Re: important 701 files

[whittle@usc.edu (Randy Whittle)]

At 10:52 AM 5/8/96, Patrick A. Forte wrote:
>Randy:
>
>        Your strategy sounds about right to me.  Do you or does anyone have
>an actual "1, 2, 3" list of steps bestto take when adding Win95 over Win3.11
>on a 701C?

        Its not nearly as complicated as it sounds.

        First of all, I wouldn't add Win '95 "over" Win 3.11.  You can do
an install and have it put all the Win '95 files in their own directory
(surprisingly, I call my directory "Win95"), where you won't have to have
it mess with anything in your "old" Windows directory.

        You may have to update/edit the System.ini and Win.ini files in the
Win95 directory (it doesn't really *need* them, but they're there for
backward compatibility--newer Win95-native software uses the "registry")
and of course set up your desktop/menus however you like them, but at least
you have a separate, discrete installation of Win 95 rather than muddled
mess on top of the old Windows.

        I still have the old windows on my 701 just for "in case" (though I
rarely ever use it--except for a program for my HP100LX which, due to
communications issues, I'm told will not be updated for Win 95).

        That's the easiest/safest route if you're worried for any reason.

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Randy Whittle           whittle@usc.edu         http://www-scf.usc.edu/~whittle
USC Graduate School of Business

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