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Name: kevin_hannigan
Date: July 18, 2005 at 14:13:46 Pacific
OS: windows 98
CPU/Ram: pentium 2
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i am not great with computers so i have lots of probs with them! my most recent one was the computer said that i had a stacks overflow and when i went into dos editor to fix the prob my config.sys file was non existant does anyone have the orignal windows 98 config.sys file? HELP!!!!



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Name: Rick McNabb
Date: July 18, 2005 at 16:10:01 Pacific
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you don't have a config.bak on your system? or a config.1st??

Look on your Cd also.

Rule #1 Good computers don't go down.
Rule #2 There is no such thing as a good computer.


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Response Number 2
Name: Rick McNabb
Date: July 18, 2005 at 16:10:35 Pacific
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AND....why the heck is this in the DOS forum?!?!?!?

Rule #1 Good computers don't go down.
Rule #2 There is no such thing as a good computer.


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Response Number 3
Name: jboy
Date: July 18, 2005 at 17:54:51 Pacific
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Not needed by Windows, it's a DOS legacy and (mainly) only useful for configuring your system for a DOS start.

Far more likely you need to insert a line into system.ini:

There Are No Spare Stack Pages:

In the [386Enh] section, type the following line:

MinSPs=4

At any rate, it's preferable to ask Windows questions in the appropriate Windows forum - - honest

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. -John Wayne


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