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WFW 3.11 won't exit to DOS. Any suggestions?

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First post, by bbhaag

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Pretty much sums up my problem. Whenever I try to exit WFW 3.11 via the Program Manager all I get is a blinking courser until I hard reset. If you guys have any suggestions I am all ears. Here are my system specs if that helps.

DOS 6.22 w/WFW 3.11
540mb Quantum hdd
S3 Trio64 2mb
AMD 486dx-66
Soundblaster 16
68mb RAM
3com Ethernet III network card

Reply 1 of 2, by Chaniyth

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Mine used to do that. I eventually figured out the problem, it was the latest (last) SB16 drivers released by creative labs (still available from their website), so I uninstalled those and installed the drivers from the original floppies that came with my SB16 (I purchased the SB16 new back in the day so its still complete with box, inserts, etc and all mint 😎) and the issue stopped. 😀

All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you... but first they must catch you. 😁

Reply 2 of 2, by bbhaag

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Thank you! It was a driver issue. Not a SB driver but a network driver. I rem'ed it in my autoexec.bat file then ran several tests and now I can exit to DOS.

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