speed up windows and access start up files

Files you can optimise to speed up your computer
This page is designed for Windows 9x users, running Internet explorer 5+. Sorry all you Unix lynx people out there
Warning Some of these methods require you to edit your system files, if you are not careful you could harm windows! I take no respsonsibilty and reccomend that you backup your files regulary.

MSDOS.SYS is a Hidden, Read-only, System Windows 95/98/ME file, located in the root folder (directory) of your boot drive (default is C:). If using DrvSpace (Microsoft "disk-doubler" utility) to compress your FAT16 hard drives/partitions, there is another MSDOS.SYS file located in the root folder of your compressed volume (default is H:). BOTH these files must be IDENTICAL to have your Windows 9x/ME computer boot properly with DrvSpace installed
Name Description Default Optimised
BootDelay= Number of seconds Windows waits before starting Not there (Boot delay is automatically set to 2) BootDelay=0
DisableLog= Create a Bootlog file Not there (Bootlog is automatically enabled) DisableLog=0
Logo= Show the Windows logo Not there (Logo is automatically enabled) Logo=0
DrvSpace= Load drivespace (compression) drivers Not there (Enabled) (Only change if you have no compressed drives ) DrvSpace=0
DblSpace= Load doublespace (compression) drivers Not there (Enabled) (Only change if you have no compressed drives ) DblSpace=0


Autoexec.bat is an Msdos batch file (located at C:autoexec.bat) that is processed before Windows starts. An Msdos batch file is just a list of dos commands on seperate lines. This means you can do many things with autoexec.bat, including running dos programs and executing commands
Command Description Example
echo Used to print a messege to screen echo Starting your computer (Also @ECHO OFF prevents commands from echoing to the screen)
del Delete a file/ files del C:WindowsTemp*.tmp > nul (Deletes Windows temporary files to speed up Windows)
set Sets options for programs and hardware SET FX_GLIDE_NO_SPLASH=1 (This example removes the Voodoo 3dfx logo if you have a voodoo card)
win Loads windows (you can use this if you disable windows from starting through msdos.sys) win


Config.sys is a file that sets msdos options.
You can normally delete all lines in it and only have the line:
Stacks=0,0