Dr Laurence Miles wrote:
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> Dr D J Plews wrote:
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> > I've installed W95 this week.
> > I've just managed to get the display half working right.
> > W95 kept saying that the display card and the cdrom were using
> > the same interrupt, when they weren't. Anyway, got it going "ok" now, except the
> > high-lighting is missing from the menus. It was there in 640*480 and 16
> > colours, but now I've got 800*600 and 256 colours its gone
>
> First, has Win95 detected the correct display card and monitor? Check these by
> right-clicking a blank area of the desktop, then Properties/Settings/Change Display
> Type. This same Display Properties dialog box has a number of other useful tabs,
> including Appearance - select another desktop scheme to (hopefully) get back your
> highlighting on menus.
>
>
> > Question - Should W95 still use the old config.sys/autoexec.bat files to start
> > up the computer?
>
> It depends what is in them. Some settings are ignored, but others may interefere with
> 32 bit drivers and stop them loading. Rigt click My Computer/Properties/Performance.
> It's worth checking all the settings within this dialog box for optimum performance.
> At the bottom of the box it should say "Your system is configured for optimal
> performance." If it doesn't, then usually it is because of of 16 bit drivers being
> loaded, usually in CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT. Be aware that Win 95 glibly changes
> these files on the fly, depending on what you are doing (different files load on
> dropping out to MS-DOS mode, for instance. You can see exactly what is loaded by typing
> MEM /C/P in an opened MS-DOS prompt window.
>
> Laurie Miles
>
> GP, St Helens
>
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If you are using a cirrus 54xx series vga card, it is not fully
compatible with W95. I had to change the card as cirrus have no plans to
change
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Dr. Nick Barrie General Practitioner
Cuckfield Medical Practice Director, Doctors Independent Network
Glebe Road
Cuckfield West Sussex RH17 5BQ Tel 01444458738
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