SYSTEM.INI Settings in the Registry

The following table lists SYSTEM.INI entries that are migrated to the Registry when Windows 95 is installed in the same directory as a previous version of Windows 3.x. For information about specific SYSTEM.INI entries related to loading VxDs and configuring network components, see Chapter 6, "Setup Technical Discussion."

Registry Paths for Migrated SYSTEM.INI Entries

SYSTEM.INI entry

Subkey in Hkey_Local_Machine

[386Enh]:

Network

System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\Vnetsetup

Transport

Software\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\transport entry

[network]:

Comment

System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\Vnetsetup

ComputerName

System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName

EnableSharing

System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\Vnetsetup

LMAnnounce

System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\Vnetsetup

LogonDomain

Network

LogonValidated

Network

MaintainServerList

System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\Vnetsetup

Reshare

System\CurrentControlSet\Network\LanMan\sharename1

Username

Network\Logon

WorkGroup

System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\Vnetsetup


1 The equivalent of the Reconnect settings is stored in Hkey_Current_User\Persistent.

The following tables list entries that are retained in SYSTEM.INI for compatibility with applications written for earlier versions of Windows.

SYSTEM.INI Entries Retained and Supported in the User Interface

[386Enh]:

AllEMSLocked
AllXMSLocked
AltKeyDelay
AltPasteDelay
DMABufferSize
Display
DOSPromptExitInstructions

Keyboard
KeyPasteCRSkipCount
KeyPasteKeyDelay
PasteSkipCount
KeyPasteTimeout
MaxDMAPGAddress

MaxPagingFileSize
MinUserDiskSpace
Mouse
Paging
PagingDrive
ScrollFrequency

[boot]:

display.drv
keyboard.drv

mouse.drv
network.drv

sound.drv

[NonWindowsApps]:

CommandEnvSize


Entries in SYSTEM.INI Retained but Not Supported in the User Interface

[386Enh]:

Device=filename
KeybdPasswd
Local

Local Reboot
MessageBackColor
MessageTextColor

NetAsyncTimeout
NetAsynchFallback
NetDMASize

[boot]:

386grabber=filename
comm.drv=filename
drivers=filename
fixedfon.fon=filename

fonts.fon=filename
language.dll=library-name
oemfonts.font=filename

shell=filename
system.drv=filename
TaskMan.Exe=filename

[drivers]:

alias=driver-filname

[mci]:

Entries written by applications