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Line In my Config.sys,setver.exe???
Name: Don Date: January 6, 2001 at 04:43:33 Pacific
Comment:
what is setver.exe?? this line is in my config.sys file. DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\setver.exe
Name: pat Date: January 6, 2001 at 05:10:52 Pacific
Reply:
it stands for set version. Some older programs were designed for older versions of microsoft products, and this allows for backwards compatability. It comes in handy if you used a version of backup that isnt currently on your computer. eg. win 95 backup on a win98 system. You can put rem in front of it to disable it. I have never needed it but it only take a minor amount of memory and you never know it may come in handy.
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