enh386 - Win XP rems out any lines placed in system.ini

[Bob]

Under Win 98 I ran a program that had 3 lines of code
placed under the ENH386 section of the System.ini file.
When I try to put these lines of code in the System.ini
file in Win XP, it rems them out & never runs the
program. How can I get Win XP to run the System.ini file?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

What's the program?

Is it posible that these references are in the registry instead??

[[Both the systemroot\System.ini and systemroot\Win.ini files are not
required by Windows XP and these files are maintained only for
compatibility with older software that does not use the registry to save
settings. The System.ini file is used to start and store information for
drivers and services; the Win.ini file plays a similar role for
applications.]]

[[SYSTEM.INI is the old windows location for listing system files to be
loaded, such as drivers and fonts.

The windows registry has taken over the primary functions of win.ini and
system.ini. These are just left for backwards compatibility.]]

 

[Mike]

XP does not need these lines of code..

 

[Bob]

-----Original Message-----
What's the program?

Is it posible that these references are in the registry instead??

[[Both the systemroot\System.ini and systemroot\Win.ini files are not
required by Windows XP and these files are maintained only for
compatibility with older software that does not use the registry to save
settings. The System.ini file is used to start and store information for
drivers and services; the Win.ini file plays a similar role for
applications.]]

[[SYSTEM.INI is the old windows location for listing system files to be
loaded, such as drivers and fonts.

The windows registry has taken over the primary functions of win.ini and
system.ini. These are just left for backwards compatibility.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:

Under Win 98 I ran a program that had 3 lines of code
placed under the ENH386 section of the System.ini file.
When I try to put these lines of code in the System.ini
file in Win XP, it rems them out & never runs the
program. How can I get Win XP to run the System.ini

file?

.
Thank you for the input. How do you place device drivers

in the system registry? The lines of code that were
placed in the system.ini file
were "device=basedrv.386", "device=caslock.386",
& "device=stealth.386". They were used to run a program
that bypasses a HASP plug. If you have any ideas, let me
know. Thank you ahead of time.

Bob

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I would assume that when you install the drivers, that info gets placed in
the registry.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

-----Original Message-----
What's the program?

Is it posible that these references are in the registry instead??

[[Both the systemroot\System.ini and systemroot\Win.ini files are not
required by Windows XP and these files are maintained only for
compatibility with older software that does not use the registry to
save settings. The System.ini file is used to start and store
information for drivers and services; the Win.ini file plays a
similar role for applications.]]

[[SYSTEM.INI is the old windows location for listing system files to
be loaded, such as drivers and fonts.

The windows registry has taken over the primary functions of win.ini
and system.ini. These are just left for backwards compatibility.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:

Under Win 98 I ran a program that had 3 lines of code
placed under the ENH386 section of the System.ini file.
When I try to put these lines of code in the System.ini
file in Win XP, it rems them out & never runs the
program. How can I get Win XP to run the System.ini file?

.
Thank you for the input. How do you place device drivers

in the system registry? The lines of code that were
placed in the system.ini file
were "device=basedrv.386", "device=caslock.386",
& "device=stealth.386". They were used to run a program
that bypasses a HASP plug. If you have any ideas, let me
know. Thank you ahead of time.

Bob

 

[Bob]

I never installed these drivers. I copied them
into /windows/system> and then physically wrote the lines
under the 386enh line in the system.ini file. When I
booted my computer, it would install these drivers each
time. I don't know alot about Windows. Is there any way
to physically put this code into the registry? I really
appreciate you taking the time to try and help.
Bob

-----Original Message-----
I would assume that when you install the drivers, that info gets placed in
the registry.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:

-----Original Message-----
What's the program?

Is it posible that these references are in the registry instead??

[[Both the systemroot\System.ini and systemroot\Win.ini files are not
required by Windows XP and these files are maintained only for
compatibility with older software that does not use the registry to
save settings. The System.ini file is used to start and store
information for drivers and services; the Win.ini file plays a
similar role for applications.]]

[[SYSTEM.INI is the old windows location for listing system files to
be loaded, such as drivers and fonts.

The windows registry has taken over the primary functions of win.ini
and system.ini. These are just left for backwards compatibility.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Under Win 98 I ran a program that had 3 lines of code
placed under the ENH386 section of the System.ini file.
When I try to put these lines of code in the System.ini
file in Win XP, it rems them out & never runs the
program. How can I get Win XP to run the System.ini file?

.
Thank you for the input. How do you place device

drivers
in the system registry? The lines of code that were
placed in the system.ini file
were "device=basedrv.386", "device=caslock.386",
& "device=stealth.386". They were used to run a program
that bypasses a HASP plug. If you have any ideas, let me
know. Thank you ahead of time.

Bob

.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Bob,

DEVICE
Loads the device driver you specify into memory. You can use this command
only in your CONFIG.SYS file.

MS-DOS v6.22 Help DEVICE
http://www.vfrazee.com/ms-dos/6.22/help/device.htm

Device appears to be an unsupported command in XP.

EMM386
Enables or disables EMM386 expanded-memory support on a computer with an
80386 or higher processor. The EMM386 command also enables or disables
Weitek coprocessor support. Do not use this command when Windows is
running.

The EMM386 device driver, EMM386.EXE, provides expanded-memory support and
also provides access to the upper memory area.
http://www.vfrazee.com/ms-dos/6.22/help/emm386.htm

Unavailable MS-DOS Commands
The following MS-DOS commands are not available at the command prompt.
emm386 = Function is now inherent.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/dos_diffs.mspx

Microsoft Windows XP - Command-line reference A-Z
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx

Doing a Google search for:
device=basedrv.386
device=caslock.386
device=stealth.386

Brings up diddly.

Does your program have a NAME??

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

I never installed these drivers. I copied them
into /windows/system> and then physically wrote the lines
under the 386enh line in the system.ini file. When I
booted my computer, it would install these drivers each
time. I don't know alot about Windows. Is there any way
to physically put this code into the registry? I really
appreciate you taking the time to try and help.
Bob

-----Original Message-----
I would assume that when you install the drivers, that info gets
placed in the registry.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:

-----Original Message-----
What's the program?

Is it posible that these references are in the registry instead??

[[Both the systemroot\System.ini and systemroot\Win.ini files are not
required by Windows XP and these files are maintained only for
compatibility with older software that does not use the registry to
save settings. The System.ini file is used to start and store
information for drivers and services; the Win.ini file plays a
similar role for applications.]]

[[SYSTEM.INI is the old windows location for listing system files
to be loaded, such as drivers and fonts.

The windows registry has taken over the primary functions of
win.ini and system.ini. These are just left for backwards
compatibility.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and
pecked:
Under Win 98 I ran a program that had 3 lines of code
placed under the ENH386 section of the System.ini file.
When I try to put these lines of code in the System.ini
file in Win XP, it rems them out & never runs the
program. How can I get Win XP to run the System.ini file?

.
Thank you for the input. How do you place device drivers
in the system registry? The lines of code that were
placed in the system.ini file
were "device=basedrv.386", "device=caslock.386",
& "device=stealth.386". They were used to run a program
that bypasses a HASP plug. If you have any ideas, let me
know. Thank you ahead of time.

Bob

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