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'''Windows 3.1 build 43d''' is a pre-release build of [[Windows 3.x|Windows 3.1]], that was shipped to testers in August 1991 as an early test of the Beta 2 code.
'''Windows 3.1 build 43d''' is a pre-release build of [[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.
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.
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== References ==
== References ==
[http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05353.pdf PX05353]
[http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05353.pdf PX05353]
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Latest revision as of 10:47, 2 October 2021

Windows 3.1 build 43d is a pre-release build of 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.

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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.

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PX05353