Win95 Autoexec.bat/Config.sys 3

[Ngolem]

Well...I am very very happy today...I have a working machine with a newly installed Win95 operating system and IE5.5 browser.

It took a while but thanks to the help I got here it is done. It runs very fast compared to before and I really like it. Considering it is just a P90 I get great speed when I compare it to other machines with 5-8 times the speed but the blot of Windows 2000 or XP.

Unfortunately I didn't save my old config.sys and Autoexec.bat files. And when I examine the ones created during the installation there is literally nothing there.

Actually there is no Config.sys at all....there is a Config.win and a Config.dos file there but as with the Autoexec.bat....the files are empty.

Now everything runs fine but I wonder if someone could guide me as to what I should put into these files.



Jim Broadbent

The quality of the answer is directly proportional to the quality of the problem statement!

 

[soaplover]

You dont need them in windows enviroment (when booting to windows) .
Only if you boot into safe mode and command prompt .

//Regards Soaplover

 

[Jomama46]

First off, when you find them dont put anything in them.
Second, set your View>Folder options? to "view all files"
Believe me they are there. If they are empty, cool.
If you install a proggy that requires it, it will mod it for you. If you have a problem, post it here.

Jomama

 

[edfair]

Those critical items that used to be loaded in config.sys are now automatically loaded. (himem and emm386).
There are occasions where you might need to load them so they are up and running before something else loads but you'll figure it out for yourself when the time comes.
And the autoexec will probably stay empty.
Depending on how the system is set up you might find some other versions .w40. And be aware that the filenames display differently in different setups, config.sys and autoexec.bat in 6.22 DOS become filename.DOS under windows, and the autoexec.bat and config.sys in W95 become autoexec.w40 and config.w40 if displayed under 6.22.
Both files that are .win tend to be backup.
Evidently you loaded it directly. Had you done it from DOS you would have ended up with a bunch of lines from you DOS files but remmed out.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[Ngolem]

Thanks alot Guys....I feel much better now. I wondered why things were running so well without it.

Jim Broadbent

The quality of the answer is directly proportional to the quality of the problem statement!