MSDOS.sys Options
Thanks to Brian Livingston's and Davis Straub's "Windows 95 Secrets" for the following information
| BootMulti=0 or 1 | BootMulti=1: You can boot to a previous version of DOS and/or Windows. BootMulti=0: This is the default. You can start only Windows95 (or DOS 7.0). If no reference to BootMulti is found in Msdos.sys, you will not be able to boot to your previous version of DOS or Windows. |
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| BootWin=1 or 0 | BootWin=1: The default value. Boot to Windows95 (or DOS 7.0). BootWin means to boot to Windows95, which includes DOS 7.0. BootWin=0: Without any intervention by the user, boot automatically to the previous DOS version. |
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| BootGUI=1 or 0 | BootGUI=1: The default value. If BootWin=1 (or BootWin is not in the Msdos.sys file), start Windows95. BootGUI=0: If BootWin=1, don't start Windows95 after starting DOS 7.0. |
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| BootMenu=0 or 1 | BootMenu=1: Display the Startup menu. BootMenu=0: The default value. Don't display the Startup menu. |
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| BootMenuDefault=n | The default value is 1 or 3 as appropriate. Set the value you wish the BootMenu to use without user input. The Startup menu is not fixed. Whether certain values appear in this menu will depend on the values you set in Msdos.sys and Config.sys. You may want to choose which value in your menu is the default choice. |
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| BootMenuDelay=n | The default value is 30 seconds. Set the number of seconds the Startup menu is displayed before the default menu item is acted on. |
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| BootKeys=1 or 0 | BootKeys=1: The default value. The function keys that work during the boot process (F4, F5, F6, F8, Shift+F5, Ctrl+F5, Shift+F8) are enabled. BootKeys=0: The function keys won't work (good option for system administrators). |
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| BootDelay=n | The default is 2 seconds. The time in seconds the bootup process will wait for you to press a BootKey after the message that Windows95 is starting is displayed. If you want to have enough time to press a BootKey, you should put in a value greater than 2 seconds. If BootKeys=0, there is no delay. |
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| Logo=1 or 0 | Logo=1: The default value. Display the Windows95 logo screen while Windows95 boots up. Logo=0: Leave the screen in text mode. |
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| DrvSpace=1 or 0 | DrvSpace=1: The default value. Load Drvspace.bin if it is there. Drvspace=0: Don't load Drvspace.bin even if it is there. |
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| DblSpace=1 or 0 | DblSpace=1: The default value. Load Dblspace.bin if it is there. DblSpace=0: Don't load Dblspace.bin even if it is there. |
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| DoubleBuffer=1 or 0 | DoubleBuffer=1: The default value. This is used only if you have SCSI drive that requires double buffering. DoubleBuffer=0: If you don't think your SCSI driver requires this, then set it equal to 0. |
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| Network=1 or 0 | Network=1: The default value if network components are installed. Enables the Startup menu option, Safe mode with network support. Network=0: Either the network is not installed or you don't want the option of booting in Safe mode with network support. If Network=0, then item 4 will not appear in the boot menu, and the items below it will be renumbered. |
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| BootFailSafe=1 or 0 | BootFailSafe=1: The default value. The Safe boot is an option in your Startup menu and allows you to get into Windows95 when there are problems with your drivers. BootFailSafe=0: Don't have this as an option on your startup menu. |
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| BootWarn=1 or 0 | BootWarn=1: The default value. There is a warning message box that comes up when you boot into Safe mode. The default is for this message box to appear. BootWarn=0: Don't show the Safe warning message box. |
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| LoadTop=1 or 0 | LoadTop=1: The default value. Command.com and/or Drvspace.bin can be loaded at the top of conventional memory. This is standard. LoadTop=0: If there is a problem with Netware or other software, then force these programs to not load at the top of conventional memory. |
If you're not sure what you're doing, then you probably shouldn't do it. I didn't know what I was doing though when I first started using Windows95 or a computer for that matter, and I've never run into a problem I couldn't fix. In other words, I never killed my computer. So be cautious. Think before you leap and backup everything. At the same time, don't be afraid. All your meddling will cost you is hours of frustration and perplexity. Small price to pay for gaining knowledge.
If Microsoft continues its domination of the Operating System market, then we'll all have to learn to be tweakers, even if all we want to do is word processing.
Good Luck, and may the Force be with you.
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