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- Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
- WW1247: MICROSOFT WINDOWS(R) 95 SYSTEM CHECK
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- Revision Date: 9/95
- 1 Disk Included
-
- The following information applies to Microsoft Windows 95.
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- INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY
- ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an Application
- Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
- EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
- WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and
- the use of this Application Note. This Application Note may be
- copied and distributed subject to the following conditions: 1) All
- text must be copied without modification and all pages must be
- included; 2) If software is included, all files on the disk(s)
- must be copied without modification (the MS-DOS(R) utility
- diskcopy is appropriate for this purpose); 3) All components of
- this Application Note must be distributed together; and 4) This
- Application Note may not be distributed for profit.
-
- Copyright (C) 1995 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
- Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered trademarks and
- Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
- IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business
- Machines Corporation.
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- Introduction
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-
- Windows 95 System Check is a tool that performs a basic test of your
- computer's hardware and software to ensure compatibility with Windows
- 95. Windows 95 System Check is not intended as a comprehensive
- diagnostics tool to check for every known Windows 95 incompatibility.
- Instead, this tool is designed to answer some common questions you
- might have before you upgrade to Windows 95.
-
- How to Use Windows 95 System Check
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-
- You can run Windows 95 System Check in Windows version 3.x, Windows
- for Workgroups version 3.x, Microsoft Windows NT(TM) version 3.x, and
- IBM(R) OS/2(R). If you want to run Windows 95 System Check in Windows
- version 3.0, make sure that the Ver.dll file included with this
- Application Note is in the same folder from which you run Windows 95
- System Check (W95check.exe). These files do not need to be on the hard
- disk in order for you to run Windows 95 System Check.
-
- To run Windows 95 System Check, follow these steps:
-
- 1. On the Program Manager File menu, click Run.
-
- 2. Type the following line in the Command Line box, and then press
- ENTER
-
- <source>:\w95check
-
- where <source> is the drive letter of the floppy disk drive
- containing the WW1247 disk, or the folder containing the Ww1247.exe
- file you downloaded from an online service and extracted. (To
- extract the Ww1247.exe file, switch to the drive or folder
- containing the file, and then type "ww1247" without the quotation
- marks.) For example, if you inserted the WW1247 disk in drive A,
- type the following line:
-
- a:\w95check
-
- Or, if you downloaded the Ww1247.exe file from an online service to
- the C:\Download folder, type the following line:
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- c:\download\w95check
-
- 3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
-
- If you are already running Windows 95, Windows 95 System Check quits
- without performing a scan. For additional information about hardware
- and software compatibility issues, see the text files included with
- your copy of Windows 95, or consult the documentation included with
- the "Windows 95 Resource Kit."
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- How Windows 95 System Check Works
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-
- Windows 95 System Check scans your computer for the following
- information:
-
- - Processor--It checks your computer's CPU to determine if it meets the
- minimum requirement for Windows 95. It also checks for older
- versions of the 80386 processor that are incompatible with Windows
- 95.
-
- - Memory (RAM) --It checks the amount of physical memory (RAM) in your
- computer to determine if it meets the minimum requirement for
- Windows 95.
-
- - Disk Space--It checks the amount of free disk space on the hard
- disk that contains your existing operating system to determine if
- it meets the minimum (and recommended) requirements for Windows 95.
- It also checks for swap file and boot-drive disk space on hard
- disks that use disk compression.
-
- - Programs--It scans the top three folder levels of all the hard disks
- in your computer for Windows-based programs with significant known
- compatibility issues with Windows 95. Note that for most of these
- programs, upgrades that are fully compatible with Windows 95 are
- now or soon will be available.
-
- NOTE: If Windows 95 System Check does not detect any programs on
- your computer with known compatibility issues, the Your Programs
- page of Windows 95 System Check is skipped.
-
- Windows 95 System Check does not perform any of the following tests:
-
- - It does not perform diagnostic tests for hard disk problems (such
- as problems that might be found by hard disk tools such as
- Microsoft ScanDisk).
-
- - It does not detect peripheral hardware devices connected to your
- computer (such as modems and fax/modems).
-
- - It does not perform an analysis or detection of installed
- network resources, network protocols, or network adapters.
-
- - It does not check for computer viruses.
-
- - It does not check program compatibility on shared network
- resources.
-
- - It does not distinguish between 386/SX and 386/DX processors. A
- 386/DX or better processor is the minimum requirement for Windows
- 95 to ensure good performance. If your computer has a 386/SX
- processor, you can run Windows 95, but performance may be slower.
-
- The Windows 95 Setup program provides warnings for most of the
- problems associated with upgrading to Windows 95. In fact, Windows 95
- Setup checks the first three items in the above list.
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