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To: mr.mark who wrote (5378)	8/25/1999 8:47:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110653

duff, tom and frank's advice is better than mine. stick with what they told you, for sure. but check out the url! <g3> :) mark

To: mr.mark who wrote (5378)	8/26/1999 10:42:00 AM
From: RJL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

""The AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file is loading variables that interfere with some 16-bit programs Follow these steps to rename the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files: 1. Click the Start button, and choose Shut Down. 2. Select "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode" and click OK. 3. At the DOS prompt, type: CD\ [Enter] REN CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.ABC [Enter] REN AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.ABC [Enter] 4. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the computer."" Hi Mark, To be honest with you, I don't advise following that advice. There are quite often key drivers and setting that are loaded in the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. These include Norton Antivirus settings, Sound card drivers and settings and a multitude of other information. I can think of and have experience several situations where REM'ing out or rename AUTOEXEC.BAT commands or settings caused severe Windows problems that took quite awhile to solve. Like I mentioned in my previous post, shutting down every process from within Windows is your best bet. Rich P.S. It's not required to re-start in MS-DOS mode simply to rename the AUTOEXEC.BAT and/or CONFIG.SYS files. Unless you're using an older version of Windows 95 or a single partition dual-boot setup you can use SYSEDIT from within Windows or you can manually edit the files using Notepad or Edit.