sdkdebugtools.img

and

win3_sdkincludedebugfiles.img

TaiMailes

I discovered that there are more SDK diskettes missing from Windows 3.0 build 33

Flowey98

I'm trying to install Windows 3.0 build 14 (0.1 Prerelease) on 86Box, can anyone help me out?

jonirob

@Flowey98
I have it running in 86Box v2
86Box settings:

Machine Ami 486 clone

Memory 8mb

Display EGA

Microsoft Serial Mouse

Hdd Sectors 17 Heads 2 Cylinders 612 10MB

Floppy A 3.5 720K

Floppy B 5.25 1200k

Then install MS-DOS 3.31 Compaq OEM, input the 1st floppy of Windows and type setup.bat C:\Windows and when asked, change to disk 2.

When it's finished installing you'll need to add DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS and FILES=40 to CONFIG.SYS.

Then reboot and at the C: prompt type cd c:\windowx (enter} then type win386 (enter). Done!

Flowey98

@jonirob
Mainly, I was struggling to install MS-DOS 3.31 Compaq OEM due to not knowing how to do it correctly since it's different than installing Microsoft MS-DOS 3.30.
As for the specs, here is what I'm using.

Machine: Compaq Deskpro 386 (May 1988)
Memory: 2MB
Display: IBM VGA
Mouse: Microsoft Serial Mouse
Hard Disk: 925 Cylinders, 7 Heads, 17 Sectors, 53MB
Floppy Drives: A = 3.5" 720K, B = 5.25" 1.2M

jonirob

@Flowey98

Just input MS-DOS 3.31 Compaq OEM disk 2 and run:

fdisk

format c:

sys c:

copy command.com c:

Flowey98

@jonirob
Sorry for the late reply, but I'm still having trouble with Windows 3.0 Build 14.

I managed to get it installed, but it gives me "Error: XMS version 2.0 or greater device driver not present" whenever I try to start the OS, how do I fix it?

jonirob

@Flowey98
Try it on a 486 machine with 8mb memory.

johnlennon364

Windows 3.00.014 Alpha Build has wallpaper support. However it isn't exposed within the UI, and no wallpaper files ship by default. It is possible to set a wallpaper by copying a .BMP file to the Windows folder, and then editing WIN.INI and adding a DeskTopBitmap parameter under the [windows] section that points to the file name of the wallpaper the user wishes to set.