Hello again ... HP Computer 3+ years old, 30 gig hard drive, Windows 98... Another year passed and I decided to give the computer a "thorough" scandisk. I found it taking a bit longer than a few hours (didn't realize that my screensaver wasn't helping). After 10 starts (I had it going all night), I went into "Safe Mode" ... When entering "Safe Mode" I got the following warning:
"[Filename] in Autoexec.bat forces MS-DOS compatibility mode. Windows was unable to identify the specified memory-resident program that was loaded in your Autoexec.bat file. If you no longer need this program, remove it from your Autoexec.bat file. Otherwise, contact the manufacturer of this program to see if an updated version is available. Windows will not perform optimally while this program is loaded." I have two Autoexec files. If it helps you to understand the above warning, the contents of the Autoexec file are as follows: The one found in C:\ says: @C:\PROGRA~1\AVG6\bootup.exe C:\PROGRA~1\NETWOR~1\MCAFEE~1\SCAN.EXE C:\ @IF ERRORLEVEL 1 PAUSE @echo off REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette; See the file C:\DOSBOOT\DOSBOOT.TXT path C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\AVG6 @REM SetPower.exe will initialize the USB Keyboard. @c:\windows\system\setpower.exe The one found in C:\dosboot says: @echo off REM To make a DOS Boot Diskette, see the file C:\DosBoot\DosBoot.txt. set path=c:\windows\command LH c:\windows\command\mscdex /D:IDECD000 /L:M SET PROMPT=$p$g SET TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP SET TMP=C:\windows\TEMP call c:\dosboot\drivers.bat c:\windows\smartdrv /q c: cd \windows REM to enable ZIP support in DOS: REM 1) cd C:\IOMEGA REM 2) run IOMEGA.EXE REM 3) then uncomment the following line REM C:\IOMEGA\GUEST.EXE REM for DOS Networking including most networked games, REM read the file IPX.BAT and then uncomment the following REM CALL C:\DOSBOOT\IPX.BAT REM for DOS Networking including most networked games, REM read the file IPX.BAT and then uncomment the following REM CALL C:\DOSBOOT\IPX.BAT First link on a google search brought me to <http://www.computerhope.com/ac.htm>, giving me some idea what autoexec and config.sys is about. However, I don't understand the warnings. The computer seems to be working fine (except for a few minor glitches which an eventual system restore will fix). Does anyone know what the above warning means? Note, I'm sending a another posting after this one regarding the Config.sys file warning ... Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
