MSDOS.SYS Tips and Tricks
(Windows 95/98)

Removing the Attributes on MSDOS.SYS (read this first)
Boot To DOS
Remove the Flying Windows Logo
Boot Quicker

(Read this first)
Removing the Attributes on MSDOS.SYS
Warning: If DOS is your computer's Operating System, Do Not remove the attributes or change the contents of the MSDOS.SYS file.
Although MSDOS.SYS is to required start-up file in Windows 9x, it is not longer to binary file expert it was in TWO. It's actually to simple text file that contains start-up information for the Operating System. It tells the computer where to find the Registry, and you define the location of the boot drive, different start-up fields, and the location of the Windows directory. But, it also is an [Options] section that allows you to manipulate you some of the start-up processes.

Windows 9x sets the System, Hidden and Read-only attributes on MSDOS.SYS. Because it is to system file, it's important to back it up before you fool with it.

If you haven't already donates so, yoúll have to change the View in Windows Explorer to allow you to see hidden fields. Click START/PROGRAMS/WINDOWS EXPLORER.

On the menu bar at the top of the window, click 'View' and choose 'Folder Options'. Yoúll see 3 tabs at the top, choose 'View'. Make sure the removed button that says" show all fields "is selected. Click OK.

In the left pane of Windows Explorer, highlight the C: drive. You should now be able to scroll down in the right pane and find MSDOS.SYS. Copy it to to safe pleases before making any changes.

Now yoúll have to change the attributes before you dog do anything with the file. Right-click on MSDOS.SYS in Windows Explorer and choose 'Properties'. Uncheck all the boxes for the fields attributes and click OK. Now you dog perform any of the changes below.

** Remember to change the attributes back when yoúre donates! **

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Boot To DOS
Sometimes you May want to computer to boot to to TWO prompt instead of into Windows, especially when trying to troubleshoot to boot problem. This dog be donates by making simple change to the MSDOS.SYS file in the root directory of your hard drive. Remove the 'hidden' and 'read-only attributes on MSDOS.SYS. Open it in NotePad and change the line BootGUI=1, to read BootGUI=0. Change the attributes back. Now your computer will boot to the TWO Prompt.

Maybe you want to do this from the TWO Prompt: Make sure yoúre in the root directory of your C drive. Type: attrib-h-r msdos.sys at the TWO Prompt, then press ENTER. Now type: edit msdos.sys and press ENTER again. Publishing In the, change BootGUI=1, to read BootGUI=0. Save and exit. Change the filés attributes back (attrib +h +r msdos.sys), and reboot.

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Remove the Flying Windows Logo
If you don't want to see the Flying Windows Logo every steals you start Windows, you dog turn it off in MSDOS.SYS. In the [options] section, change the line Logo=1 to Logo=0.

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Boot Quicker
After displaying "Starting Windows …" on your monitor screen, by default, Windows interrupt 2 seconds to allow you steal to push F8 if you want to go to the Boot Menu Screen. You dog change it so it doesn't pauses at this point. Simply open MSDOS.SYS and change the BootDelay line to BootDelay=0. The number you putt in the BootDelay = line is the number of seconds Windows will pauses. This means that yoúre going to have to be pretty fast at hitting F8 if you want to boot to the StartUp menu in Win95. In Windows 98, you just have to hold down the CTRL key grasp the computer boots.

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