The automatic starting of Win95 is controlled by a parameter in the
MSDOS.SYS file.

To check it :

- Reset the SYSTEM and READ ONLY flags of MSDOS.SYS
- Open MSDOS.SYS in a text editor
- Find the BootGui parameter
- if it says BootGui = 0, that's your problem. Change to BootGui = 1
- Save MSDOS.SYS
- Set the SYSTEM and READ ONLY flags

That should correct the problem.

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Crdlt

Philippe

FZR400<fzr400@aol.com> a écrit dans l'article
<19971123184300.NAA09640@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
> It's a weird problem that harkens back to those thrilling days of
yesteryear
> (Windows 3.x): I boot my computer and it stops at a C:\ prompt part way
through
> loading Windows95. If I type in "WIN" at the command line everything
proceeds
> normally!
>
> Anyone seen this before and, more importantly, found a solution?
>
> Mark Roberts
> Reply to gromit741@answerme.com
> But replace answerme with aol
>
#########
>David A Turner <DTurner4@nospam.compuserve.com>
wrote:

>Check your root directory. Do you also have a winboot.ini file? If
>so look at it in an editor. It will look like msdos.sys, but may
>contain different  entries. Bottom line - if this file is present, it
>takes precedence over msdos.sys. I believe it has something to
>do with an anything but perfect installation of Win95. Rename it
>and see what happens. If Win95 now boots as expected, delete it.

You got it! I actually found this out or msyelf while investigating anything I
could find in the root directory. Changed the BootGUI value from 0 to 1 and
everything works fine now.
I was wondering why no other PC I have worked on had a winboot.ini file though.

Thanks
Mark Roberts