SYSINI.WRI from Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (Part 2 of 3)

Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
Article ID: Q109499

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11

SUMMARY

The following information was taken from the Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 SYSINI.WRI, and begins with the continuation of [network] section settings.

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MaintainServerList=<yes-no-auto>

Default:     Auto
Purpose:     Specifies whether the browser on your computer acts

as the browse master or a back-up browse master. If the value for this setting is Auto, the browser on your computer will act as either, as needed. If the value for this setting is No, the browser will never act as a browse master or a back-up browse master. If the value for this setting is Yes, the browser will always act as both. If you are setting up a computer as a dedicated server for a small workgroup of three to four computers, you may want to set this value to Yes on the server and to No on the other computers. Otherwise, you should never need to change this value. ____________________________________________________________ MultiNet=<name>

Default:     None
Purpose:     Specifies the other networks you have added support for.

____________________________________________________________ NoProtocolErrMsg=<0-or-1>

Default:     0
Purpose:     If your computer is a portable which usually connects

to your network by using its docking station, then whenever the computer is not connected to its docking station, you will receive error messages when you start Windows for Workgroups 3.11. Since this situation does not really indicate a networking problem, you can use this setting to prevent one of the error messages from appearing.

     If value for this setting is 0, the error message controlled

by this setting will appear. If the value for this setting is 1, the error message will never appear. ____________________________________________________________ PreferredRedir=<full-or-basic>

Default:     Basic
Purpose:     Specifies whether the net start command loads the

full real-mode network drivers, which provide full network functionality including browsing, or the basic real-mode network drivers, which provide only limited functionality. ____________________________________________________________ PrintBufTime=<seconds>

Default:     45
Purpose:     Specifies the number of seconds of idle printing time

that Windows for Workgroups should wait before indicating that the end of a print job has been reached when printing from an MS-DOS based application. When printing to a network printer from an MS-DOS based application, your documents do not start printing until the application finishes processing the print job. If you are using an MS-DOS based application that processes print jobs quickly and you want your documents to print sooner, decrease this value. If you are using an MS-DOS based application that takes longer to process print jobs or if your documents are not printing continuously, increase this value. The time during which an MS-DOS based application is suspended is not counted. ____________________________________________________________ PrintSharing=<boolean>

Default:     1
Purpose:     Turns print sharing on or off. If this setting is

enabled, you can use the Print Manager to share printers over the network. If this setting is disabled, you cannot share printers.

Note: If your Network Administrator has disabled print sharing, this switch will have no effect. ____________________________________________________________ Priority=<number>

Default:     80
Purpose:     Specifies the priority given to running your

applications and sharing your resources. The lower the number, the faster your applications run. The higher the number, the faster your resources are shared. The value for this setting must be between 40 and 9000. ____________________________________________________________ Reconnect=<boolean>

Default:     Yes
Purpose:     Determines whether the Reconnect At Startup check box

in the Connect Network Drive or Connect Network Printer dialog box is selected the next time the dialog box is displayed. If this setting is enabled, the check box is selected. If this setting is disabled, the check box is not selected. When you select or clear the check box, the value for this setting changes in the SYSTEM.INI file to reflect its current state. ____________________________________________________________ Reshare=<boolean>

Default:     Yes
Purpose:     Determines whether the Reshare At Startup check box

in the Share Directory or Share Printer dialog box is selected the next time the dialog box is displayed. If this setting is enabled, the check box is selected. If this setting is disabled, the check box is not selected. When you select or clear the check box, the value for this setting changes in the SYSTEM.INI file to reflect its current state. ____________________________________________________________ Username=<name>

Default:     Your computer name until you log on for the first

time. Then the default value becomes the logon name you specify in the Welcome To Windows For Workgroups dialog box.

Purpose:     Specifies the default logon name used to log on to

Windows for Workgroups. The value for this setting changes to the logon name you specify when you log on to Windows for Workgroups. ____________________________________________________________ WinShare=<path>

Default:     None
Purpose:     Specifies a remoteWindows directory. This is useful

if you are running a shared copy of Windows from a network server. The network path specified here is the path that contains the shared copy of Windows. The WinShare parameter prevents the specified network connection from disconnecting while Windows is running. ____________________________________________________________ WorkGroup=<name>

Default:     The workgroup you specified during Setup.
Purpose:     Specifies the workgroup your computer belongs to. If

this setting is missing from your SYSTEM.INI file, the Windows for Workgroups redirector will not load and you will not have full networking capabilities. ____________________________________________________________

[Network Drivers] Section Settings

The [Network Drivers] section contains information used for running the real-mode network drivers to connect to the network.

The [Network Drivers] section can contain the following settings: ____________________________________________________________ DevDir=<path>

Default:     c:\windows
Purpose:     Specifies the location of the PROTOCOL.INI file and

the real-mode drivers necessary to connect to the network. The necessary drivers are determined by the netcard= and transport= entries in this section. ____________________________________________________________ LoadRMDrivers=<yes-or-no>

Default:     None
Purpose:     Specifies whether the net start command loads real

mode drivers. ____________________________________________________________ NetCard=<list-of-filenames>

Default:     None (Setup sets this value to match your configuration.)
Purpose:     Specifies the real-mode driver(s) for your network

adapter. This is loaded by the net initialize command, by the net start command (if LoadRMDrivers=yes), or by the net start workstation command. ____________________________________________________________ Transport=<list-of-filenames>

Default:     None (Setup sets this value to match your configuration.)
Purpose:     Specifies the network-protocol real-mode-driver

file(s) that Windows for Workgroups uses. This is loaded by the net start command (if LoadRMDrivers=yes), or by the net start workstation command. ____________________________________________________________

[Password List] Section Settings

The [Password List] section contains settings that specify the location of the password-list files for each user who logs on to your computer. The password-list file contains a list of the passwords you use to connect to password-protected resources.

