I would not use the Microsoft Generic 256 Driver with any laptop. Go to the Toshiba Support Pages @ http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp Found address on Google for you! Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...

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And that is exactly what I "said" the first time, but we STILL don't know what model "my laptop" is, so we "could" help find the drivers. PLEASE POST YOUR COMPUTER brand name, model

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He has stated a new post @ (Again) http://www.computing.net/windows31/wwwboard/forum/11342.html For his Toshiba CS 100 with 16 megs Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...

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I notice that above post has been removed! Have you tried: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp for the correct driver yet? Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...

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i still havnt fixed it but thax for all your help :)

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Mat - Stick with the one post... I for for am fed up repeating the same advice. Your laptop my well be able to do things in Win95 that it was never designed to do Win 3.11 Your last stated model was Toshiba CS 100 This does not make any sense. WHAT IS THE MODAL NAME? i.e. Libretto - 100CT Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...

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Yes, mat - try and work with us. In case you hadn't noticed, this is a fairly slow moving board, and it's safe to assume nearly all of the 'regulars' here are familiar with your question. To make the best use of this forum you need to respond meaningfully to requests for further information - if you can't do that, may as well stop right now. We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

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I'll admit I get cranky. PLEASE ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS, as to model, brand---------I posted the link to the 3.x Comcrap drivers that you so graciously had removed. I'm not gonna bother to take my time, and look it up again. Remember this: None of us get paid for screwin with this. Most of us do it because every once in awhile WE actually learn something.

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ok listen up ITS A TOSHIBA PENT 100 WITH 16 MEGS OF RAM THATS ALL I KNOW BECAUSE I JUST BOUGHT IT LAST WEEK! IM NOT AS SMART AS YOU PPL! I DIDNT KNOW I SHOULD STICK WITH ONE POST I DONT KNOW WHO KEEPS REMOVING MY NEW POSTS! THIS IS THE FIRST FORUM I HAVE EVER BEEN TO! I HAVE SUMMERSCOOL DURING THE DAY AND AFTER 8 I AM AT MY DADS WITH NO COMPUTER EXEPT THAT LAPTOP WHICH I AM HOPING TO GET ON THE INTERNET! BUT I CANT DO THAT IF MY DISPLAY DOESNT WORK! IM SORRY FOR NOT REPLIE ING! IM 14 YEARS OLD!

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OK, No need to shout (Typing in CAPS) After a bit of digging I think you have a Satellite 100CS If so this is the specfic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1x Download the file and extract onto a clean formated floopy disk - Please view the text file before you proceed. And do please come back and say if it worked (On this post) NOTES Title: Toshiba Windows 3.1x advanced display drivers C&T 65548 VL Version: Size: 1,115,962 bytes Posted: 05/01/98 Released Date: 09/15/95 Operating System: Windows 3.x Description: Toshiba Windows 3.1x advanced display drivers C&T 65548 VL display adapter. Self-extracting diskette image requires formatted 1.44MB diskette. Run CT48W31 A: to create installation diskette. See README file on diskette for installation instructions. Package: Self-extracting Zip file. Copy into empty directory and run. See README file for instructions. Applicable Models: Portege 620CT Satellite 100CS, 105CS, 110CS, 110CT, 115CS Satellite Pro 410CDT, 410CS, 415CS Download Location http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/ct48w31.exe Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...

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Holy Toledo - calmly now, ok? I hope that helps. One more 'setback' and I fear someone's head will start spinning 'round. We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

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that display driver is not working for some reason.... i downloaded it into an empty folder then i double clicked it.. it just flashed a dos screen.. then i tried running it.. it said that file doesnt exist. then i figured maybe it wasnt self extracting and i copied it onto the disk directly and it didnt work on the laptop.. i dont know why it isnt extracting it doesnt even show up as a zip file. i tried downloading it like 6 times and it never worked. maybe its cuz this

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"it just flashed a dos screen" Just to see what the problem was, I d/l'd the file and executed it - this information was presented onscreen Disk eXPress Self-Extracting Diskette Image (OS/2 and DOS) V2.34 07/08/94 (c) Copyright 1991-94 Albert J. Shan. All Rights Reserved. SHAREWARE VERSION Usage: CT48W31 [/d] [/s] [/t] [drive:] /d Display image description /s Suppress overwrite prompt /t Test image file integrity only drive Drive letter of the target diskette drive Note: The target diskette must be formatted and must not have any bad sectors. These are instructions on how to use the file - I will interpret: Open a DOS window on your computer in the folder the file resides in. Place a floppy (blank or otherwise) in the a: drive and enter ct48w31 a: The file will create a driver diskette for you - you will be prompted: +------ Diskette Image Description ------+ Toshiba Win 3.x Advanced Display Drivers Disk 1 of 1 For Satellite Pro 410CS, 410CDT, 415CS REQUIRES FORMATTED 1.44MB DISKETTE --------------+ 1.44M diskette image (Disk eXPress type 2) Diskette in drive A: is about to be overwritten with new information. Do you wish to continue? (y/N): (enter y) Eventually you will have a driver disk - what you are interested in is this folder on a: [WINDOWS] MSDETSTF.DLL SETUP.EXE WSET545.INF SET5K545.SCP I would think that you can run that setup.exe from Win31 to install your high res drivers. Instructions are meant to be read (RTFM) - also keep in mind that "it didn't work" or "it never worked" is not very useful to those trying to solve your problem. Hope that helps you We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

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Actually, having had another look at the disk, there is a WINSETUP.exe in the root directory of A: - that may be your best bet. We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

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i tried doing that. at the prompt i typed ct48w31 a: then it said "ct48w31" is not recognised as an internal of external command, operable program or batch file maybe im doing something wrong?

