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Name: Martyn.S
Date: August 14, 2003 at 06:39:14 Pacific
OS: WINDOWS 3.11 FOR WORKGROU
CPU/Ram: 486 CPU 4MB RAM
Comment:

Can anyone help me i have a laptop running windows 3.11 for workgroups but i cannot find out what in the computer (hardware) does anyone know a program or in windows somting to find this out.

Thanks

Martyn.S



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Name: funickk
Date: August 14, 2003 at 11:17:25 Pacific
Reply:

Your best bet, is to go to the laptop company home page, and try to retrieve drivers there. After that, you could try 1 of the 2 shareware program links on Lightspeeds site.

http://lightspeedref.web1000.com/main.html#Uninstallers/System

You could also see if you can find an FCC id on the hardware, track the company website for drivers there, if the hardware is discernable.

http://www.driverzone.com/fcc_id_search.htm

Good luck.


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Response Number 2
Name: j.w.dial
Date: August 15, 2003 at 01:35:13 Pacific
Reply:

The Aida program gives great hardware detail:

http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=16


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Response Number 3
Name: C_Legend
Date: August 15, 2003 at 13:23:17 Pacific
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Windows 3.1 has, I believe, something called Microsoft Diagnostics, or "msd", which you can run from Windows or from DOS. It should give you an idea of what hardware is in your system. Good luck.


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Response Number 4
Name: Martyn.S
Date: August 16, 2003 at 12:08:56 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks C_Legend
but it does not really give the info. do you know amy programs that will fit on a floppy? and will work on win 3.11

Thanks

Martyn.S


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Response Number 5
Name: C_Legend
Date: August 17, 2003 at 00:44:16 Pacific
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Sorry, but I know not of any other hardware indicator for WFW. You mention that this is a laptop. Why do you want to know the specific hardware inside of it? I have a 486 notebook that formerly ran WFW 3.11 (runs DOS and Linux now), but I didn't find myself needing the particulars of its insides. Are you just curious? Or, are you considering running Windows 95 on it? With only 4 Meg of RAM, I would recommend against that. Good luck.


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Response Number 6
Name: Martyn.S
Date: August 18, 2003 at 00:53:29 Pacific
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I an trying to find out the make and the specks of the things inside of it so my mum knows what she can do with it. i use this for school so as its coming to its last few days now she is going to try and make it easer to use eiter with 95 for somthing els

Thanks

Martyn.S


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Response Number 7
Name: dominicus
Date: August 28, 2003 at 01:41:11 Pacific
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Martyn, what you are looking for is called WinCheckIt by touchstone software.
OK, its a commercial program,but if you contact me i might be able to help....
it will tell you everything you ever wanted to know , and maybe a bit you didn't
Your welcome to post me...
dominicus.....


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486 vs. monochrome i have no sound



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