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- [BOOT] SECTION
- The [boot] section contains a list of the drivers and
- Windows modules that Windows uses to configure itself each
- time you start it.
- CAUTION: All settings in this section are required. If you
- modify or delete one of these settings, Windows
- might not operate properly. There are no built-in
- default values for these settings; Setup assigns
- values based on your system configuration.
- The [boot] section can contain the following settings:
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- 286grabber=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the device driver
- (called a grabber) that makes a non-Windows
- application visible when you use Windows in real
- mode or standard mode.
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the Main
- Group window. This setting changes when you
- change the Display setting in Setup. If you are
- installing a device driver that is not included
- with Windows, run Setup from MS-DOS.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- 386grabber=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the device driver
- (called a grabber) that makes a non-Windows
- application visible when you use Windows in 386
- enhanced mode.
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the Main
- Group window. This setting changes when you
- change the display setting in Setup. If you are
- installing a device driver that is not included
- with Windows, run Setup from MS-DOS.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- comm.drv=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the serial
- communications driver you are using.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- display.drv=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the display driver you
- are using.
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the Main
- Group window. If you are installing a device
- driver that is not included with Windows, run
- Setup from MS-DOS.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- fixedfon.fon=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the fixed system font
- used by Windows version 2.x. This font will still
- be used by version 2.x applications.
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the Main
- Group window. This setting changes when you
- change the display setting. If you are installing
- a device driver that is not included with
- Windows, run Setup from MS-DOS.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- fonts.fon=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the proportionately
- spaced system font used by Windows 3.0.
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the Main
- Group window. This setting changes when you
- change the display setting in Setup. If you are
- installing a device driver that is not included
- with Windows, run Setup from MS-DOS.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- keyboard.drv=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the keyboard driver you
- are using.
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the
- Main Group window. If you are installing a device
- driver that is not included with Windows, run
- Setup from MS-DOS.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- language.dll=<library-name>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the name of the dynamic-link library
- that supplies language-specific functions. If no
- language library is specified, Windows uses the
- built-in U.S. English library.
- To change: Choose the International icon from the Control
- Panel window.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- mouse.drv=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the mouse driver you
- are using.
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the Main
- Group window. If you are installing a device
- driver that is not included with Windows, run
- Setup from MS-DOS.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- network.drv=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the network driver you
- are using.
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the Main
- Group window. If you are installing a device
- driver that is not included with Windows, run
- Setup from MS-DOS.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- oemfonts.fon=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Supplies the name of the font file for the OEM
- character set. This setting is associated with
- the display setting.
- To change: Run Setup from MS-DOS. This setting changes
- when you change the Languages setting in Setup.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- shell=<filename>
- Default: none (Setup initializes this value as
- PROGMAN.EXE)
- Purpose: Specifies the Windows program that runs when you
- start Windows. Unless you change this setting,
- Program Manager will run when you start Windows.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- sound.drv=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the sound driver you
- are using.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- system.drv=<filename>
- Default: none
- Purpose: Specifies the filename of the system hardware
- driver you are using.
- To change: Exit Windows and run Setup from MS-DOS.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- [BOOT.DESCRIPTION] SECTION
- The [boot.description] section is simply a list of strings
- that are used to describe the devices you can change when
- you run Setup. There is no reason to change these settings.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- [KEYBOARD] SECTION
- The [keyboard] section provides information about the
- keyboard.
- CAUTION: All settings in this section are required. If you
- modify or delete one of these settings, Windows
- will not operate properly. There are no built-in
- default values for these settings; Setup assigns
- values based on your system configuration.
-
- The [keyboard] section can contain the following settings:
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- keyboard.dll=<filename>
- Purpose: Specifies the name of a dynamic-link library that
- defines the layout for non-U.S. keyboards and
- keyboards not compatible with IBM-compatible
- systems. This setting is required for all
- keyboards except the following U.S. keyboards:
- IBM XT, PC/AT (R), or enhanced; AT&T type 301 or
- 302, Olivetti 83-key.
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the Main
- Group window or the International icon from the
- Control Panel window.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- oemansi.bin=<filename>
- Purpose: Specifies the name of a file that defines
- OEM/ANSI code-page translation tables for systems
- not using the U.S. OEM character set (code page
- 437).
