Ron
Mon Jul 04 15:46:46 CDT 2005
Jillyfish <Jillyfish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Here is what I copied
>
>I did a search for files called Config.sys and I found 4 files named
>Config.sys One is located at C:\ and was created a couple of days ago when I
>did the downloads, there is 0 bytes and it is empty.
That is the "dummy" file automatically created by WindowsMe to satisfy
certain shoddily programmed applications that insist that the file
c:\config.sys does exist.
>
> The second is located at C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD It has no created date but
>says it was modified when I got my computer in 2000 and has 847kb in it. This
>is what I copied from notepad:
That is the file that is copied to a 3.5 inch emergency boot diskette
using Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs. The folder name EBD is an
abbrevation for Emergency Boot Diskette and the folder contents are
those files that are put onto the diskette. This file will never be
processed when you boot the computer from the hard drive.
<snip>
> The third is located C:\program files\rescue disk it was created only a few
>days ago but modified 3 years ago (how is that possible)? It has 16kb I
>copied this from notepad: device=ifshlp.sys
It was created by some application or other. You should be able to
safely delete this entire folder.
>
>The fourth one is located in C:\backup and has only 47kb and I copied this
>from notepad:
>
>REM [CD-ROM Drive]
>REM [Miscellaneous]
This is probably a backup folder created by some installation program.
It is not a standard Windows folder name. Again, I suggest that you
can safely delete the folder and all of its contents.
>
>
>I have 2 Autoexec.bat files, I can't copy and paste the info, what should I
>look for in there? 1 file, only says:
>
>Bad command or file name
>Not ready reading drive A
>Abort,Retry,Fail?
>
The only autoexec.bat file that can possibly be processed by Windows
Me when it starts up is the one in the root directory of drive C: If
Windows Me finds such a file when it starts up it will take the
following actions:
1. Process any environment variable settings (SET commands) in the
file and add these to the registry data.
2. Ignore everything repeat everything else in the file
3. Delete the file when it has finished processing it.
4. Create a new, completely empty, autoexec.bat file to replace this
one.
Exactly the same procedures apply to the CONFIG.SYS file.
>anything in the files that suggest where and what the memory resident
>program is? I never had a problem like this before until I used the registry
>scan and fix tool.
What tool was this, exactly? Program name?
> Now my system resoures are low.
We can address that one just as soon as we clear up your original
problems.
What exactly are your remaining issues when you startup Windows Me
normally? Please include the complete *verbatim* text of the error
messages.
If you are getting advisory messages about items loaded via the
config.sys or autoexec.bat files then this probably means that you
have installed some (shoddily programmed) utility or device driver
that insists on having these files customized and therefore modifies
them after the bootup. Some old sound card drivers were notorious
for doing this.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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