[comp.sys.ibm.pc] A Windows/386 "Quirk"

meyer@s.cs.uiuc.edu (02/16/89)

  I just found an interesting quirk w/ MS Windows/386 that might be of use to
someone out there.  Namely, I was trying to run WIN386 on an IBM PS/2 80, and 
Windows would drop back to DOS immediately after flashing the blue welcome
screen.  Nothing I tried could get it to run, until I pulled the battery to 
erase the previous user's power-up password.  Magically, Windows/386 ran fine
after that, to my amazement. ( & befuddlement.)

You just never know...

Don Meyer
meyer@s.cs.uiuc.edu