Norton Desktop for Windows & Windows 3.1 Compatibility Tips


Norton Desktop for Windows version 2.0

The Norton Desktop for Windows version 2.0 is fully compatible with Microsoft
Windows 3.1 and offers a number of new and enhanced features.  If you would
like to receive faxed literature about the Norton Desktop for Windows version
2.0, please call the Symantec Facsimile Retrieval Service at 1-800-554-4403
and request document #750.  If you would like to upgrade to the Norton Desktop
for Windows version 2.0, please contact the Product Line at 1-800-343-4714.

If you would like to purchase the Norton Desktop for Windows or any Symantec
product, please contact Customer Service at 1-800-441-7234.
Norton Desktop for Windows version 1.0

The Norton Desktop for Windows 1.0 is compatible with Microsoft Windows
version 3.1 with the following three limitations:

1. When using the Norton Desktop Tool Control Menu to change an icon's label,
   you may need to click on the icon twice to activate the control menu.  This 
   feature works correctly in Norton Desktop for Windows version 2.0.

2. Norton Desktop "spin buttons", these are buttons that contain up and down
   arrows on the same button, will not work.  This feature works correctly in
   Norton Desktop for Windows version 2.0.

3. If you are using the Norton Backup for Windows, you need to ensure that
   the built-in Windows 3.1 virtual DMA driver, VDMAD, is installed.  Simply 
   edit the Windows SYSTEM.INI file and, in the 386 Enhanced section [386Enh], 
   add the line device=*vdmad and remove the line device=vdmadx.386 and save 
   the changes.

You must restart Windows for the changes to your SYSTEM.INI file to take
effect.  If the correct device driver is not in place, the Norton Backup will
run correctly, but not at the fastest possible speed.






















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