Summary: For those concerned about autoexec.bat, win.ini. and config.sys. They are not part of XP. They are part of the DOS system which does not reside on XP....
Summary: I am thinking about upgrading from Win 98SE to Win xp PRO. I use a DOS program that requires a line in my autoexec.bat that reads: set clipper=f50 ...
Summary: When you installed the XP, it replaced your win.ini and system.ini files... Not sure where you are in the process. I needed to go back to my Win98 O/...
Summary: you have to use the autoexec.nt and config.nt which are not in the root of c drive, the one in the root of c, autoexec.bat and config.sys are not use ...
Summary: To my knowledge you don't need the WIN.INI,AUTOEXEC, or the CONFIG.SYS file in XP. All my machines require is the SYSTEM.INI file to run. Maybe someon...
Summary: I have a Toshiba satellite laptop computer running WinXP. It's a celeron 2.5ghz with 256 ram and it's about 6 months old. Is it normal for a laptop ha...
Summary: To fred. Yes, XP does create autoexec.bat and config.sys but they are both zero length file, i.e. there is nothing in them. XP does however have a fil...
Summary: Any thoughts on this? I was doing a fairly routine browse using the msconfig utility, checking for anything unusal and came across this new entry in ...
Summary: Win2K and XP shouldn't loose anything unless you are having issues with bad drives, virii, RAM or other major problems. System.ini and Config.sys aren...
Summary: Kevin, thanks for your help. I think problem is not about codepage but about display of selected codepage. In DOS enviroment we solve this problem by ...
Summary: i deleted C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT by accient, and i need to know if its very important for the start up of Xp. i have no idea, because i have never known of i...
Summary: go ahead, just delete the lines in WIN.INI and search the registry deleting anything related to that program...just make sure it is related to that pr...
Summary: OK I was having problems loading Links 2003 (which has worked fine for 2 months now) and was having alotta problems.....that's probably irrelevant but...
Summary: First time for posting here, so I hope I do this right. Two weeks ago, all on the same day, I installed and ran AVG's free virus checker, ran an MS up...
Summary: Been using this computer for a while, so its not a new install problem Running WinXP Service Pack 1. When I start Windows, get desktop background, but...
Summary: With MSCONFIG in XP Pro, you won't see CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT. These are relics of the past. Well, sort of. They've gone undercover. You can find ...
Summary: Go into safe mode and then go into control panel. Then taskbar and start menu and click advanced. Use the explorer window to remove any icons from the...
Summary: This procedure describes how to alter the Boot Loader to remove Win9x from a dual-boot installation with WinXP, and leave WinXP as the bootable OS. 1...
Summary: I purchased a new PC with OEM copy of Win XP already loaded on 40GB. I need to partition the HDD into 4 logicial drives. I cannot find/create a flop...
Summary: Just a few things you could try, to see if you can pin down the problem before taking the nuclear option. (Apologies if you have already tried these)....
Summary: This program runs just fine under Win 98 but the error message under XP says that it can not find the "share.exe" file. There is suppose to be a path...
Summary: Well, that's a tricky question. You can still have autoexec.bat's and they can still run on startup in any OS. What they do is an entirely differe...
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