I HAVE A 486/33 WITH DOS 6.21 AND WIN 3.1, I WAS TRYING TO INSTALL A MAVIS TYPING PRORAM,I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT NOW I CAN NOT GET TO WINDOWS. IT IS TELLING ME INVALID VXD DYNAMIC LINK CALL TO DEVICE NUMBER 0017, SERVICE 0003. YOUR WINDOWS CONFIGURATION IS INVALID. RUN WINDOWS SETUP PROGRAM AGAIN TO CORRECT THIS ." DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FIND OUT IF I STILL HAVE MY WINDOWS OR NOT? LOST AND LOST?????????

Hi elri: This is a guess, but I think first you need to make sure that you Mavis B program was dedigned for Win 3.1 & not Win 95 or 98. Next thing is to find out if when installing if any thing was added to autoexec.bat, win.ini, or system.ini (last 2 are in Windows directory). What you need to do in order to see directories & files is to try c:/>dosshell (DOS type File Manager). You might have to reboot, then hit the F5 key after you see the system information during boot. This will bypass autoexec.bat & config.sys & give you a DOS prompt, but if the dosshell command doesn't work, then type c:/>cd/dos (this will get you to DOS directory), then c:/dos>dosshell to open. Once inside you need to use Tab key, arrow keys, & Alt key to move around, unless you have mouse functions. To make changes to autoexec.bat file you need to get back to c:>, then type c:/>edit autoexec.bat (make sure to make a copy of the files to a floppy disk that you use the EDIT utility on as a backup). Same thing to EDIT win.ini or system.ini, but you must get to c:/>windows, then c:/windows>edit win.ini or system.ini, you will be looking for any referance to Mavis B files & remove them. I hope this helps, good luck. Z