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Re: executor-digest V1 #252
A few Notes on Windows 95:
I have been a Win95 Beta tester for months now. I haven't tried executor under
the final "Egghead" (retail) Release, but here are a few tips.....
If one hits F8 at bootup they will get a prompt that will allow them to boot to
command line. However, a better fix is to do this........
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At a command line prompt (windowed or otherwise) type:
cd c:\
attrib -s -r -h msdos.sys
edit msdos.sys
There is a line in that file that says something like:
BootGUI=1
change it to:
BootGUI=0
Then save it and type:
attrib +s +r +h msdos.sys
This will cause Win95 to boot to the command line by default not Windows (and
Gates says Win95 isn't built on DOS...grin....).
Anyways, Then you can create a startup menu in your config.sys just like you did
in Dos 6.XX.
I.E.
config.sys:
[menu]
menuitem=standard, Standard Bootup into Windows 95
menuitem=basic, Basic Low Memort Bootup for Games, Etc. (DOS prompt)
[common]
device=c:\windows\himem.sys
[standard]
rem rem rem rem
[basic]
device=c:\windows\emm386exe
Then you autoexec.bat might look like this:
goto %config%
:standard
win
goto end
:basic
echo Low Memory Setup complete
goto end
:end
echo .
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This will make it prompt you at boot up with a menu of choices some which will
boot you to windows and some which will not, each having it's own configuration
as you might want it set up........Hope this helps you all out trying to get the
optimal executor setup......I'll start playing with it later this week....
Sean
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