win.ini & system.ini tab - msconfig.exe

G

Guest

Question....
I installed the IE 7 Update and didn't like it so uninstalled it and went
back to IE6.

Now I use the msconfi.exe program in run in the start menu, becuase I
selectivly startup what things I want.

I noticed my system.ini and win.ini tabs are completly empty....I checked
the two files in the Windos folder and they are 0 Bytes. Is this normal ? I
remember that they did have some things typed on those two tabs. Also did
the IE7 install or uninstall clear them ? Basically is it normal that these
two tabs are cleared and nothing is on them ? System seems to be running
fine, but I don't think these are supposed to be cleared.

Thanks in advance.
 
W

Wesley Vogel

system.ini & win.ini should be in C:\WINDOWS

There should be a system.ini.backup & a win.ini.backup in C:\WINDOWS\pss

If you do have those backup files, copy them, change the names of the files
to system.ini. & win.ini and move them to C:\WINDOWS. Or just copy the
contents of each one and paste into the corresponding 0 byte file that you
have.

The contents of my system.ini

----------------below line--------------
; for 16-bit app support
[drivers]
wave=mmdrv.dll
timer=timer.drv
[mci]
[driver32]
[386enh]
woafont=dosapp.FON
EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON
CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON
CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON
----------------above line--------------

The contents of my win.ini, but mine has been modified because of a couple
of old programs that I have. Paperport & The Constructor.

----------------below line--------------
; for 16-bit app support
[fonts]
[extensions]
[mci extensions]
[files]
[Mail]
MAPI=1
[MCI Extensions.BAK]
aif=MPEGVideo
aifc=MPEGVideo
aiff=MPEGVideo
asf=MPEGVideo2
asx=MPEGVideo2
au=MPEGVideo
m1v=MPEGVideo
m3u=MPEGVideo2
mp2=MPEGVideo
mp2v=MPEGVideo
mp3=MPEGVideo2
mpa=MPEGVideo
mpe=MPEGVideo
mpeg=MPEGVideo
mpg=MPEGVideo
mpv2=MPEGVideo
snd=MPEGVideo
wax=MPEGVideo2
wm=MPEGVideo2
wma=MPEGVideo2
wmv=MPEGVideo2
wmx=MPEGVideo2
wvx=MPEGVideo2
wpl=MPEGVideo
[SciCalc]
layout=0
UseSep=1
[MaxMate]
OptionsFile=c:\progra~1\scansoft\paperp~1\config\maxopts.ini
[MSUCE]
Advanced=1
CodePage=Unicode
Font=Tahoma
[programs]
Program.exe=C:\Program Files\CMH Software\The Constructor\Constructor.EXE
NOTEPAD.EXE=C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
----------------above line--------------

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
G

Guest

Thank you very much Wesley.
I copied the contents of both those backup files in the pss folder, and
everything shows up in the msconfig.exe now.

Do you have idea what happened ?
Do you think the IE7 install and then uninstall may have did this ?
Also was everything working fine becuase I had the info needed in those
backup ini files ?

Thanks again and help was greatly appreciated.Bob




Wesley Vogel said:
system.ini & win.ini should be in C:\WINDOWS

There should be a system.ini.backup & a win.ini.backup in C:\WINDOWS\pss

If you do have those backup files, copy them, change the names of the files
to system.ini. & win.ini and move them to C:\WINDOWS. Or just copy the
contents of each one and paste into the corresponding 0 byte file that you
have.

The contents of my system.ini

----------------below line--------------
; for 16-bit app support
[drivers]
wave=mmdrv.dll
timer=timer.drv
[mci]
[driver32]
[386enh]
woafont=dosapp.FON
EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON
CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON
CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON
----------------above line--------------

The contents of my win.ini, but mine has been modified because of a couple
of old programs that I have. Paperport & The Constructor.

