re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 9:36 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by bob wells (1593 messages posted) Carol, Thanks for the reply. I think what's bugging me the most is that things change without any input from me. Autoex.bat and config.sys have been in msconfig for as long as I've had this machine. Now they're gone and I can't find out how or why. even the check boxes you referred to are greyed-out. Guess I shouldn't complain, as I'm not getting error messages and my System boots and runs OK. Part of this "Problem" is that before I install a larger HDD I need to decide whether to start from scratch and manually re-install everything, or copy my existing configuration to the new Drive. I'm really not looking forward to two days on a manual re-install, but I would rather do that than copy a load of problems to the new Disk. I sorta mis-stated the TIF issue. It wasn't just the files that moved. The Folder disappeared from the Explorer Tree. I found it in the Local Settings branch, but was not able to get it back to it's normal location. Oddly enough the TIF folder has now re-appeared where it should be, but the Folder, Content IE5, and its content, Index.dat have not returned to normal. I now have three ContentIE5 folders. Two in TIF, one in User Data. And since Index.dat is an un-touchable file (Access Denied), I guess I'm stuck with it as is, all 478mb of files I don't have access to.??? The Browser issue seems to have taken care of itself. AT&T brought out new version of Accelerated. I received the eMail notice last night and installed it, so far so good. I have tried Mozilla Fire Fox. That was about 4 months ago, I had too many problems and un-installed it. I suspect the problems were more my ignorance than Fire Fox. I did not disable IE and have learned since that running duplicates of virtually anything on my System is asking for trouble. Had two ISP's till recently. They constantly caused problems with each other. I suspect IE/Fire Fox did the same. Problem is, I'm not savvy enough to kill-of f IE. Too well integrated for a newbie to tackle, at least at this time. Thanks again for your time, Carol. I think I've just talked myself into starting from scratch on the new HDD. Is there any advantage to installing Fire Fox on a separate Partition? Regards, BW On Friday, September 30, 2005 at 8:24 pm, Carol J wrote: > >Bob, I doubt I can answer all your questions, but Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files >are unimportant and aren't used by Windows, anyway. You can uncheck them in Msconfig, >so they don't load at all. > >As for the TIF files, they're actually in a few locations, same files, different >locations. I'm not running 9x anymore, so I can't really double check. You can change >the location, however in Internet Options. > >As for your main problem, the AT&T Web Page, I've no idea, since it's only that one >web page. Sorry, about that. I can't really think of anything useful to suggest at >the moment. I doubt it's a malware infection, though. > >However, have you considered using a different browser? IE is extemely vulnerable >to malware infections and hijackings. And, no the mulitude of patches don't help >a whole lot either. IE is the swiss chees of browsers. End Rant. :-) > > > > > > > > >color="003399">Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Written in response to: re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (Ms. Eagle: Friday, September 30, 2005 at 8:24 pm) Responses to this message: re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (gewg_: Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 12:15 pm) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (Ms. Eagle: Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 9:56 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (bob wells: Fri, Sep 30, 2005, 7:02 pm) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (Ms. Eagle: Fri, Sep 30, 2005, 8:24 pm) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (bob wells: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 9:36 am) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (gewg_: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 12:15 pm) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 9:56 pm) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (WhitPhil: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 9:43 am) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (gewg_: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 12:21 pm) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 5:41 pm) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (bob wells: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 7:34 pm) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 10:59 pm) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (Dan: Sun, Oct 2, 2005, 7:25 pm) re: Autoexec.bat missing,config.sys now in windows folder (Dan: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 3:51 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum