DOS=HIGH,UMB causing shutdown hang

After a process of elimination I have found that
DOS=HIGH,UMB is the line in config.sys causing my computer
to hang on shutdown. I have tried moving the lines
around in the order suggested and although the system shut
down the first time, it has continued to hang ever since.
If I untick it what will happen? If I have to leave it
what can I do to rectify the problem? Also besides this
line I have 9 other lines, should there be that many?
Hope someone can help me. Thanks

Try with a blank config.sys
Win98 does not normally need config.sys, though it will use entries if
there.
Copy and paste the whole lot here if you need a second opinion.

....Alan

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In microsoft.public.win98.apps, "Alan"
wrote:

After a process of elimination I have found that
DOS=HIGH,UMB is the line in config.sys causing my computer
to hang on shutdown. I have tried moving the lines
around in the order suggested and although the system shut
down the first time, it has continued to hang ever since.
If I untick it what will happen? If I have to leave it
what can I do to rectify the problem? Also besides this
line I have 9 other lines, should there be that many?
Hope someone can help me. Thanks

Thanks for the reply, I have not tried this yet but here
is how it stands at present but I have no idea what they
stand for or do:

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=A000-F7FF
DOS=HIGH,UMB

FILES=150
BUFFERS=60,0
STACKS=12,256
LASTDRIVE=Z

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS/TESTMEM:OFF
device=c:\windows\COMMAND\display.sys con=[ega,,1]
country=044,850,c:\windows\COMMAND\country.sys


-----Original Message-----
Try with a blank config.sys
Win98 does not normally need config.sys, though it will
use entries if
there.
Copy and paste the whole lot here if you need a second
opinion.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.apps, "Alan"
wrote:

After a process of elimination I have found that
DOS=HIGH,UMB is the line in config.sys causing my
computer
to hang on shutdown. I have tried moving the lines
around in the order suggested and although the system
shut
down the first time, it has continued to hang ever
since.
If I untick it what will happen? If I have to leave it
what can I do to rectify the problem? Also besides this
line I have 9 other lines, should there be that many?
Hope someone can help me. Thanks

.

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:05:19 -0700, wrote:

Thanks for the reply, I have not tried this yet but here
is how it stands at present but I have no idea what they
stand for or do:

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=A000-F7FF
DOS=HIGH,UMB

FILES=150

I'd try FILES=40 , at 150 you mean that that is the max number of files you want to be able to
access at any given time. Most are usually 25 or 40

BUFFERS=60,0
STACKS=12,256
LASTDRIVE=Z


My guess the last lines (below this) are at fault, more than likely the middle line, possibly even
the last line.

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS/TESTMEM:OFF
device=c:\windows\COMMAND\display.sys con=[ega,,1]
country=044,850,c:\windows\COMMAND\country.sys



I use DOS quite alot and only have these lines in my CONFIG:


DEVICE=C:\essolo.sys
DEVICE=C:\Windows\Command\ANSI.sys


ESSOLO is my mouse so I can use that for proggies which allow for the little rodents to run around.
and ANSI is so that I can have colorful propts as well as general environmental control, such as
assigning commands to my function keys.

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Actually, ESSOLO is an audio driver for DOS, so you can have sound in DOS-mode
games. It has nothing to do with your mouse.
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:05:19 -0700, wrote:

Thanks for the reply, I have not tried this yet but here
is how it stands at present but I have no idea what they
stand for or do:

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=A000-F7FF
DOS=HIGH,UMB

FILES=150

I'd try FILES=40 , at 150 you mean that that is the max number of files you want
to be able to
access at any given time. Most are usually 25 or 40

BUFFERS=60,0
STACKS=12,256
LASTDRIVE=Z


My guess the last lines (below this) are at fault, more than likely the middle
line, possibly even
the last line.

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS/TESTMEM:OFF
device=c:\windows\COMMAND\display.sys con=[ega,,1]
country=044,850,c:\windows\COMMAND\country.sys



I use DOS quite alot and only have these lines in my CONFIG:


DEVICE=C:\essolo.sys
DEVICE=C:\Windows\Command\ANSI.sys


ESSOLO is my mouse so I can use that for proggies which allow for the little
rodents to run around.
and ANSI is so that I can have colorful propts as well as general environmental
control, such as
assigning commands to my function keys.

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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:01:07 -0400, "glee" wrote:

Actually, ESSOLO is an audio driver for DOS, so you can have sound in DOS-mode
games. It has nothing to do with your mouse.

Doh! I know that, don't know why I wrote that, perhaps I was thinking of when I had edited it to
include my mouse driver. Need to work on my typing thinking coordination :-)

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Still trying to sort this, I unticked the middle line as=20
suggested and computer still hangs. What does=20
DOS=3DHIGH,UMB do then?

-----Original Message-----
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:01:07 -0400, "glee"=20
wrote:

Actually, ESSOLO is an audio driver for DOS, so you can=20
have sound in DOS-mode
games. It has nothing to do with your mouse.

Doh! I know that, don't know why I wrote that, perhaps I=20
was thinking of when I had edited it to
include my mouse driver. Need to work on my typing=20
thinking coordination :-)

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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:49:32 -0700, "Alan"
wrote:

Still trying to sort this, I unticked the middle line as
suggested and computer still hangs. What does
DOS=HIGH,UMB do then?


It sets an area aside in the memory with a HIGH amount located in the Upper
Memory Block. The purpose IIRC being faster access. But that would be for
DOS stuff basically.

I think I recall reading that disabling write behind caching can speed
things up a bit, possibly even the hangs at shutdown. But I would get a
second surgical opinion.

WIN+Pause Break Performance File System Troubleshooting

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