Windows 3.x/3.1.43d: Difference between revisions

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This is a pre-release version of Microsoft Windows 3.1 that was shipped to testers in August 1991 as an early test of the Beta 2 code.

A screenshot of this pre-release version can be seen here. Notice that the Windows logo in the "About Windows" dialog box has changed since Beta 1:

According to a series of e-mails at Microsoft from August 26th, 1991, aside from other things mentioned such as possible MS-DOS upgrade options, the same document discusses problems with general protection faults under a debug compile of this build when disconnecting DDEML.

It is also mentioned that there is a problem with Arial founts in Microsoft Windows 3.1 Beta 2 using the IBM 4019 postscript driver.

To test, the user would first need to run Microsoft Word for Windows (WINWORD.EXE), then switch the font to Arial, and then type in a sentence (such as "this is a tab"). In this case, tabs will appear on the same line, rendering documents formatted with the Arial font unusable. PX05353

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-This build is mentioned in Microsoft antitrust document [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05353.pdf PX05353] from August 1991.
+This is a pre-release version of Microsoft Windows 3.1 that was shipped to testers in August 1991 as an early test of the Beta 2 code.
-Aside from other things like possible MS-DOS upgrade options, the document discusses a general protection fault under a debug compile of this build when disconnecting DDEML. Later on, it is revealed that this build is Beta 2 candidate.
+A screenshot of this pre-release version can be seen here. Notice that the Windows logo in the "About Windows" dialog box has changed since Beta 1:
+[[File:1322187493 or 10141.png|thumb]]
+According to a series of e-mails at Microsoft from August 26th, 1991, aside from other things mentioned such as possible MS-DOS upgrade options, the same document discusses problems with general protection faults under a debug compile of this build when disconnecting DDEML.
+It is also mentioned that there is a problem with Arial founts in Microsoft Windows 3.1 Beta 2 using the IBM 4019 postscript driver.
+To test, the user would first need to run Microsoft Word for Windows (WINWORD.EXE), then switch the font to Arial, and then type in a sentence (such as "this is a tab"). In this case, tabs will appear on the same line, rendering documents formatted with the Arial font unusable.
+[http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05353.pdf PX05353]