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  • Subject: Re: Using WinStart.bat (Was: CA/95 3.1.2 Is it stable?)
  • From: "Tom McArthur" <ThomasMcA@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 21:05:53 +0000
  • Comments: Authenticated sender is <thomasmca@mail.voyager.net>
  • FYI: WinStart.bat worked the same way in Windows 3.1x as it does in
  • In-reply-to: <336f1ca0.64599928@mail.tecinfo.com>

Win95.

There are two reasons for putting a TSR in WinStart instead of 
AUTOEXEC: 1) DOS memory & 2) Win95 performance.

1) For both 3.1x & 95, the advantage of using WinStart.bat is base 
(640k) DOS memory. Anything loaded in WinStart is available ONLY to 
Windows apps, not DOS apps. 

So, if you have a Windows app that requires a memory-hungry DOS TSR, 
putting it in WinStart frees up that memory for DOS apps (which, of 
course, don't need access to the TSR in question).

2) Any 16-bit TSRs or drivers loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS 
require Win 95 to use real-mode (16-bit) drivers to "talk" to them. 
This drastically slows down Win95 (whose 32-bit drivers are MUCH 
faster). For some reason, this real-mode "back-stepping" isn't needed 
if the TSR is loaded in WinStart.bat.

hth

Tom

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