RE: CA/95 3.1.2 Is it stable?

[Paul Tykodi <pault@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Loyd,

Items started in Win 95 Autoexec.bat are loaded before the Windows portion of 
Win 95 is started. Items loaded in Winstart.bat are loaded as part of the 
Windows initialization process. There are certain DOS TSR programs (TSR - 
Terminate and Stay Resident) that will force Win 95 into 16 bit compatibility 
mode if they are loaded in the Autoexec.bat. 

Many twinax adapter handlers will cause Win 95 to go into 16 bit compatibility 
mode when they are loaded in the Autoexec.bat. This is why you will now find so 
many references in AS/400 Win 95 publications to loading adapter handlers in 
the Winstart.bat. 

If you get the message that you are running in 16 bit compatibility mode 
instead of the native 32 bit mode, it means you are giving up a lot of 
operating system performance.

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I'm not that familiar with the WIN95 startup process, and I'm curious to
know what happens between AUTOEXEC processing and WINSTART processing that may 
cause this problem...

/Paul
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Paul Tykodi, Technical Director  E-mail: pault@praim.com
PRAIM Inc.                          Tel: 603-431-0606
140 Congress St., #2                Fax: 603-436-6432
Portsmouth, NH  03801-4019
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