Error in Config.sys Win98

When I boot up the following appears:
"The following command in your Config.sys is incorrect:
High.UMB
There is an error in your Config.sys file on Line 4
There is an unrecognized command in your Config.sys file
There is an error in your config.sys
Line 2"
Following is a copy of my Config.System:
Rem TShoot:
divice=c:\windows\himem.sys
Rem TShoot:
dos=high.umb
Rem TShoot: REM [Header]
REM (Header)



REM [CD-ROM Drive]
REM DEVICE=C:\CDROM\SSCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /PIO

REM [Miscellaneous]

REM [Display]

DEVICE=c:\windows\setver.exe

Would appreciate if someone can help. Don't know what caused this as I
don't usually go into any of the tech files.

Thanks
Ellen55

Apart from the fact this is a Win ME group, device is spelt with an 'e' not
an 'i' so the line should be:

device=c:\windows\himem.sys

Also the dos= line should be:

dos=high,umb

that is, a comma not a period seperating high and umb. Change these two
lines and it ought to be ok, but you need to know how they got changed in
the first place.


Shane


Ellen55 wrote:
When I boot up the following appears:
"The following command in your Config.sys is incorrect:
High.UMB
There is an error in your Config.sys file on Line 4
There is an unrecognized command in your Config.sys file
There is an error in your config.sys
Line 2"
Following is a copy of my Config.System:
Rem TShoot:
divice=c:\windows\himem.sys
Rem TShoot:
dos=high.umb
Rem TShoot: REM [Header]
REM (Header)



REM [CD-ROM Drive]
REM DEVICE=C:\CDROM\SSCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /PIO

REM [Miscellaneous]

REM [Display]

DEVICE=c:\windows\setver.exe

Would appreciate if someone can help. Don't know what caused this as
I don't usually go into any of the tech files.

Thanks
Ellen55

Ellen,

Line 2 has a misspelling - should be device=c:\windows\himem.sys (you have
divice)

Line 4 has wrong punctuation - should be dos=high,umb (with comma not
period between the two) (not high.umb)
"Ellen55" wrote in message
...
When I boot up the following appears:
"The following command in your Config.sys is incorrect:
High.UMB
There is an error in your Config.sys file on Line 4
There is an unrecognized command in your Config.sys file
There is an error in your config.sys
Line 2"
Following is a copy of my Config.System:
Rem TShoot:
divice=c:\windows\himem.sys
Rem TShoot:
dos=high.umb
Rem TShoot: REM [Header]
REM (Header)



REM [CD-ROM Drive]
REM DEVICE=C:\CDROM\SSCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /PIO

REM [Miscellaneous]

REM [Display]

DEVICE=c:\windows\setver.exe

Would appreciate if someone can help. Don't know what caused this as I
don't usually go into any of the tech files.

Thanks
Ellen55

Shane -
'Device=C:\windows\setver.exe'?????
does that sound right to you?
I don't recall ever having that line in any config.sys on a system.

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"Shane" wrote in message
...
Apart from the fact this is a Win ME group, device is spelt with an 'e'
not
an 'i' so the line should be:

device=c:\windows\himem.sys

Also the dos= line should be:

dos=high,umb

that is, a comma not a period seperating high and umb. Change these two
lines and it ought to be ok, but you need to know how they got changed in
the first place.


Shane


Ellen55 wrote:
When I boot up the following appears:
"The following command in your Config.sys is incorrect:
High.UMB
There is an error in your Config.sys file on Line 4
There is an unrecognized command in your Config.sys file
There is an error in your config.sys
Line 2"
Following is a copy of my Config.System:
Rem TShoot:
divice=c:\windows\himem.sys
Rem TShoot:
dos=high.umb
Rem TShoot: REM [Header]
REM (Header)



REM [CD-ROM Drive]
REM DEVICE=C:\CDROM\SSCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /PIO

REM [Miscellaneous]

REM [Display]

DEVICE=c:\windows\setver.exe

Would appreciate if someone can help. Don't know what caused this as
I don't usually go into any of the tech files.

Thanks
Ellen55

I've got it in my 98se config.sys, Noel (ie I've deleted 98se again but
still have the config file backups). I don't know that it's actually
necessary other than for manually running setver, but clearly it must be
loaded in order to do so and I left it in case I wanted to. I don't believe
it uses enough memory to worry about, but it could be commented out without
being a problem, too. Though I'd possibly make loading it a submenu option,
I s'pose.

Shane


Noel Paton wrote:
Shane -
'Device=C:\windows\setver.exe'?????
does that sound right to you?
I don't recall ever having that line in any config.sys on a system.


"Shane" wrote in message
...
Apart from the fact this is a Win ME group, device is spelt with an
'e' not
an 'i' so the line should be:

device=c:\windows\himem.sys

Also the dos= line should be:

dos=high,umb

that is, a comma not a period seperating high and umb. Change these
two lines and it ought to be ok, but you need to know how they got
changed in the first place.


Shane


Ellen55 wrote:
When I boot up the following appears:
"The following command in your Config.sys is incorrect:
High.UMB
There is an error in your Config.sys file on Line 4
There is an unrecognized command in your Config.sys file
There is an error in your config.sys
Line 2"
Following is a copy of my Config.System:
Rem TShoot:
divice=c:\windows\himem.sys
Rem TShoot:
dos=high.umb
Rem TShoot: REM [Header]
REM (Header)



REM [CD-ROM Drive]
REM DEVICE=C:\CDROM\SSCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /PIO

REM [Miscellaneous]

REM [Display]

DEVICE=c:\windows\setver.exe

Would appreciate if someone can help. Don't know what caused this
as I don't usually go into any of the tech files.

