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  2. │Customizing Win95                                                            │
  3. │InfoPak Magazine                                                             │
  4. │Copyright (c) 1996 By Don Sausa                                              │
  5. │                                                                             │
  6. │                                                                             │
  7. │--- Copyright ---                                                            │
  8. │                                                                             │
  9. │This publication is copyrighted by Don Sausa.                                │
  10. │                                                                             │
  11. │You may distribute this publication under these terms:                       │
  12. │                                                                             │
  13. │* You distribute this publication in full.                                   │
  14. │* You distribute this without charge (if distributed by electronic means).   │
  15. │* You distribute this including with the notices, copyrights, support, etc.  │
  16. │                                                                             │
  17. │--- Acknowledgements ---                                                     │
  18. │                                                                             │
  19. │Windows, and DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.         │
  20. │                                                                             │
  21. │LView is a trademark of LEnoardo H. Lovreiro.                                │
  22. │                                                                             │
  23. │InfoPak is a trademark of CyberWare! Software.                               │
  24. │                                                                             │
  25. │--- Support ---                                                              │
  26. │                                                                             │
  27. │To contact InfoPak Magazine or Don Sausa, you can reach them by:             │
  28. │                                                                             │
  29. │[InfoPak]                                                                    │
  30. │                                                                             │
  31. │InfoPak E-Zine                 http://members.aol.com/infopakmag             │
  32. │Don Sausa                                                                    │
  33. │P.O. Box 2685                  infopakmag@aol.com                            │
  34. │Fort Myers, FL 33902                                                         │
  35. │                                                                             │
  36. │FidoNet - 1:371/44     CyberSpace 2000 Node #1  (941) 561-1971               │
  37. │                                       Node #2  (941) 561-0002               │
  38. │                                                                             │
  39. │--- Customize My Boot Up Please ---                                          │
  40. │                                                                             │
  41. │I've been asked more than once, can you boot directly to DOS                 │
  42. │instead of going to Windows 95?  The answer - yes, you can.  Its             │
  43. │not as complicated as it sounds, all you really need is a text               │
  44. │editor to accomplish such a task.                                            │
  45. │                                                                             │
  46. │First, you must ask yourself which DOS do you want to boot                   │
  47. │under - since Windows offers you a way to boot to your original              │
  48. │DOS.  In order to do so, you must edit a file called MSDOS.SYS,              │
  49. │which is located in your root directory (e.g. C:\).  But first, you          │
  50. │will need to take MSDOS.SYS's read-only and hidden attributes.               │
  51. │Here's how:                                                                  │
  52. │                                                                             │
  53. │C:                                                                           │
  54. │CD C:\                                                                       │
  55. │ATTRIB -R -H MSDOS.SYS                                                       │
  56. │                                                                             │
  57. │Now, pop out your favorite text editor (e.g. Notepad, EDIT.COM), and         │
  58. │open the file.  The file should look like this:                              │
  59. │                                                                             │
  60. │    [Paths]                                                                  │
  61. │    UninstallDir=C:\                                                         │
  62. │    WinDir=C:\WINDOWS                                                        │
  63. │    WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS                                                    │
  64. │    HostWinBootDrv=C                                                         │
  65. │                                                                             │
  66. │    [Options]                                                                │
  67. │    BootMulti=1                                                              │
  68. │    Logo=0                                                                   │
  69. │    BootGUI=0                                                                │
  70. │    BootWin=0                                                                │
  71. │                                                                             │
  72. │The above settings will boot to your old DOS, and not display the Windows    │
  73. │95 logo.  The system works by 1's and 0's, 0 is off, 1 is on.  If you want   │
  74. │to boot to your DOS that included with Windows 95, you can take off          │
  75. │BootMulti and BootWin.  If you want the Windows 95 logo to be displayed,     │
  76. │you can turn it on by replacing it with  Logo=1.  If you want to boot to     │
  77. │Windows without the logo, you can put Logo=0 and BootGUI=1.                  │
  78. │                                                                             │
  79. │For temporary boot ups, you can simply use your function keys.  What I       │
  80. │mean by temporary is that the next boot, it goes back to the original.       │
  81. │Here are the "ways" of temporary boot ups:                                   │
  82. │                                                                             │
  83. │F4 - Boots the system to your previous version of MS-DOS, but BootMulti=1    │
  84. │must be in your MSDOS.SYS.                                                   │
  85. │                                                                             │
  86. │F5 - Boots the system to Windows 95 Safe Mode, it simply bypasses startup    │
  87. │files (e.g. AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS) and loads only real-mode drivers.      │
  88. │                                                                             │
  89. │F6 - Boots the system to Safe Mode with networking capabilities.             │
  90. │                                                                             │
  91. │F8 - Displays the Windows 95 Boot menu, where you can choose options on      │
  92. │how to boot, Safe Mode or command line-to-line confirmation (where you       │
  93. │confirm each start up file to be loaded manually).                           │
  94. │                                                                             │
  95. │Shift+F5 - Boots the system to Safe Mode without the GUI (Graphical User     │
  96. │Interface).                                                                  │
  97. │                                                                             │
  98. │Shift+F8 - Creates a boot log and a line-to-line confirmation of your        │
  99. │start-up files.                                                              │
  100. │                                                                             │
  101. │Ctrl+F5 - Boots the system to Safe Mode but bypasses compression drivers.    │
  102. │(e.g. Doub