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Jake · 10-22-2002, 04:25 PM

ok I read through every thread on this forum that i could find dealing with boot times... I have made a list of things to do... I currently have winamp version 2.7 and windows 98micro. on my computer. It boots from cold boot (turn on power switch) to music in 19 seconds..... this is far better than i could have hoped for.... there are two things in the list below that i have not even tried yet cause lets face it 19 seconds is quick enough.... the two i havent even done was the shell thing right now its non shell, and i havent downloaded tweak ui yet... but i did all the other stuff below and i also set a few of the common since settings in bios for a quicker boot... I hope this can help some people. Thanks to everyone on the board that helps us newbies out you guys rock :)

Windows
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1) monitor settings.. and the feature "Auto Detect Plug and Play Monitor" was checked, i unchecked it

2) Open 2 or more files as shell (using the shell= command).
very simple...just open up notepad and write:

@echo
c:\whateverdir\someprogram.exe
c:\anotherprogram.exe

then save it as a .bat file. Then change your shell to that batch file.

3) 98Lite (takes out ALL the crap) 98lite Professional v4.6

4) msconfig - remove scandisk checking

5) msdos.sys: Doublebuffer=1, Dblspace=0, Drvspace=0, Logo=0, Bootdelay=0, DisableLog=1

6) config.sys: add the line: Stacks=0,0

7) turn off virtual memory

8) Run your startup app from within system.ini, alter the 'shell=explorer.exe' line to point to your startup.exe file. (This too has been covered here!)

9) checkout tweak ui

10) remove extra fonts, remove extra config.sys and autoexec.bat lines, bypass any logins

10-22-2002, 04:25 PM	#10
Jake Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 43	ok I read through every thread on this forum that i could find dealing with boot times... I have made a list of things to do... I currently have winamp version 2.7 and windows 98micro. on my computer. It boots from cold boot (turn on power switch) to music in 19 seconds..... this is far better than i could have hoped for.... there are two things in the list below that i have not even tried yet cause lets face it 19 seconds is quick enough.... the two i havent even done was the shell thing right now its non shell, and i havent downloaded tweak ui yet... but i did all the other stuff below and i also set a few of the common since settings in bios for a quicker boot... I hope this can help some people. Thanks to everyone on the board that helps us newbies out you guys rock :) Windows ------- 1) monitor settings.. and the feature "Auto Detect Plug and Play Monitor" was checked, i unchecked it 2) Open 2 or more files as shell (using the shell= command). very simple...just open up notepad and write: @echo c:\whateverdir\someprogram.exe c:\anotherprogram.exe then save it as a .bat file. Then change your shell to that batch file. 3) 98Lite (takes out ALL the crap) 98lite Professional v4.6 4) msconfig - remove scandisk checking 5) msdos.sys: Doublebuffer=1, Dblspace=0, Drvspace=0, Logo=0, Bootdelay=0, DisableLog=1 6) config.sys: add the line: Stacks=0,0 7) turn off virtual memory 8) Run your startup app from within system.ini, alter the 'shell=explorer.exe' line to point to your startup.exe file. (This too has been covered here!) 9) checkout tweak ui 10) remove extra fonts, remove extra config.sys and autoexec.bat lines, bypass any logins __________________ Hardware: Via Epia, SB Live 5.1, Travelstar 40gig laptop HD, keyboard card, IR2PC module, Opus PSU Equipment: 600watt jensen amp, 4 x 6&1/2 3-way 200watt pioneer speakers Software: Win98Micro, Winamp, No DVD, Divx, or GPS yet