Is this type of stuff needed anymore??

[Electric Amish]

I was just poking around on my machine here at work and noticed this stuff in my Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files. Is this stuff still needed?

Config.sys
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
Files=99
Buffers=35,0
Stacks=9,128
FCBS=16,4
DeviceHigh=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS

Autoexec.bat
LH C:\WINDOWS\ASP4DOS.COM
@Echo Off
Prompt $P$G
Path C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\ORAWIN95\BIN;C:\ORAWIN95\BIN
Set TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
Set TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
Set COPYCMD=/Y
Set DIRCMD=/OGEN
Set INOCULAN=C:\PROGRA~1\INOCUL~1
Set SHIVA=F:\APPS\WINDOWS\SHIVA
C:\PROGRA~1\INOCUL~1\EXAMINE /X

Some of this stuff is for the Innoculan software. I don't know what the rest of the crap is for..

amish

 

[palad]

In win95 and win98, you can actually delete the config.sys and autoexec.bat files, and probably not even notice the difference. Most of the time, if someone is having problems booting their system, the first thing I will try will be to rename them both, effectively removing them from the startup procedure.

 

[layne151]

palad nailed it, not needed in win 98/se, i am hoping noone actually still uses win 95!

 

[Viper GTS]

They're needed if you intend to run apps from a native DOS environment (eg reboot to DOS). Otherwise you can safely delete them.

Viper GTS

 

[Electric Amish]

No, this is win98. This is part of our All knowing/All Seeing IT's Ghost image. 😉

amish

 

[Azraele]

<<i am hoping noone actually still uses win 95>>

I know people who still use win3.1:Q:Q

 

[palad]

Layne --

You would be surprised. I still get calls from people who are running 95A, and they had to upgrade to that.

Viper --

I figure, if I'm going to do anything in DOS, I will either make a specific shortcut with the characteristics I need, or I'll make a boot disk. I only use the DOS reboot option for troubleshooting purposes.

 

[tomcat]

how about win2k? No I would assume since its not even based on DOS, but want to check none the less.

 

[Zenmervolt]

<<how about win2k? No I would assume since its not even based on DOS, but want to check none the less.>>

Interestingly enough, when I searched my Win 2K machine, it did find a 'Config.sys' and an 'Autoexec.bat', however, both were listed as 0 Kilobytes, and when I opened them up in notepad, they were both blank. So, they are there, but they don't do anything, which is, I suppose, the same as not having them at all.

Zenmervolt

EDIT: The autoexec.bat file can be of use in Win 98, I know that here at Pitt the Win 98 based computer lab has the autoexec.bat file set to delete all files in the C:\temp directory, and it also restores the netscape default user directory.