DOS 7.1 and Windows 3.2 startup issue - China DOS Union Forum

I successfully installed the Chinese edition of Windows 3.2 under DOS 7.1. After deleting the DOS 7.1 related files and keeping only the three boot files, I installed Windows 3.2 again. It installed successfully and rebooted, but when I type win at the command prompt to start Win3.2, Win3.2 just stays at that LOGO screen and does not move. I know this is because modern high-spec computers are incompatible with this kind of old system. How can an expert solve this? (CPU Core 2 Duo, memory 3GB, hard disk SATA 20GB partition, motherboard 965 chipset)

Floor1　wakk	Posted 2010-04-05 22:31
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I successfully installed the Chinese edition of Windows 3.2 under DOS 7.1. After deleting the DOS 7.1 related files and keeping only the three boot files, I installed Windows 3.2 again. It installed successfully and rebooted, but when I type win at the command prompt to start Win3.2, Win3.2 just stays at that LOGO screen and does not move. I know this is because modern high-spec computers are incompatible with this kind of old system. How can an expert solve this? (CPU Core 2 Duo, memory 3GB, hard disk SATA 20GB partition, motherboard 965 chipset)

Floor2　fujianabc	Posted 2010-04-06 10:31
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There is too much memory. Win 3.x obviously cannot start with that much memory, and even Win9x does not support that much memory. I suggest reducing it to below 512M.