re: For those running 95 and 98: Keep these files
Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 2:34 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Cam
(4178 messages posted)
Thank you Phoenix, I wonder if you have seen this article. How would this affect
the files, buffers and stacks settings? See below. These apply to ME too.
HOW TO TROUBLESHOOT WINDOWS INTERNAL STACK OVERFLOW ERROR MESSAGES Q145799
STACKS=64,512 ;(this is the maximum allowed)
FILES=60
BUFFERS=40
Do you agree?
I found this to be a good accompanyment to the article above, and usually apply them
at the same time.
ERROR MESSAGE: THERE ARE NO SPARE STACK PAGES Q149083
Makes you wonder why MS does not include known improvements in a system up-date.
Just to say that you should use the check-box below the compose window to preserve
your spacing. If you would like to repost then it is a good posting to make a link
to.
Mac
On Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 12:07 pm, Phoenix wrote:
I have a question about, "Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?"
Keep these files around, and put something similar into them. Windows 95 and 98
still rely on DOS to do a lot of things, and tuning these files appropriately can
actually improve stability and performance in Windows applications.
config.sys:
device=c:\windows\himem.sys /testmem:off
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems
dos=high,umb
fileshigh=40
buffershigh=40
stackshigh=9,256
fcbshigh=16,8
lastdrivehigh=z
devicehigh=c:\windows\ifshlp.sys
devicehigh=c:\windows\setver.exe
autoexec.bat:
@echo off
set path=c:\windows\command;c:\windows;c:\
set dircmd=/o:ge /p
set temp=c:\windows\temp
set tmp=c:\windows\tmp
loadhigh c:\windows\command\doskey.com /insert
What do these settings do?? These are based on the defaults that windows uses, but
puts everything into High Memory, giving you more Conventional Memory, better stability,
and greater performance where Windows is concerned. Remember, Windows 95, 98, and
ME are nothing more than graphical shells for DOS 7.x.
To test the difference this makes, open a DOS prompt and type: mem /c
Write down the numbers listed under the FREE column in the memory summary. Make
the changes above and reboot.
Type: mem /c again and compare the values. More FREE memory means better performance
from Windows 95 and 98.
This is not needed on NT-based Windows (NT, 2000, XP) as they are not based on DOS.
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