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re: For those running 95 and 98: Keep these files Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 12:39 pm Posted by WhitPhil (703 messages posted) Windows "really" isn't just a graphical shell that sits on top of DOS. If it were, it would be a real challenge to run 32bit apps in that 16Bit environment. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: For those running 95 and 98: Keep these files Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 2:34 pm 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. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: For those running 95 and 98: Keep these files Friday, May 6, 2005 at 6:19 pm Posted by DethBlade (1 messages posted) In all my time running Windows 98, I've spent many an hour researching ways to tweak and improve the performance of said OS. This has got to be the best and simplest tweak I've ever tried on my system. After adding those values to my autoexec.bat and config.sys files and rebooting, I've noticed a drastic decrease in boot time as well as program load times and my PC seems to run a bit smoother. I already knew DOS was an important part of Win9x, but I never realized it had THAT much impact. Anyways, I decided to fire off a message to give you props for that great tip and let folks know it's worth their time to try that out. Peace. 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\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. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum