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- From: Ben Ashley <Ben@seacloud.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Want to remove Microsoft C++
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 96 20:17:56 GMT
- Organization: home, in Leicester, England
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- In article <8278-217644601@nascom.com> bryatomg@nascom.com writes:
-
- Hi,
-
- >
- > When I boot my system I get the following messages:
- >
- > Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run Windows in
- > 386 enhanced mode
- >
- > You need to run the Setup program again
- > C:\MSVC\BIN\dosxnt.386
- > Press any key to continue
-
- When I formatted my hard-drive, I removed MSVC aswell, and got the same
- message. Basically MSVC adds some drivers to 'System.ini'. When you removed
- MSVC, these could not be found. Simply edit your System.Ini file, find the
- lines Device = C:\MSVC\BEN\<whatever> and remove them.
-
- --
- Cheers,
-
- Ben
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