WME switches
 

What are the known WME install switches?

"This test runs on Windows 9X and Windows 2000 that is in ACPI mode.

There are two methods to install your system in ACPI mode on Windows 9X.
The easiest method is to run Windows 9X Setup again, using the switch
/P J (type SETUP /P J). If your system has a valid ACPI BIOS, Windows
will be installed in ACPI mode. "

Does anyone know exactly what that switch does?

Norman

WME switches
 

See KB186111 "Description of the Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me
Setup Switches" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=186111).
--
Mike Maltby



Norman wrote:

What are the known WME install switches?

"This test runs on Windows 9X and Windows 2000 that is in ACPI mode.

There are two methods to install your system in ACPI mode on Windows
9X. The easiest method is to run Windows 9X Setup again, using the
switch /P J (type SETUP /P J). If your system has a valid ACPI BIOS,
Windows will be installed in ACPI mode. "

Does anyone know exactly what that switch does?

Norman

WME switches
 

Thanks for that list. It still leaves me a little puzzled and wonder why it
is on the WME install CD. Did they mean by "Windows 9X" in this case pre
WME?
It seems some are using W9X as inclusive of WME.

Here is what followed the preceding quote in last post.

The other method involves modifying the registry and copying the Windows
CAB files locally. For more information about installing your system in
ACPI mode by using this method, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/desinit/retailup.HTM

For Windows 2000, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/onnow/ACPI_lists.htm#How to learn how to
install ACPI on Windows 2000

Note
* This HCT will not install on a system that is not running in ACPI mode.


Installation
============

You can install the ACPI HCT by running the ACPIHCTv1.61.exe file.
It creates a directory named C:\ACPIHCT and places ACPIHCT.EXE in that
directory.


Something seemed awry as it did not install, yet I have ACPI bios. And the
links for doing it via the registry are no longer valid.
This is form the install CD \tools\pssutil\readme.txt

Norman







"Mike M" wrote in message
...
See KB186111 "Description of the Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me
Setup Switches" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=186111).
--
Mike Maltby



Norman wrote:

What are the known WME install switches?

"This test runs on Windows 9X and Windows 2000 that is in ACPI mode.

There are two methods to install your system in ACPI mode on Windows
9X. The easiest method is to run Windows 9X Setup again, using the
switch /P J (type SETUP /P J). If your system has a valid ACPI BIOS,
Windows will be installed in ACPI mode. "

Does anyone know exactly what that switch does?

Norman

WME switches
 

What problems are you having that is prompting you to use the ACPI
Hardware Compatibility Tester? How old is your motherboard/bios? Most if
not all modern motherboards support ACPI, it is normally only older boards
and bioses dating from the 90s that don't support ACPI mode.

It seems some are using W9X as inclusive of WME

And they are correct in doing so. Win Me was the last of the series of
operating systems generically known as Win 9x which started with Win 95
and progressed through Win95 OSR2, Win 98 and Win 98SE ending with Win Me.

Here is what followed the preceding quote in last post.

Rather than quoting bits of articles it is more helpful if you were to
post details of the problems you are having.

Something seemed awry as it did not install

ACPIHCT doesn't install to a folder, it runs from wherever you place and
when run creates a log file acpihct.txt in the same folder as acpihct.exe.
--
Mike Maltby



Norman wrote:

Thanks for that list. It still leaves me a little puzzled and wonder
why it is on the WME install CD. Did they mean by "Windows 9X" in
this case pre WME?
It seems some are using W9X as inclusive of WME.

Here is what followed the preceding quote in last post.

The other method involves modifying the registry and copying the
Windows CAB files locally. For more information about installing
your system in ACPI mode by using this method, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/desinit/retailup.HTM

For Windows 2000, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/onnow/ACPI_lists.htm#How to learn how
to install ACPI on Windows 2000

Note
* This HCT will not install on a system that is not running in ACPI
mode.


Installation
============

You can install the ACPI HCT by running the ACPIHCTv1.61.exe file.
It creates a directory named C:\ACPIHCT and places ACPIHCT.EXE in that
directory.


Something seemed awry as it did not install, yet I have ACPI bios.
And the links for doing it via the registry are no longer valid.
This is form the install CD \tools\pssutil\readme.txt

WME switches
 

No problems in this area, I'm guessing. I was snooping on the CD and came
across that readme.
It seemed to insinuate that to get a proper ACPI install that you needed to
install using switch. Curious, I ran the file as it seemed to direct.
Apparently MS got it wrong, in that they did not put the install executable
on the CD, but the one you mention. Created folder that it claimed the
install would create and copied file to it. It ran without errors, after
going to bios and turning S3 features on.

I guess I have a question as to whether WME installs correctly without using
the switch and/or running that file first. Especially in my case where the
default bios has those S3 features turned off. RAM and USB awake from S3.
"Mike M" wrote in message
...
What problems are you having that is prompting you to use the ACPI
Hardware Compatibility Tester? How old is your motherboard/bios? Most if
not all modern motherboards support ACPI, it is normally only older boards
and bioses dating from the 90s that don't support ACPI mode.

It seems some are using W9X as inclusive of WME

And they are correct in doing so. Win Me was the last of the series of
operating systems generically known as Win 9x which started with Win 95
and progressed through Win95 OSR2, Win 98 and Win 98SE ending with Win Me.

That is was I thought, but began to get confused when reading through that
readme. Maybe when they pressed my CD, you know back in the dark ages, MS
considered WME a separate animal.

Here is what followed the preceding quote in last post.

Rather than quoting bits of articles it is more helpful if you were to
post details of the problems you are having.

Only issue I'm currently wrestling is the file that won't delete in another
thread.

Norman
Something seemed awry as it did not install

ACPIHCT doesn't install to a folder, it runs from wherever you place and
when run creates a log file acpihct.txt in the same folder as acpihct.exe.
--
Mike Maltby



Norman wrote:

Thanks for that list. It still leaves me a little puzzled and wonder
why it is on the WME install CD. Did they mean by "Windows 9X" in
this case pre WME?
It seems some are using W9X as inclusive of WME.

Here is what followed the preceding quote in last post.

The other method involves modifying the registry and copying the
Windows CAB files locally. For more information about installing
your system in ACPI mode by using this method, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/desinit/retailup.HTM

For Windows 2000, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/onnow/ACPI_lists.htm#How to learn how
to install ACPI on Windows 2000

Note
* This HCT will not install on a system that is not running in ACPI
mode.


Installation
============

You can install the ACPI HCT by running the ACPIHCTv1.61.exe file.
It creates a directory named C:\ACPIHCT and places ACPIHCT.EXE in that
directory.


Something seemed awry as it did not install, yet I have ACPI bios.
And the links for doing it via the registry are no longer valid.
This is form the install CD \tools\pssutil\readme.txt

WME switches
 

It seemed to insinuate that to get a proper ACPI install that you
needed to install using switch.

No, not at all, try reading it again. You only need to use the switch IF
your bios was originally not ACPI compliant and has since been updated to
an ACPI compliant version.

99.9999999% of users do not need to use that switch. Those that do are
primarily those using 1995 vintage motherboards that have since updated
their bios to being ACPI compliant.
--
Mike Maltby




Norman wrote:

No problems in this area, I'm guessing. I was snooping on the CD and
came across that readme.
It seemed to insinuate that to get a proper ACPI install that you
needed to install using switch. Curious, I ran the file as it seemed
to direct. Apparently MS got it wrong, in that they did not put the
install executable on the CD, but the one you mention. Created folder
that it claimed the install would create and copied file to it. It
ran without errors, after going to bios and turning S3 features on.

I guess I have a question as to whether WME installs correctly
without using the switch and/or running that file first. Especially
in my case where the default bios has those S3 features turned off.
RAM and USB awake from S3.