Microsoft KB Archive/84753

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Manually Installing the CGA Display Driver

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Q84753

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
The CGA display driver can be installed using the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1 maintenance mode of Setup from inside Windows or from MS-DOS.

Also, the Windows 3.0 CGA display driver can be manually installed into Windows 3.1.

MORE INFORMATION
Windows version 3.1 does not ship a CGA display driver.

If a Windows 3.0 system was using the CGA driver, during an upgrade the Windows 3.1 Setup program will preserve the display driver.

The CGA driver can be installed using the maintenance mode of Setup from inside Windows or from MS-DOS. The Windows 3.0 CGA display driver can also be manually installed.

Manually Installing the Windows 3.0 CGA Driver
To manually change the display driver to CGA, the following Windows 3.0 files must be in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory:

  CGA40WOA  FON      6704  10-31-90   3:00a CGA80WOA FON      4672  10-31-90   3:00a CGA      DRV      45680 10-31-90   3:00a CGASYS   FON      4368  10-31-90   3:00a CGAOEM   FON      4576  10-31-90   3:00a CGAFIX   FON      4208  10-31-90   3:00a CGA      GR2      2104  10-31-90   3:00a CGA      GR3      9728  10-31-90   3:00a VDDCGA   386      15131 10-31-90   3:00a After obtaining these files, make a backup copy of the SYSTEM.INI file contained in the Windows directory.

Make the following changes to the SYSTEM.INI file:

  [boot] display.drv=cga.drv 286grabber=cga.gr2 386grabber=cga.gr3 fixedfon.fon=cgafix.fon oemfonts.fon=cgaoem.fon fonts.fon=cgasys.fon

[boot.description] display.drv=CGA

[386Enh] CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON display=vddcga.386 Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 CGA.EXE

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin310 kbWin311