chale9466 Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 I'm kind of worried about this in MSCONFIG, I click on the SYSTEM.INI tab and almost everything is tripled if not more than that. I opened SYSEDIT in Start > Run>. This is what it shows in SYSTEM CONFIGURATION EDITOR > C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI: Should this be so large and repeated? Is this why it takes so long to start-up? Should I remove the repeated lines? Could someone give me some input? THANKS. ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [Ports] COM1:=921600,n,8,1,p COM2:=921600,n,8,1,p COM3:=921600,n,8,1,p COM4:=921600,n,8,1,p COM5:=921600,n,8,1,p ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [Ports] COM1:=921600,n,8,1,p COM2:=921600,n,8,1,p COM3:=921600,n,8,1,p COM4:=921600,n,8,1,p COM5:=921600,n,8,1,p ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [386enh] Irq[07]=4096 ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON [Ports] COM1:=921600,n,8,1,p COM2:=921600,n,8,1,p COM3:=921600,n,8,1,p COM4:=921600,n,8,1,p COM5:=921600,n,8,1,p [Macx] DeviceBitmap=OFF ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [386enh] ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON [Ports] COM1:=921600,n,8,1,p COM2:=921600,n,8,1,p COM3:=921600,n,8,1,p COM4:=921600,n,8,1,p COM5:=921600,n,8,1,p ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [386enh] woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON [Ports] COM1:=921600,n,8,1,p COM2:=921600,n,8,1,p COM3:=921600,n,8,1,p COM4:=921600,n,8,1,p COM5:=921600,n,8,1,p ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [386enh] woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON [Ports] COM1:=921600,n,8,1,p COM2:=921600,n,8,1,p COM3:=921600,n,8,1,p COM4:=921600,n,8,1,p COM5:=921600,n,8,1,p [Macx] DeviceBitmap=OFF ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [386enh] ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON [Ports] COM1:=921600,n,8,1,p COM2:=921600,n,8,1,p COM3:=921600,n,8,1,p COM4:=921600,n,8,1,p COM5:=921600,n,8,1,p ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [386enh] woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON [Ports] COM1:=921600,n,8,1,p COM2:=921600,n,8,1,p COM3:=921600,n,8,1,p COM4:=921600,n,8,1,p COM5:=921600,n,8,1,p ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [386enh] woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON [Ports] COM1:=921600,n,8,1,p COM2:=921600,n,8,1,p COM3:=921600,n,8,1,p COM4:=921600,n,8,1,p COM5:=921600,n,8,1,p [Macx] DeviceBitmap=OFF SYSTEM.INI.txtFetching info... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/141686-systemini-file-in-xp/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted February 16, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 16, 2004 unless you're running any 16-bit applications, you can delete the entire system.ini file on 2000/xp (Y) at least to the best of my knowledge... :unsure: if you decide to do this, keep a backup in case you run into problems with some programs. i do know for a fact, however, that windows itself does not need this file :yes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/141686-systemini-file-in-xp/#findComment-1739258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilist Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Gameguy would be correct; just do as he says. XP runs more with the registry than ini's for most system things, I think. You may be right about it slowing down the computer; XP is configured to check for (and process) all files from previous versions just in case - autoexec.bat, config.sys, etc. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/141686-systemini-file-in-xp/#findComment-1739295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Just out of curiousity sake. Does it show the same things in msconfig? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/141686-systemini-file-in-xp/#findComment-1739303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chale9466 Posted February 16, 2004 Author Share Posted February 16, 2004 Yes it does but they aren't expanded like my post. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/141686-systemini-file-in-xp/#findComment-1739316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Here, I just tried this. Try copying this from my system.ini file into Notepad, and save as system.ini. Then delete your system.ini file from C:\WINDOWS, and put the new system.ini file in there instead. Then open msconfig and see if there is a change. You can add you COM Ports and any other stuff you have..once..lol ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [386enh] woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON Incidentally, loose the ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 tweak. It doesn't apply to XP. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/141686-systemini-file-in-xp/#findComment-1739353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chale9466 Posted February 16, 2004 Author Share Posted February 16, 2004 Ok I did this and it shows this in Msconfig. Thanks for the help. I just think it was real large and slowed Startup down. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/141686-systemini-file-in-xp/#findComment-1739438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+allan MVC Posted February 16, 2004 MVC Share Posted February 16, 2004 As a general rule, XP ignores the win.ini and system.ini files. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/141686-systemini-file-in-xp/#findComment-1741055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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