Missing WIN.COM

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Blondie76 March 19, 2008 at 17:45:31 Pacific
Specs: Win 98, ????

I have seen this posted before, but was to old to reply to. I have checked and the file is missing. The laptop is running (or rather not running) Win 98 Ver. 4.10.2222
I do not have a disk for this computer. I really need to get it started.

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DAVEINCAPS March 19, 2008 at 23:07:06 Pacific

Post back an email address that will accept attachments (i.e. not gmail).

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Dan Penny March 20, 2008 at 04:52:22 Pacific

Download, rename it to win.com, and copy it to your c:\windows directory;
http://www.d-a-l.com/dan/win.cnf
It's a good day when you learn something

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Blondie76 March 20, 2008 at 11:38:51 Pacific

DAVEINCAPS the email should show up in this post.

DanPenny thanks, but my network is blocking that site.

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DAVEINCAPS March 20, 2008 at 21:25:28 Pacific

I just sent it with instructions. It's possible other files may be missing too. Post back if you have further problems.
Go ahead and click the 'edit' button on your #3 post and remove your email address. That will lessen your chances of getting spammed.

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Dan Penny March 21, 2008 at 09:52:50 Pacific

"DanPenny thanks, but my network is blocking that site."
Sorry, it was the .cnf extension. I've changed it to 98win.com.
For future readers if in need:
http://www.d-a-l.com/dan/98win.com
It's a good day when you learn something

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Blondie76 March 24, 2008 at 15:27:49 Pacific

Thanks for the help guys!!!
I got the file and loaded it, the computer loaded windows, and I was able to retrieve my files. One thing though, it doesn't go straight into windows. It stops for a second in the dos prompt, then continues to load windows.

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DAVEINCAPS March 24, 2008 at 15:38:41 Pacific

The temporary dos screen is from the OS loading some stuff from config.sys and/or autoexec.bat. I wouldn't worry about it. If it's a problem run 'sysedit' and copy and paste the contents of those 2 files in your next posting.

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Blondie76 March 24, 2008 at 16:31:00 Pacific

AUTOEXEC.BAT
SET PATH="C:\Program Files\Rockwell Software\RSCommon";C:\WINDOWS\LHSP
SET HL_SEARCH=378p,278p,3BCp
CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\Panning.SYS
rem - Added by SLTA-10 Install:
DEVICE=c:\LONWORKS\bin\LDVVDD.SYS /D1 /V"LonSLTA

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DAVEINCAPS March 24, 2008 at 22:05:26 Pacific

The line:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\Panning.SYS
is associated with your toshiba video driver.
DEVICE=c:\LONWORKS\bin\LDVVDD.SYS /D1 /V"LonSLTA
is for an ethernet card.
SET HL_SEARCH=378p,278p,3BCp
is from something called Pro-Belt.
The SET PATH line tells the computer where to look when it doesn't know what a command means. It was put there by some Rockwell software--maybe a modem?
There's nothing bad there. But if you decide you don't need some or all of that stuff loading you can run MSCONFIG and either disable config.sys or autoexec.bat altogether or disable the loading of specific lines of those files.

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Blondie76 March 25, 2008 at 16:52:21 Pacific

Rockwell Software is a programming software for PLC's. It is one of the main reasons we use the laptop. I guess I can live with a 10s delay as long as windows does start up. Thanks again for all your help.

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DAVEINCAPS March 25, 2008 at 19:27:24 Pacific