----------------below line--------------
; for 16-bit app support
[fonts]
[extensions]
[mci extensions]
[files]
[Mail]
MAPI=1
[MCI Extensions.BAK]
aif=MPEGVideo
aifc=MPEGVideo
aiff=MPEGVideo
asf=MPEGVideo2
asx=MPEGVideo2
au=MPEGVideo
m1v=MPEGVideo
m3u=MPEGVideo2
mp2=MPEGVideo
mp2v=MPEGVideo
mp3=MPEGVideo2
mpa=MPEGVideo
mpe=MPEGVideo
mpeg=MPEGVideo
mpg=MPEGVideo
mpv2=MPEGVideo
snd=MPEGVideo
wax=MPEGVideo2
wm=MPEGVideo2
wma=MPEGVideo2
wmv=MPEGVideo2
wmx=MPEGVideo2
wvx=MPEGVideo2
wpl=MPEGVideo
[SciCalc]
layout=0
UseSep=1
[MaxMate]
OptionsFile=c:\progra~1\scansoft\paperp~1\config\maxopts.ini
[MSUCE]
Advanced=1
CodePage=Unicode
Font=Tahoma
[programs]
Program.exe=C:\Program Files\CMH Software\The Constructor\Constructor.EXE
NOTEPAD.EXE=C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
----------------above line--------------

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Bob said:
Question....
I installed the IE 7 Update and didn't like it so uninstalled it and went
back to IE6.

Now I use the msconfi.exe program in run in the start menu, becuase I
selectivly startup what things I want.

I noticed my system.ini and win.ini tabs are completly empty....I checked
the two files in the Windos folder and they are 0 Bytes. Is this normal
? I remember that they did have some things typed on those two tabs.
Also did the IE7 install or uninstall clear them ? Basically is it
normal that these two tabs are cleared and nothing is on them ? System
seems to be running fine, but I don't think these are supposed to be
cleared.

Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
W

Wesley Vogel

Hi Bob,
Do you have idea what happened ?
Click to expand...

Not a clue.
Do you think the IE7 install and then uninstall may have did this ?
Click to expand...

Mmmmm, could be. I have seen a lot of posts about IE7 problems. I still
have IE6 and do not plan on getting IE7.
Also was everything working fine becuase I had the info needed in those
backup ini files ?
Click to expand...

Both the win.ini and system.ini are only needed by OLD 16-bit applications,
old MS-DOS stuff. They are just included with Windows XP for backwards
compatibility, if you do have old 16-bit programs that you are running.
Windows XP needs win.ini and system.ini for absolutely nothing.

WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI tabs
[[On these two tabs, you can enable or disable services and startup programs
meant for earlier versions of Windows. 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. These files are
still loaded and processed but there is much less data in them since post
Windows 3.1.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Bob said:
Thank you very much Wesley.
I copied the contents of both those backup files in the pss folder, and
everything shows up in the msconfig.exe now.

Do you have idea what happened ?
Do you think the IE7 install and then uninstall may have did this ?
Also was everything working fine becuase I had the info needed in those
backup ini files ?

Thanks again and help was greatly appreciated.Bob




Wesley Vogel said:
system.ini & win.ini should be in C:\WINDOWS

There should be a system.ini.backup & a win.ini.backup in C:\WINDOWS\pss

If you do have those backup files, copy them, change the names of the
files to system.ini. & win.ini and move them to C:\WINDOWS. Or just
copy the contents of each one and paste into the corresponding 0 byte
file that you have.

The contents of my system.ini

----------------below line--------------
; for 16-bit app support
[drivers]
wave=mmdrv.dll
timer=timer.drv
[mci]
[driver32]
[386enh]
woafont=dosapp.FON
EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON
CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON
CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON
----------------above line--------------

The contents of my win.ini, but mine has been modified because of a
couple of old programs that I have. Paperport & The Constructor.

----------------below line--------------
; for 16-bit app support
[fonts]
[extensions]
[mci extensions]
[files]
[Mail]
MAPI=1
[MCI Extensions.BAK]
aif=MPEGVideo
aifc=MPEGVideo
aiff=MPEGVideo
asf=MPEGVideo2
asx=MPEGVideo2
au=MPEGVideo
m1v=MPEGVideo
m3u=MPEGVideo2
mp2=MPEGVideo
mp2v=MPEGVideo
mp3=MPEGVideo2
mpa=MPEGVideo
mpe=MPEGVideo
mpeg=MPEGVideo
mpg=MPEGVideo
mpv2=MPEGVideo
snd=MPEGVideo
wax=MPEGVideo2
wm=MPEGVideo2
wma=MPEGVideo2
wmv=MPEGVideo2
wmx=MPEGVideo2
wvx=MPEGVideo2
wpl=MPEGVideo
[SciCalc]
layout=0
UseSep=1
[MaxMate]
OptionsFile=c:\progra~1\scansoft\paperp~1\config\maxopts.ini
[MSUCE]
Advanced=1
CodePage=Unicode
Font=Tahoma
[programs]
Program.exe=C:\Program Files\CMH Software\The Constructor\Constructor.EXE
NOTEPAD.EXE=C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
----------------above line--------------

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Bob said:
Question....
I installed the IE 7 Update and didn't like it so uninstalled it and
went back to IE6.

