SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI

This section describes changes related to system startup made by Windows 95 Setup to SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI. Mappings for other changes between Windows 3.x and Windows 95 are described in Chapter 33, "Windows 95 Registry."

Changes to SYSTEM.INI

Most configuration options for Windows 95 are now stored in the Registry and are no longer required in SYSTEM.INI. The following options have been moved to the Registry or are no longer valid in Windows 95:

The following tables describe other changes made in SYSTEM.INI.

Entries Added to the [Boot] Section of SYSTEM.INI

comm.drv=comm.drv
dibeng.drv=dibeng.dll

gdi.exe=gdi.exe
sound.drv=sound.drv

user.exe=user.exe


Entries Added to the [386Enh] Section of SYSTEM.INI

device=*vshare
device=*vcd

device=*int13
device=*dynapage


Entries Deleted in the [386Enh] Section of SYSTEM.INI

device=*vfd
device=*configmg
device=serial.386

device=lpt.386
device=pagefile.386
timercriticalsection=

device=isapnp.386
device=wshell.386
maxbps=


Entries Moved from the [386Enh] Section of SYSTEM.INI to the Registry

Network=
Network3=

SecondNet=
Transport=

V86ModeLANAs=


Entries Moved from the [Network] Section of SYSTEM.INI to the Registry

AuditEnabled=
AuditEvents=
AuditLogSize=
AutoLogon=
Comment=
ComputerName=
DirectHost=
EnableSharing=

FileSharing=
LANAs=
LMAnnounce=
LMLogon=
LogonDisconnected=
LogonDomain=
LogonValidated=
Multinet=

PasswordCaching=
PrintSharing=
Reshare=
SlowLanas=
Winnet=
Workgroup=


The following list summarizes where you should set the related parameters using Windows 95 tools:

Changes to WIN.INI

The font and desktop information in WIN.INI is transferred to the Registry, as described in the following lists.

Entries Moved from the [Windows] Section of WIN.INI to the Registry

Beep
BorderWidth
CursorBlinkRate
DoubleClickSpeed

KeyboardDelay
KeyboardSpeed
MouseThreshold1
MouseThreshold2

MouseSpeed
ScreenSaveActive
ScreenSaveTimeOut
SwapMouseButtons


Entries Moved from the [WindowMetrics] Section of WIN.INI to the Registry

BorderWidth
CaptionHeight
CaptionWidth
MenuHeight
MenuWidth

MinArrange
MinHorzGap
MinVertGap
MinWidth

ScrollHeight
ScrollWidth
SmCaptionHeight
SmCaptionWidth


In addition, Setup always adds ATMWorkaround=1 to the [Pscript.Drv] section in WIN.INI.

The following list summarizes where you should set the related parameters using Windows 95 tools: