Windows NT includes the following miscellaneous files.
Table 4.9 Miscellaneous Files
Filename | Description |
_DEFAULT.PIF2 | Default PIF for MS-DOS applications |
A221064.PAL | PALcode for DECpc AXP/150 (Jensen - EV4, pass 2) systems |
A221066.PAL | PALcode for DECpc AXP/150 (Jensen - EV4, pass 2) systems |
A321064.PAL | PALcode for DECpc AXP/150 (Jensen - EV4, pass 3) systems |
AUTOEXEC.NT | Default AUTOEXEC.BAT file for Windows NT |
BIOS1.ROM, BIOS2.ROM | Required for VDM emulation |
CANYON.MID | Multimedia sample file |
CLOCK.AVI | Sample AVI file |
CMOS.RAM | Required for VDM emulation |
CONFIG.NT | Default CONFIG.SYS for Windows NT |
DEFAULT | Registry hive |
EGA.CPI | ROM fonts, international |
FATBOOT.BIN | FAT boot sector |
GRAPHICS.PRO | Graphics Profile file; used by the Graphics utility to load printer profile information |
HOSTS | Windows Sockets database file; provides hostname and IP address name resolution for Windows Sockets |
HOSTS.SHP | Sockets database file |
HPFSBOOT.BIN | HPFS boot sector |
IDP_XFS.BIN | Network NDIS driver: Digiboard ISDN |
IMAADP32.ACM | IMA ADPCM Codec for MSACM |
INTRO.ICO | Introduction to Windows NT icon |
LMHOSTS | Windows Sockets database file; provides computername and IP address name resolution for Windows Networking |
LMHOSTS.SAM | Sockets database file |
MIB.BIN | SNMP component; SNMP service |
MIDIMAP.CFG | MIDI configuration file; controls the mapping of MIDI sound channels onto instruments |
MMTASK.TSK | Multimedia background task support module |
MSADP32.ACM | ADPCM Codec for MSACM |
MSGSM32.ACM | GSM version 6.10 audio Codec for MSACM |
MUSRMGR.IND | User Manager help index |
MVOPL3.PAT | Media Vision OPL3 FM Synthesizer patches for OPL3 Synthesizer driver |
NETAPI.OS2 | OS/2 network API |
NETFLX.BIN | Network NDIS driver for COMPAQ NetFlex/DualSpeed Token Ring adapter card |
NETWORKS | Sockets database file; provides network name and net ID resolution for TCP/IP management utilities |
NT.DOC | Introduction to Windows NT documentation |
NTLDR | Windows NT loader |
OSO001.007 | OS/2 message file in German |
OSO001.0092 | OS/2 message file in English |
OSO001.010 | OS/2 message file in Spanish |
OSO001.012 | OS/2 message file in French |
OSO001.016 | OS/2 message file in Italian |
OSO001.029 | OS/2 message file in Swedish |
PASSPORT.MID | MIDI sound file |
PROFILE.SPC | Needed for MS-DOS and Win16 VDMs |
PROTOCOL | Sockets database file; provides protocol name and protocol ID resolution for Windows Sockets applications |
QUOTES | Quotes files for Simple TCP/IP; sends arguments, verbatim, to the remote FTP server |
SERVICES | Sockets database file; provides service name and port ID resolution for Windows Sockets applications |
SETUPLDR | Setup loader |
SETUPREG.HIV | System hive for text setup |
SFMUAM.IFO | Services for Macintosh user authentication manager volume information file |
SFMUAM.RSC | Services for Macintosh user authentication module volume resource file |
SOFTWARE | Software hive; default Registry configuration |
STDOLE.TLB | 16-bit OLE version 2.1 |
STDOLE32.TLB | 32-bit OLE version 2.1 |
SYNTH.PAT | Synthesizer patch codes |
SYSTEM.INI | Win16 system initialization file, for Win16 compatibility |
SYSTEM.MDB | ??? DHCP MDB |
SYSTEM | Windows NT System hive |
TAGFILE.TAG | Windows NT Setup uses this file |
TELNET.TRM | Windows NT Terminal configuration file for the Telnet driver (used by TELNET.EXE) |
TSSOFT32.ACM | DSP Group Truespeech Audio Codec for MSACM version 3.5 |
V7VGA.ROM | Emulation of Video 7 BIOS code required for VDM emulation |
WDL.TRM | Terminal file for Microsoft Download Service |
WIN.INI | Win16 Windows initialization file (for compatibility) |
WINFILE.INI | File Manager initialization file |
WINOLDAP.MOD | Launch non-Windows-based Win16 applications from Win16 |