Windows for Workgroups 3.11 is a highly functional graphical operating system, providing a higher level of speed and stability than Windows 3.1, especially in networking environments. It can be difficult to learn how to use and configure, especially for computing novices. It provides a somewhat robust, extremely well-supported operating system for users who do not have the required hardware for Windows 95 or Windows NT, who run legacy applications that will not run properly under Windows 95 or NT, or who simply do not wish to migrate platforms.

The tides of change have once again swept over MSDOS. The result this time is MSDOS 6.22. With this new release comes several minor, but long overdue, changes to the operating system. In addition, several bugs and annoyances have been fixed. While MSDOS remains far from being an all-purpose, multitasking operating system, Microsoft has once again shown its desire to keep MSDOS alive.

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups features the same user interface and general functionality of Windows 3.1, but enhances the operating system to support peer-to-peer networking and 32-bit file and disk access
• Workgroups includes mail, scheduling, and chat utilities that allow users to communicate over a network without an expensive server.
• The most visible change to veteran MSDOS users involves the readability of the output from several utilities, including DIR. In the past, the columns of numbers have appeared in the form "123456789 bytes". With the new changes to MSDOS, such output would be printed as "123,456,789 bytes". While this change seems trivial, it sure makes reading directory listings easier. In all, DIR, MEM, CHKDSK, and FORMAT have been affected by this enhancement.
• For years, careless users have been able to delete important files using only the COPY command. This has changed in MSDOS 6.22. The MOVE, COPY, and XCOPY commands now ask for confirmation before overwriting an existing file. This can be extremely helpful, especially for novice users.
• For more experienced users, there exists a command-line switch "/a" that will force a file overwrite without confirmation. It should also be noted that this file overwrite confirmation is disabled if the initial command occurs in a batch file. The prompt is disabled so that existing batch files, such as installation routines, continue to work as always.
• Another long overdue change is to the DISKCOPY command. In the past, copying a disk has required swapping diskettes in and out of the floppy drive several times. Now, DISKCOPY can copy a disk in a single pass. This is accomplished by using the hard drive as interim storage space.
• For the system administrator, Microsoft has included a utility in MSDOS 6.22 that was previously available from third-party software vendors only. This utility is called SCANDISK. Its purpose is to replace the primitive functionality of CHKDSK. SCANDISK will check the integrity of disks, including those that have been compressed with Microsoft's disk compression software, Doublespace. The ability of SCANDISK to repair damaged file systems is also much greater than that of CHKDSK.
• Several changes in the recent version of MSDOS are not generally visible to the user. Most of these concern items such as memory management. Microsoft has improved, albeit slightly, the memory management techniques of several utilities. To compensate for the over-agressiveness of MSDOS 6.0, Microsoft has also produced a more conservative version of SMARTDRIVE. This new version will yield fewer problems due to the intricacies of write-back caches. One other welcome change to SMARTDRIVE is its ability to cache CD-ROM drives. While this may be of no interest to persons in the computer lab, it is extremely helpful for those of you who have a multimedia computer at home.
• If you are using MSDOS 6.0 or an earlier version on a personal computer, it is strongly suggested that you upgrade to MSDOS 6.22.

• Although Windows can run on a 286-class computer, it requires a 386 or higher with 2 MB or more of RAM to achieve full functionality and performance
• Most applications require a 386 or 486 class machine with at least 4MB of RAM (preferably 8MB)
• In addition, Windows for Workgroups performs best with at least 540K free conventional memory

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