Never heard of a 98 system that won't boot without Config.sys. but, in any
case, you should be able to boot into Safe Mode and re-enable it should it
cause problems. I don't understand your second paragraph. Is there a
question there, or are you simply clarifying the forst paragraph??

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com

"Jim" wrote in message
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What is the importance of disabling the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat
screens
in msconfig.exe? Some computers will not start without Config.sys.

Also, when creating a "clean environment" in Diagnostic selection for
analysis the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat are enabled and the System.ini
and
Win.ini are disabled. Using step-by-step confirmation technique and not
enabling the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat as part of the analysis.

I recently performed this procedure when referring to kb891711 and the
mouse behavior. tia