Re: MS-DOS Compatibility Mode

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From: Shep�
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:41

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On Wed, 2 May 2001 19:15:07 +0100, "Emanuel Pontes"
<emanuelp@netcabo.pt> wrote:

>Hi there...
>I have Win98, and almost every time I start windows it starts in MS-DOS
>Compatibility mode. In the system properties in tells me something about my
>HDs C: and D:.
>But this happens in a (I suppose) compleatly random mode, bacause sometime
>it starts just fine...
>It also tells me that this happens because a driver in autoexec.bat or
>config.sys could not be loaded in normal mode, so windows to make it run
>goes into MS-DOS compatibility mode.
>I've checked this files and all that is written on it are my contry keybord
>configurations.
>But for you to see, here it is:
>
>  - Autoexec.bat
>mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)
>mode con codepage select=850
>keyb po,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keyboard.sys
>
>  - Config.sys
>DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\setver.exe
>device=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
>Country=351,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys
>
>
>Do you know any solution for this?
>Can you help me?
>
>Thanks in advance...
>Answer by e-mail please!
>
>
Try here,
http://www.d-sheppard.f2s.com/mode.htm  
HTH*<:)

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