Article: Q64977
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
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Last Modified: 19-NOV-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 5.0
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SUMMARY
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When the Microsoft MS-DOS version 5.0 installation program is run on a machine
that had a previous system present, the program copies the CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT files to CONFIG.OLD and AUTOEXEC.OLD, replacing them with new ones
of its own. The Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade's Setup, however, simply modifies the
current files. This can cause problems because the MS-DOS installation program
changes system settings such as the "files=" and "buffers=" settings to values
that may cause programs already installed on the machine to fail.
One situation in which this is a problem is if Windows is present on the system.
The installation program sets "files=" to 10, a value that is too low for
Windows to run.
Additional query words: 5.00
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Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS500
Version : MS-DOS:5.0
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