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Q77195: Modified Hardware Description Text in Windows Setup

Article: Q77195
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 02-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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When running Windows Setup, you may find the text for the hardware descriptions
listing specific .DRV files or other nonstandard hardware descriptions.

MORE INFORMATION
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When running Windows Setup for the first time, the hardware descriptions are
read from the SETUP.INF file. The chosen configuration is then written to the
SYSTEM.INI's [boot.description] section. Thereafter, when running the Windows
Setup to make modifications to an existing installation of Windows, Windows
reads from the [boot.description] section of the SYSTEM.INI for the text
descriptions of the current configuration.

Possible causes for these changes include:

1. Modification of the SETUP.INF by you or by a third-party device driver
  installation

2. Modification of the SYSTEM.INI's [boot.description] section by you or by
  third-party device driver installation

3. OEM versions of SETUP.INF that do not have the standard description text

Note that there might be multiple SETUP.INF and/or SYSTEM.INI files on the
system. The Search command in the File menu in File Manager may help you locate
these files. If you are running Windows on a network, search both local and
network Windows directories.

Additional query words: 3.0 3.00 3.0a 3.00a 3.1 3.10 3.11

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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