I have a question about Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?:

I arranged Windows Me to enter Real Dos Mode at boot-up with shift-F8 with the help of this webpage : http://www.geocities.com/mfd4life_2000/ Now I downloaded dos drivers for my sound blaster Live. The only problem is that I need to put 2 lines in my config.sy which are about emm386.exe and himem.sys. When I load himem, it says that Windows has already its own xms memory manager and with emm386.exe command line, the computer refuses to go further. If I cannot run this memory manager, the sound card will not work in Real Dos Mode. So what's the special lines I should enter in my config.sys to run properly this memory manager?

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Jean I am confused. Why are you running ME in MS-DOS mode? Not a good idea. ME Isn't designed to work in DOS Mode.


On Wednesday, January 15, 2003 at 9:18 pm, Jean-Jérôme wrote:
>I have a question about Do
>I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?:

>
>I arranged Windows Me to enter Real Dos Mode at boot-up with shift-F8 with the help
>of this webpage :
>http://www.geocities.com/mfd4life_2000/
>Now I downloaded dos drivers for my sound blaster Live. The only problem is that
>I need to put 2 lines in my config.sy which are about emm386.exe and himem.sys. When
>I load himem, it says that Windows has already its own xms memory manager and with
>emm386.exe command line, the computer refuses to go further. If I cannot run this
>memory manager, the sound card will not work in Real Dos Mode. So what's the special
>lines I should enter in my config.sys to run properly this memory manager?
>

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There's nothing wrong with running ME in DOS mode. Normally, you need to boot with a startup disk to get into DOS, and the patch works fine.

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Carol, I know there's nothing wrong with running ME in DOS mode. I was questioning the reasoning for requiring a DOS driver ? I am surmising that Jean is trying to run an old MS application that won't work under ME... if so, which one?


On Sunday, March 23, 2003 at 11:12 pm, Carol wrote:
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>There's nothing wrong with running ME in DOS mode. Normally, you need to boot with
>a startup disk to get into DOS, and the patch works fine.
>
>
>

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Well i thik that applications like old ms-dos games (p/e battle chess) requires EMMS controllers to work fine


On Monday, March 24, 2003 at 12:16 am, John Perczyk wrote:
>Carol,
>
>I know there's nothing wrong with running ME in DOS mode. I was questioning the reasoning
>for requiring a DOS driver ? I am surmising that Jean is trying to run an old MS
>application that won't work under ME... if so, which one?
>
>

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