Thanks
Ellen55

Thank you so much Shane. Made those two changes and it is fine now. Don't
know how they got changed. I do not mess around with the inner workings of
the computer. Maybe a little virus???
Again, thanks.

















"Shane" wrote:

Apart from the fact this is a Win ME group, device is spelt with an 'e' not
an 'i' so the line should be:

device=c:\windows\himem.sys

Also the dos= line should be:

dos=high,umb

that is, a comma not a period seperating high and umb. Change these two
lines and it ought to be ok, but you need to know how they got changed in
the first place.


Shane


Ellen55 wrote:
When I boot up the following appears:
"The following command in your Config.sys is incorrect:
High.UMB
There is an error in your Config.sys file on Line 4
There is an unrecognized command in your Config.sys file
There is an error in your config.sys
Line 2"
Following is a copy of my Config.System:
Rem TShoot:
divice=c:\windows\himem.sys
Rem TShoot:
dos=high.umb
Rem TShoot: REM [Header]
REM (Header)



REM [CD-ROM Drive]
REM DEVICE=C:\CDROM\SSCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /PIO

REM [Miscellaneous]

REM [Display]

DEVICE=c:\windows\setver.exe

Would appreciate if someone can help. Don't know what caused this as
I don't usually go into any of the tech files.

Thanks
Ellen55

Actually, I take back the 'clearly it must be loaded'. I was thinking it was
Setver.sys!!! I do, however, recall typing a Setver command once and getting
the message to the effect that Setver wasn't loaded. Jeez, it's such a long
time ago now tho', so many brain cells past!


Shane


Shane wrote:
I've got it in my 98se config.sys, Noel (ie I've deleted 98se again
but still have the config file backups). I don't know that it's
actually necessary other than for manually running setver, but
clearly it must be loaded in order to do so and I left it in case I
wanted to. I don't believe it uses enough memory to worry about, but
it could be commented out without being a problem, too. Though I'd
possibly make loading it a submenu option, I s'pose.

Shane


Noel Paton wrote:
Shane -
'Device=C:\windows\setver.exe'?????
does that sound right to you?
I don't recall ever having that line in any config.sys on a system.


"Shane" wrote in message
...
Apart from the fact this is a Win ME group, device is spelt with an
'e' not
an 'i' so the line should be:

device=c:\windows\himem.sys

Also the dos= line should be:

dos=high,umb

that is, a comma not a period seperating high and umb. Change these
two lines and it ought to be ok, but you need to know how they got
changed in the first place.


Shane


Ellen55 wrote:
When I boot up the following appears:
"The following command in your Config.sys is incorrect:
High.UMB
There is an error in your Config.sys file on Line 4
There is an unrecognized command in your Config.sys file
There is an error in your config.sys
Line 2"
Following is a copy of my Config.System:
Rem TShoot:
divice=c:\windows\himem.sys
Rem TShoot:
dos=high.umb
Rem TShoot: REM [Header]
REM (Header)



REM [CD-ROM Drive]
REM DEVICE=C:\CDROM\SSCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /PIO

REM [Miscellaneous]

REM [Display]

DEVICE=c:\windows\setver.exe

Would appreciate if someone can help. Don't know what caused this
as I don't usually go into any of the tech files.

Thanks
Ellen55

You're welcome, Ellen, glad it's sorted.

As to a virus I wouldn't think so unless it was the first effort experiment
of a very local writer. I incline to thinking someone has been playing about
on your machine who i). doesn't know how to spell 'device' and ii). doesn't
know the basic syntax of the config.sys file, which means, essentially, a
beginner. I wouldn't necessarily be looking for a child, but someone
learning computing who is enthusiastic and either fancies themselves as a
future programmer or likes to know how things work. That's probably not much
help but someone with physical access to your computer seems most likely to
me.


Shane


Ellen55 wrote:
Thank you so much Shane. Made those two changes and it is fine now.
Don't know how they got changed. I do not mess around with the inner
workings of the computer. Maybe a little virus???
Again, thanks.

















"Shane" wrote:

Apart from the fact this is a Win ME group, device is spelt with an
'e' not an 'i' so the line should be:

device=c:\windows\himem.sys

Also the dos= line should be:

dos=high,umb

that is, a comma not a period seperating high and umb. Change these
two lines and it ought to be ok, but you need to know how they got
changed in the first place.


Shane


Ellen55 wrote:
When I boot up the following appears:
"The following command in your Config.sys is incorrect:
High.UMB
There is an error in your Config.sys file on Line 4
There is an unrecognized command in your Config.sys file
There is an error in your config.sys
Line 2"
Following is a copy of my Config.System:
Rem TShoot:
divice=c:\windows\himem.sys
Rem TShoot:
dos=high.umb
Rem TShoot: REM [Header]
REM (Header)



REM [CD-ROM Drive]
REM DEVICE=C:\CDROM\SSCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /PIO

REM [Miscellaneous]

REM [Display]

DEVICE=c:\windows\setver.exe

Would appreciate if someone can help. Don't know what caused this
as I don't usually go into any of the tech files.

Thanks
Ellen55