For those running 95 and 98: Keep these files
Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 12:07 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Phoenix
(2 messages posted)
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\temp
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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