Now I use the msconfi.exe program in run in the start menu, becuase I
selectivly startup what things I want.

I noticed my system.ini and win.ini tabs are completly empty....I
checked the two files in the Windos folder and they are 0 Bytes. Is
this normal ? I remember that they did have some things typed on those
two tabs. Also did the IE7 install or uninstall clear them ? Basically
is it normal that these two tabs are cleared and nothing is on them ?
System seems to be running fine, but I don't think these are supposed
to be cleared.

Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

excellent info...thank you again Wesley.

best regards,

bob




Wesley Vogel said:
Hi Bob,
Do you have idea what happened ?
Click to expand...

Not a clue.
Do you think the IE7 install and then uninstall may have did this ?
Click to expand...

Mmmmm, could be. I have seen a lot of posts about IE7 problems. I still
have IE6 and do not plan on getting IE7.
Also was everything working fine becuase I had the info needed in those
backup ini files ?
Click to expand...

Both the win.ini and system.ini are only needed by OLD 16-bit applications,
old MS-DOS stuff. They are just included with Windows XP for backwards
compatibility, if you do have old 16-bit programs that you are running.
Windows XP needs win.ini and system.ini for absolutely nothing.

WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI tabs
[[On these two tabs, you can enable or disable services and startup programs
meant for earlier versions of Windows. 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. These files are
still loaded and processed but there is much less data in them since post
Windows 3.1.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Bob said:
Thank you very much Wesley.
I copied the contents of both those backup files in the pss folder, and
everything shows up in the msconfig.exe now.

Do you have idea what happened ?
Do you think the IE7 install and then uninstall may have did this ?
Also was everything working fine becuase I had the info needed in those
backup ini files ?

Thanks again and help was greatly appreciated.Bob




Wesley Vogel said:
system.ini & win.ini should be in C:\WINDOWS

There should be a system.ini.backup & a win.ini.backup in C:\WINDOWS\pss

If you do have those backup files, copy them, change the names of the
files to system.ini. & win.ini and move them to C:\WINDOWS. Or just
copy the contents of each one and paste into the corresponding 0 byte
file that you have.

The contents of my system.ini

----------------below line--------------
; for 16-bit app support
[drivers]
wave=mmdrv.dll
timer=timer.drv
[mci]
[driver32]
[386enh]
woafont=dosapp.FON
EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON
CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON
CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON
----------------above line--------------

The contents of my win.ini, but mine has been modified because of a
couple of old programs that I have. Paperport & The Constructor.

----------------below line--------------
; for 16-bit app support
[fonts]
[extensions]
[mci extensions]
[files]
[Mail]
MAPI=1
[MCI Extensions.BAK]
aif=MPEGVideo
aifc=MPEGVideo
aiff=MPEGVideo
asf=MPEGVideo2
asx=MPEGVideo2
au=MPEGVideo
m1v=MPEGVideo
m3u=MPEGVideo2
mp2=MPEGVideo
mp2v=MPEGVideo
mp3=MPEGVideo2
mpa=MPEGVideo
mpe=MPEGVideo
mpeg=MPEGVideo
mpg=MPEGVideo
mpv2=MPEGVideo
snd=MPEGVideo
wax=MPEGVideo2
wm=MPEGVideo2
wma=MPEGVideo2
wmv=MPEGVideo2
wmx=MPEGVideo2
wvx=MPEGVideo2
wpl=MPEGVideo
[SciCalc]
layout=0
UseSep=1
[MaxMate]
OptionsFile=c:\progra~1\scansoft\paperp~1\config\maxopts.ini
[MSUCE]
Advanced=1
CodePage=Unicode
Font=Tahoma
[programs]
Program.exe=C:\Program Files\CMH Software\The Constructor\Constructor.EXE
NOTEPAD.EXE=C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
----------------above line--------------

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Question....
I installed the IE 7 Update and didn't like it so uninstalled it and
went back to IE6.

Now I use the msconfi.exe program in run in the start menu, becuase I
selectivly startup what things I want.

I noticed my system.ini and win.ini tabs are completly empty....I
checked the two files in the Windos folder and they are 0 Bytes. Is
this normal ? I remember that they did have some things typed on those
two tabs. Also did the IE7 install or uninstall clear them ? Basically
is it normal that these two tabs are cleared and nothing is on them ?
System seems to be running fine, but I don't think these are supposed
to be cleared.

Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
W

Wesley Vogel

You're welcome, Bob. Keep having fun.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Bob said:
excellent info...thank you again Wesley.

best regards,

bob




Wesley Vogel said:
Hi Bob,
Do you have idea what happened ?
Click to expand...

Not a clue.
Do you think the IE7 install and then uninstall may have did this ?
Click to expand...

Mmmmm, could be. I have seen a lot of posts about IE7 problems. I still
have IE6 and do not plan on getting IE7.
Also was everything working fine becuase I had the info needed in those
backup ini files ?
Click to expand...

Both the win.ini and system.ini are only needed by OLD 16-bit
applications, old MS-DOS stuff. They are just included with Windows XP
for backwards compatibility, if you do have old 16-bit programs that you
are running. Windows XP needs win.ini and system.ini for absolutely
nothing.

WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI tabs
[[On these two tabs, you can enable or disable services and startup
programs meant for earlier versions of Windows. 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. These files
are still loaded and processed but there is much less data in them since
post Windows 3.1.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Bob said:
Thank you very much Wesley.
I copied the contents of both those backup files in the pss folder, and
everything shows up in the msconfig.exe now.

Do you have idea what happened ?
Do you think the IE7 install and then uninstall may have did this ?
Also was everything working fine becuase I had the info needed in those
backup ini files ?

Thanks again and help was greatly appreciated.Bob




:

system.ini & win.ini should be in C:\WINDOWS

There should be a system.ini.backup & a win.ini.backup in
C:\WINDOWS\pss

If you do have those backup files, copy them, change the names of the
files to system.ini. & win.ini and move them to C:\WINDOWS. Or just
copy the contents of each one and paste into the corresponding 0 byte
file that you have.

The contents of my system.ini

----------------below line--------------
; for 16-bit app support
[drivers]
wave=mmdrv.dll
timer=timer.drv
[mci]
[driver32]
[386enh]
woafont=dosapp.FON
EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON
CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON
CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON
----------------above line--------------

The contents of my win.ini, but mine has been modified because of a
couple of old programs that I have. Paperport & The Constructor.

----------------below line--------------
; for 16-bit app support
[fonts]
[extensions]
[mci extensions]
[files]
[Mail]
MAPI=1
[MCI Extensions.BAK]
aif=MPEGVideo
aifc=MPEGVideo
aiff=MPEGVideo
asf=MPEGVideo2
asx=MPEGVideo2
au=MPEGVideo
m1v=MPEGVideo
m3u=MPEGVideo2
mp2=MPEGVideo
mp2v=MPEGVideo
mp3=MPEGVideo2
mpa=MPEGVideo
mpe=MPEGVideo
mpeg=MPEGVideo
mpg=MPEGVideo
mpv2=MPEGVideo
snd=MPEGVideo
wax=MPEGVideo2
wm=MPEGVideo2
wma=MPEGVideo2
wmv=MPEGVideo2
wmx=MPEGVideo2
wvx=MPEGVideo2
wpl=MPEGVideo
[SciCalc]
layout=0
UseSep=1
[MaxMate]
OptionsFile=c:\progra~1\scansoft\paperp~1\config\maxopts.ini
[MSUCE]
Advanced=1
CodePage=Unicode
Font=Tahoma
[programs]
Program.exe=C:\Program Files\CMH Software\The
Constructor\Constructor.EXE NOTEPAD.EXE=C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
----------------above line--------------

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Question....
I installed the IE 7 Update and didn't like it so uninstalled it and
went back to IE6.

Now I use the msconfi.exe program in run in the start menu, becuase I
selectivly startup what things I want.

I noticed my system.ini and win.ini tabs are completly empty....I
checked the two files in the Windos folder and they are 0 Bytes. Is
this normal ? I remember that they did have some things typed on
those two tabs. Also did the IE7 install or uninstall clear them ?
Basically is it normal that these two tabs are cleared and nothing is
on them ? System seems to be running fine, but I don't think these
are supposed to be cleared.

Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
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