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windows 98 is now starting your MS-DOS based programs
thanks again glee.
i explained in a reply to "andrew carter" that this little event actually happened on my mum's computer. i wrote the post in first person so as to avoid a bunch of Qs as i had walked her thru all i could to a point. after renaming the autoexec.bat and config.sys files as you suggested we could, she was finally able to boot to windows. i then had her send me the contents of each of the files. they are as follows -- CONTENTS OF THE AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE: @ECHO OFF @ECHO OFF REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette; See the file C:\DOSBOOT\DOSBOOT.TXT set path=c:\windows\command c:\windows\smartdrv/q LH c:\mouse\cloaking c:\mouse\mouse ps2 SET PROMPT=&p&g SET TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET TMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET BLASTER=A220 I5D1 T2 REM Set the Audio card C:\WINDOWS\CWDINIT.EXE/A Rem DOS Sound Mixer Program. Preset CD Volume to ON. C:\windows\Cwdmix/M=9,9/W=13,13/C=13,13/L=13,13/X=1/F=15,15 /I=X REM REM The following lines have been created by Windows. Do not modify them. REM C: CD C:\WINDOWS CALL C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM/WX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ CONTENTS OF THE CONFIG.SYS FILE: @ECHO OFF @ECHO OFF REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette; See the file C:\DOSBOOT\DOSBOOT.TXT set path=c:\windows\command c:\windows\smartdrv/q LH c:\mouse\cloaking c:\mouse\mouse ps2 SET PROMPT=&p&g SET TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET TMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET BLASTER=A220 I5D1 T2 REM Set the Audio card C:\WINDOWS\CWDINIT.EXE/A Rem DOS Sound Mixer Program. Preset CD Volume to ON. C:\windows\Cwdmix/M=9,9/W=13,13/C=13,13/L=13,13/X=1/F=15,15 /I=X REM REM The following lines have been created by Windows. Do not modify them. REM C: CD C:\WINDOWS CALL C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM/WX DOS=SINGLE REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette; See the file C:\DOSBOOT\DOSBOOT.TXT REM Configure the PNP devices device=c:\icu\dwcfgmg.sys DOS=HIGH,UMB buffershigh=1- fcbshigh=4 fileshigh=30 lastdrivehigh=Z stackshigh=9,256 Device=C:\WINDOWS\Himem.Sys/testmemff rem The following line will get you more ram, but noEMS rem Device=C:\WINDOWS\Emm.386.exe RAM NOEMS Device=C:\WINDOWS\Emm386.exe RAM DEVICEHIGH=c:\cdrom\Oakcdrom.sys/D:IDECDOOO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ this is of course, all greek to me. however, her files are drastically different from mine. i have win98se on a packard-bell, and winxp on a compaq. config.sys has nothing at all in either system. autoexec.bat on the packard-bell/win98se has one line. autoexec.bat on the compaq/winxp has 7 very short lines. thanks for your help. i'll be looking forward to your diagnosis. |
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Sorry...i hit the wrong button. this should have been in
reply to "glee" dated 3 oct 2004 in response to "e.c.l." windows 98 is now starting your MS-DOS based programs. the original post was made on 28 sep 2004 -----Original Message----- thanks again glee. i explained in a reply to "andrew carter" that this little event actually happened on my mum's computer. i wrote the post in first person so as to avoid a bunch of Qs as i had walked her thru all i could to a point. after renaming the autoexec.bat and config.sys files as you suggested we could, she was finally able to boot to windows. i then had her send me the contents of each of the files. they are as follows -- CONTENTS OF THE AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE: @ECHO OFF @ECHO OFF REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette; See the file C:\DOSBOOT\DOSBOOT.TXT set path=c:\windows\command c:\windows\smartdrv/q LH c:\mouse\cloaking c:\mouse\mouse ps2 SET PROMPT=&p&g SET TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET TMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET BLASTER=A220 I5D1 T2 REM Set the Audio card C:\WINDOWS\CWDINIT.EXE/A Rem DOS Sound Mixer Program. Preset CD Volume to ON. C:\windows\Cwdmix/M=9,9/W=13,13/C=13,13/L=13,13/X=1/F=15,1 5 /I=X REM REM The following lines have been created by Windows. Do not modify them. REM C: CD C:\WINDOWS CALL C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM/WX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ CONTENTS OF THE CONFIG.SYS FILE: @ECHO OFF @ECHO OFF REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette; See the file C:\DOSBOOT\DOSBOOT.TXT set path=c:\windows\command c:\windows\smartdrv/q LH c:\mouse\cloaking c:\mouse\mouse ps2 SET PROMPT=&p&g SET TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET TMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET BLASTER=A220 I5D1 T2 REM Set the Audio card C:\WINDOWS\CWDINIT.EXE/A Rem DOS Sound Mixer Program. Preset CD Volume to ON. C:\windows\Cwdmix/M=9,9/W=13,13/C=13,13/L=13,13/X=1/F=15,1 5 /I=X REM REM The following lines have been created by Windows. Do not modify them. REM C: CD C:\WINDOWS CALL C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM/WX DOS=SINGLE REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette; See the file C:\DOSBOOT\DOSBOOT.TXT REM Configure the PNP devices device=c:\icu\dwcfgmg.sys DOS=HIGH,UMB buffershigh=1- fcbshigh=4 fileshigh=30 lastdrivehigh=Z stackshigh=9,256 Device=C:\WINDOWS\Himem.Sys/testmemff rem The following line will get you more ram, but noEMS rem Device=C:\WINDOWS\Emm.386.exe RAM NOEMS Device=C:\WINDOWS\Emm386.exe RAM DEVICEHIGH=c:\cdrom\Oakcdrom.sys/D:IDECDOOO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ this is of course, all greek to me. however, her files are drastically different from mine. i have win98se on a packard-bell, and winxp on a compaq. config.sys has nothing at all in either system. autoexec.bat on the packard-bell/win98se has one line. autoexec.bat on the compaq/winxp has 7 very short lines. thanks for your help. i'll be looking forward to your diagnosis. . |
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I spotted this post anyway :-)
Those files need to remain re-named or else deleted...they are not for Windows' normal use. Look in C:\ for files named autoexec.wos and config.wos...if they exist, they are likely her old copies of autoexec.bat and config.sys, and should be renamed to the ..bat and .sys names, after first letting us see them here to be sure. If they don't exist, then she didn't have any autoexec.bat or config.sys file, which is fine, as none are needed for Windows 98. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm wrote in message ... thanks again glee. i explained in a reply to "andrew carter" that this little event actually happened on my mum's computer. i wrote the post in first person so as to avoid a bunch of Qs as i had walked her thru all i could to a point. after renaming the autoexec.bat and config.sys files as you suggested we could, she was finally able to boot to windows. i then had her send me the contents of each of the files. they are as follows -- CONTENTS OF THE AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE: @ECHO OFF @ECHO OFF REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette; See the file C:\DOSBOOT\DOSBOOT.TXT set path=c:\windows\command c:\windows\smartdrv/q LH c:\mouse\cloaking c:\mouse\mouse ps2 SET PROMPT=&p&g SET TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET TMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET BLASTER=A220 I5D1 T2 REM Set the Audio card C:\WINDOWS\CWDINIT.EXE/A Rem DOS Sound Mixer Program. Preset CD Volume to ON. C:\windows\Cwdmix/M=9,9/W=13,13/C=13,13/L=13,13/X=1/F=15,15 /I=X REM REM The following lines have been created by Windows. Do not modify them. REM C: CD C:\WINDOWS CALL C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM/WX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ CONTENTS OF THE CONFIG.SYS FILE: @ECHO OFF @ECHO OFF REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette; See the file C:\DOSBOOT\DOSBOOT.TXT set path=c:\windows\command c:\windows\smartdrv/q LH c:\mouse\cloaking c:\mouse\mouse ps2 SET PROMPT=&p&g SET TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET TMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET BLASTER=A220 I5D1 T2 REM Set the Audio card C:\WINDOWS\CWDINIT.EXE/A Rem DOS Sound Mixer Program. Preset CD Volume to ON. C:\windows\Cwdmix/M=9,9/W=13,13/C=13,13/L=13,13/X=1/F=15,15 /I=X REM REM The following lines have been created by Windows. Do not modify them. REM C: CD C:\WINDOWS CALL C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM/WX DOS=SINGLE REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette; See the file C:\DOSBOOT\DOSBOOT.TXT REM Configure the PNP devices device=c:\icu\dwcfgmg.sys DOS=HIGH,UMB buffershigh=1- fcbshigh=4 fileshigh=30 lastdrivehigh=Z stackshigh=9,256 Device=C:\WINDOWS\Himem.Sys/testmemff rem The following line will get you more ram, but noEMS rem Device=C:\WINDOWS\Emm.386.exe RAM NOEMS Device=C:\WINDOWS\Emm386.exe RAM DEVICEHIGH=c:\cdrom\Oakcdrom.sys/D:IDECDOOO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ this is of course, all greek to me. however, her files are drastically different from mine. i have win98se on a packard-bell, and winxp on a compaq. config.sys has nothing at all in either system. autoexec.bat on the packard-bell/win98se has one line. autoexec.bat on the compaq/winxp has 7 very short lines. thanks for your help. i'll be looking forward to your diagnosis. |
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