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disbrow@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Jim Disbrow) writes:
>I'm pretty new to windows and have been watching this group only for
>a short time.  
>I have a 386-16 w/4meg running DOS 4.0 with win3.0.
>My problem is that it takes 1 minutes and 4 seconds to boot windows after I 
>first see the windows logo page.
>I got rid of all TSRs. No help.
>Using no wallpaper.    No help.
>Added swap line in config.sys. No help.
>Adding wallpaper does NOT increase the time.
>What gives? I've seen friend's systems come up in just a few seconds. 
>The only difference that I could see is they have a 20 MHz processor instead
>of a 16.
>Any help will be appreciated.
>I looked in the FAQ but couldn't find an answer.

Are you using SmartDrv.SYS?  If not, that's the difference.  Set it in
config.sys like this: device=c:\windows\smartdrv.sys 1024 512
This will give the cache a Maximum sive of 1Mb, and a minimum of 512K.
The min. is specified because Windows in 386-Enh. will immediately reduce the
size of the cache to its minimum setting upon startup, increasing the size
as necessary.  However, setting a minimum of 0 (parameter left blank on line
in config.sys) will noticable reduce system speed.  (i.e., Windows doesn't
EXACTLY do what it says it will by increasing the chache as necessary.)
Therefore, the best result seems to be to set the minimum to some non-zero
value, like 512K.  You might even get better results with values >1024 512, 
given that you have 4Mb of RAM.  Experiment.

Andrew 
colfelt@tramp.colorado.edu