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Maybe you are. You need to be 'in' the folder that the file resides in to execute it (well, more or less) Ok - are you running this from an XP machine? - that's a bit of an odd message for DOS/Win9x. If you're still encountering difficulty, put the file on a floppy that works in DOS - then copy the file to a folder on the laptop's hard drive. Then, from DOS, go to that folder and execute the file as demonstrated to create the driver disk. We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

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i got the file to extract on the disk but now i have a new problem.. for some reason when i go into windows now everytime i double click on something i just get the properties.. it never displays the actual program just the properties.. and when i boot into dos it displas random charachters like E^H^I^3^ OR or somethin like that damn this sucks

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ok i was able to run the driver setup program. i does not work. i installed the driver onto my hard drive and there isnt even a driver in there! for some reason the setup file is older than the laptop. there is another setup file on the disk but it says i dont have enough ram to run it! i dont know why this doesnt work but it doesnt. nothing ever works for me. i dont think god wants me to have a working computer that i own.

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Personally, I'm not such a fatalist - it's far too easy to give up and say "well, it just wasn't meant to be" Balls I doubt very much if God or any other deity is concerned over your laptop. If I had to guess, I would say it's your unfamiliarity (and perhaps impatience) with the older software, Operating Systems and computers. Ok - I gather your previous problem with incomprehensible characters and (somehow) getting a properties menu to display in Win31 - that's all fixed now? You were able to successfully run the original file and create the driver disk, despite your initial wrong turns? So, now you have the driver diskette and you are running which setup program - and from what, Win31 or a 'real' DOS prompt? You may recall my previous admonition concerning "it doesn't work" as a completely inadequate description. You're doing it again. You have to relate exactly what you are doing if anyone has any hope of following along in order to understand the situation and perhaps advise you. Step by step, these things can usually be resolved. "i installed the driver onto my hard drive and there isnt even a driver in there" Ok - you need to explain that too - how setup doesn't work, but you installed the driver. Maybe it's just the terminology? We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

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The README.TXT file seems to be missing from this diskette! Found the following at Toshiba which may help. SETUP needs to be run from DOS 1. Extract files onto 3.5" 1.44MB Diskette. 2. From a DOS prompt (not within Windows, must exit Windows completely), change into A: and run "SETUP". To do this at the prompt type A: and hit enter and the type SETUP and hit enter. 3. Press any key to continue. 4. Hit for "Windows Version 3.1 (655XX accelerated drivers)". 5. Hit for "All Resolutions" so that it read "selected". 6. Hit to start installation. 7. After it is done, hit to exit to DOS. 8. Change into C:\WINDOWS directory by typing CD\WINDOWS and hit enter. Run "SETUP" again by typing SETUP and hit enter. 9. Move up to DISPLAY and select the proper resolution and color palette for your specific model. 10. Type WIN to re-enter Windows. Hope this is of help. Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...

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P.S. I went as far as Step 5 under WinXP Command Prompt. But did not dare go any further! So DOS Setup works that far! Mick C Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...

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Yes - I'd noticed the absence of the readme text too. Having a (non bootable) driver disk in the form of a disk image is an unecessary complication, but not an insurmountable one. It's just hard to know what young mat is doing - I appreciate his frustration, but a little patience and cooperation will go a long way - as well as a positive attitude. Here's hoping : ) We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

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i finally understand those directions... but thats not the problem rite now my laptop has become useless when i boot into dos my laptop just automatically starts typing e^d^e^d^ and so on if i press f3 then it turns off for a few seconds and sometimes that is enough to get a command entered. but it screws up whatever is loading at the time when it turns on again.. when it is on there is a little light that looks like a nemeric keypad that is on on my laptop.. maybe i should reformat? this has never happened before

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Could be a hardware problem - which would be too bad, laptops are not so easy to fix. Does the initial POST screen display properly? Are you loading anything unusual in your DOS configuration? You can try a 'clean boot' to DOS by hitting F5 once you see the 'Starting MS-DOS' message. Low battery maybe?? We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

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it turns ou all that weird hoopla going on was my internal keyboard which sucks becaus i can only hook up one ps2 item at a time and i dont have a serial mouse and even if i get one it is impossible for it to be portable now and i cant get on to the internet because the serial port will be used by the mouse. i could use the internal networking card slot. but is that compatable wit wfw 3.11? if it is than i still need a card, anyone know any good places to get a 14.4 one?

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Ok - keyboard issue. I don't know - maybe. Best to resolve one issue at a time good luck We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

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Are you saying that you can now only run laptop with external keyboard? Specs at: http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/product/pdf_files/detailed_specs/satellite_pro_410cdt.pdf tells me that among other features the 410CS has an internal pointing device, is this still usable? Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...

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no the internal mouse isnt useable if i even hook the internal keyboard in it screws everything up. and the mouse is part of the keyboard.

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looks like im all alone...

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Seeing as how your original problem has been resolved, and that this thread has become somewhat lengthy - you might consider posting as a new question (but maybe reference this post#). Try and outline the problem as clearly as possible. Sometimes hardware does not perform to our expectations, especially used or 2nd hand items. You'll either need to find a way to work around these limitations or else accept them. I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime

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