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- subtype=<number>
- Purpose: Distinguishes, for some drivers, special features
- for keyboards that otherwise have identical
- layouts. The following values are defined:
-
- Type Subtype
- Value Value Meaning
- ----- ------- -------
- 1 2 Olivetti M24 83-key or
- AT&T 6300 type 301 83-key
-
- 1 4 AT&T type 302 sometimes used
- on the 6300 Plus.
-
- 2 1 Olivetti 102-key ICO used on
- M24 systems.
-
- This setting can also be used by other drivers.
-
- See the following setting (type=) for information
- about its values.
-
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the Main
- Group window.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- type=<number>
- Purpose: Specifies the keyboard type. It can be any one of
- the following values:
-
- Value Meaning
- ----- ------------------------------------
- 1 IBM PC or XT compatible (83 keys)
-
- 2 Olivetti 102-key ICO
-
- 3 IBM AT compatible (84 or 86 keys)
-
- 4 IBM compatible, enhanced (101 or 102
- keys)
-
- If this field is blank or missing, the driver
- selects a default type. For IBM-compatible
- keyboards (using the keyboard.drv driver), the
- default type is determined by the BIOS.
- To change: Choose the Windows Setup icon from the Main
- Group window.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- [NONWINDOWSAPP] SECTION
- The [NonWindowsApp] section contains settings that affect
- the performance of non-Windows applications.
- The [NonWindowsApp] section can contain the following
- settings:
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- NetAsynchSwitching=<0-or-1>
- Default: 0
- Purpose: Indicates whether Windows will allow you to
- switch away from an application (running in
- real mode or standard mode) after it has made an
- asynchronous network BIOS call. The default value
- of 0 specifies that such task switching is not
- allowed. Switching away from some applications
- that make these calls might cause your system to
- fail. Once Windows detects an asynchronous
- NetBIOS call, it will not allow switching from
- the application even if no more of these calls
- are made. Set this value to 1 if you are sure the
- applications you use will not receive network
- messages while you are switched away from them.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ScreenLines=<number>
- Default: 25
- Purpose: Specifies the number of lines that will be
- displayed on the screen when a non-Windows
- application is run. An application that specifies
- a different screen mode can override this
- setting.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- SwapDisk=<drive-colon-directory>
- Default: (The directory pointed to by the TEMP environment
- variable; if there is no TEMP variable, then the
- default is the Windows directory)
- Purpose: Provides the name of the disk drive and directory
- to which Windows running in real mode or standard
- mode swaps non-Windows applications.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- [STANDARD] SECTION
- The [standard] section contains settings that are specific
- to running Windows in standard mode.
- The [standard] section can contain the following settings:
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- Int28Filter=<number>
- Default: 10
- Purpose: Specifies the percentage of INT28h interrupts,
- generated when the system is idle, that are made
- visible to software that is loaded before
- Windows. Windows will reflect every nth
- interrupt, where n is the value of this setting.
- Increasing this value might improve Windows'
- performance, but may interfere with some memory-
- resident software such as a network. Set this
- value to 0 to prevent INT28h interrupts. But
- note that setting this value too low will add
- to system overhead that might interfere with
- communications applications.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- NetHeapSize=<kilobytes>
- Default: 8
- Purpose: Specifies the size (in kilobytes) of the buffer
- pool that standard-mode Windows allocates in
- conventional memory for transferring data over a
- network. Some networks require a larger buffer
- than the default. Increasing this value will
- diminish the amount of memory available to
- applications. If no network software is
- running, this setting will be ignored and no
- memory will be allocated.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- PadCodeSegments=<0-or-1>
- Default: 0
- Purpose: Setting this value to 1 causes Windows kernel to
- pad code segments with 16 bytes. This will
- prevent the last instruction in the segment
- from being too close to the segment limit for
- 80286 B2 stepping. You only need to set this
- value to 1 for this 80286 stepping.
- Unfortunately, there is no easy way of telling
- what stepping a 80286 chip is. Try setting this
- value to 1 if your 80286 system hangs in
- standard mode.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ReservedLowMemory=<kilobytes>
- Default: 0
- Purpose: Specifies the amount of conventional memory (in
- kilobytes) to be reserved for use by programs
- other than Windows. There is no known reason
- to change this value.
- To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- NOTE: See the SYSINI2.TXT and SYSINI3.TXT files for the
- [386Enh] section listings.
-