Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 10:16:53 -0400
From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!!
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From: "Digby Tarvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!!
> Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 14:48:17 +0100 (GMT/BST)
> From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!!
>
> > Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:56:05 +0100
> > From: "George Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!!
> >
> > I am UK resident.
>
> Mine was also bought in the UK. Perhaps it is a problem
> specific to the UK model?? Does any other region use the
> 'shift 3' = pound sign keyboard convention??
That would be the normal place for a # key in the US. Perhaps
you may want to try the normal or default layout English US?
>
> > By thw way I have new problem now - see my post regards
> > autoexec.bat/config.sys...
> >
> Mine are no longer pristine - I had already played with the system
> to check it out, with the intention of doing a clean re-install
> before any serious use. Consequently I think Windows is still
> officially registered to Heinrich Himmler...
>
> AUTOEXEC.BAT seems to contain nothing but REM'd factory
> installation instructions, plus what I have added.
>
>
> For what it is worth, they contain the following on my system:
>
> AUTOEXEC.BAT:
>
> >REM [Header]
> >@ECHO OFF
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >REM [CD-ROM Drive]
> >
> >REM MSCDEX.EXE /D:OEMCD001 /L:Z
> >
> >REM [Display]
> >
> >REM MODE CON: COLS=80 LINES=25
> >
> >REM [Sound, MIDI, or Video Capture Card]
> >
> >REM SOUNDTST.COM
> >
> >REM [Mouse]
> >
> >REM MOUSE.COM
> >
> >REM [Miscellaneous]
> >
> >REM FACTORY.COM
> >
> >SET PATH=D:\GNAT\BIN
> >@SET CLASSPATH=D:\HP\PHOTOD~1\ADOBEC~1
>
> CONFIG.SYS
> >REM [Header]
> >FILES=20
> >BUFFERS=20
> >DOS=HIGH,UMB
> >
> >
> >REM [SCSI Controllers]
> >
> >REM DEVICE=SCSI.SYS
> >
> >REM [CD-ROM Drive]
> >
> >REM DEVICE=CDROM.SYS /D:OEMCD001
> >
> >REM [Display]
> >
> >DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\PANNING.SYS
> >
This line "DEVICE=C:\Windows\Panning.sys
gives you support for a video display larger than
what is in your system. It gives you that window on
a desktop effect, where the window moves with the
mouse pointer.
David Hettel
> >REM DEVICE=DISPLAY.SYS
> >
> >REM [Sound, MIDI, or Video Capture Card]
> >
> >REM DEVICE=SOUND.SYS
> >
> >REM [Mouse]
> >
> >REM DEVICE=MOUSE.SYS
> >
> >REM ------------------
> >
> >REM [Miscellaneous]
> >
> >REM DEVICE=SMARTDRV.EXE
> >
>
> --
> Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk
>
>
>
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