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Q85163: Default CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT Files

Article: Q85163
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
Version(s): 
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 3.1 
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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The following are the default CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files created by the
Windows & MS-DOS 5 for PS/2 Setup program.

Default AUTOEXEC.BAT
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  C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
  @ECHO OFF
  PROMPT $p$g
  PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS
  SET TEMP=C:\DOS

Default CONFIG.SYS
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  DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
  DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
  DOS=HIGH
  FILES=30
  DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLE_BUFFER
  STACKS=9,256

Some IBM PS/2 machines may be configured with other hard drive types, such as IDE
or ESDI, in which case the double buffering portion of SMARTDrive may not appear
in the CONFIG.SYS file.

Additional query words: 3.10 5.00a

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Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS500
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