The [Password List] section can contain one or more occurrences of the following setting: ____________________________________________________________ <username>=<drive><directory><password-list-filename>

Purpose:     Username specifies the logon name of the user; drive

specifies the drive the password-list file is located on; directory specifies the name of the directory in which the password-list file is located; and password-list-filename specifies the name of the password-list file. ____________________________________________________________

[NonWindowsApp] Section Settings

The [NonWindowsApp] section contains settings that affect the performance of MS-DOS based applications.

The [NonWindowsApp] section can contain the following settings: ____________________________________________________________ CommandEnvSize=<bytes>

Default:     0 for MS-DOS versions earlier than 3.2. Otherwise,

the default is the value for the /e: option in the shell= command line in the CONFIG.SYS file.

Purpose:     Specifies the size of the COMMAND.COM environment.

Note that running batch files with the extension .BAT starts COMMAND.COM, so this setting also applies to batch files. The value for this setting must be either 0 or between 160 and 32768. A value of 0 disables this setting. If the value is too small or too large, it will be rounded up to 160 or down to 32768. If the value is less than the current size of the actual environment, this setting will be disabled, as if it were set to 0. If you have specified the environment size in a PIF file for COMMAND.COM, the PIF-file setting overrides this setting. ____________________________________________________________ DisablePositionSave=<0-or-1>

Default:     0
Purpose:     When this setting is disabled, the position and fonts

used by an MS-DOS based application are saved in the DOSAPP.INI file when you quit the application. If this setting is enabled, the position and fonts used by an MS-DOS based application whose settings have not been previously saved in the DOSAPP.INI file will not be saved. If enabled, the setting can be overridden for each MS-DOS based application by selecting the Save Settings On Exit check box in the Font Selection dialog box in the application. ____________________________________________________________ FontChangeEnable=<0-or-1>

Default:     1 on systems that use Windows version 3.1 or Windows

for Workgroups grabbers. 0 on systems that use Windows version 3.0 grabbers.

Purpose:     Enables you to change fonts when you are running an

MS-DOS based application in a window on a system that uses version 3.0 grabbers (usually used in 3.0 display drivers). Windows version 3.1 video grabbers (used in 3.1 display drivers) include built-in support for changing fonts when you are running an MS-DOS based application in a window. If you are using a 3.0 grabber that has not been updated to include the ability to change fonts and you want to use this feature, enable this setting. However, with this setting enabled, your screen may lose characters and the cursor may change size and position slightly. ____________________________________________________________ LocalTSRs=<list-of-TSR-applications>

Default:     DOSEDIT, CED
Purpose:     Specifies which terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR)

programs work properly if they are copied to each instance of a virtual machine. When you start Windows for Workgroups, it detects any TSR programs that are currently running. If the TSR is on the LocalTSRs list, Windows for Workgroups copies the TSR to each virtual machine you run. Many TSRs will not run properly if they are added to this list. Make sure your TSR is fully compatible with Windows for Workgroups and can be copied to a virtual machine before you add it to the list. ____________________________________________________________ MouseInDosBox=<0-or-1>

Default:     1 if an MS-DOS mouse driver is loaded that has the

extension .COM or .SYS and supports the use of a mouse with an MS-DOS based application. Otherwise, the default is 0.

Purpose:     Specifies whether the mouse is supported when running

an MS-DOS based application in a window. Mouse support for an MS-DOS based application running in a window is automatically available if you are using a Windows version 3.1 grabber. If you are using a Windows version 3.0 grabber and you want mouse support, enable this setting. If you do not want mouse support, disable this setting. ____________________________________________________________ NetAsynchSwitching=<0-or-1>

Default:     0, unless an application is running that supports the

use of the Task Switcher API by the NetBIOS.

Purpose:     Specifies whether you can switch away from an

application after it has made an asynchronous network BIOS call. If this setting is disabled, you cannot switch away. Switching away from some applications that make these calls might cause your system to fail. After Windows for Workgroups detects an asynchronous NetBIOS call, you cannot switch away from the application, even if no more of these calls are made. Enable this setting only if you are sure that the applications you use will not receive network messages while they are inactive. ____________________________________________________________ ScreenLines=<number>

Default:     25
Purpose:     Specifies the number of lines that will be displayed

on the screen when you run an MS-DOS based application. An application that specifies a different screen mode can override this setting. ____________________________________________________________ SwapDisk=<drive:directory>

Default:     The directory that the TEMP environment variable

points to; if there is no TEMP variable, the default is the root directory of your first hard drive (usually drive C). If you do not have a hard disk, the default is the root directory of your first floppy disk drive (usually drive A).

Purpose:     Provides the name of the disk drive and directory to

which Windows for Workgroups swaps MS-DOS based applications. ____________________________________________________________

[standard] Section Settings

Windows for Workgroups 3.11 no longer runs in standard mode. It therefore does not use any settings in the [standard] section.

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Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
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