[wumply]

1. One such instruction in the article is this: "Check the Config.nt and Autoexec.nt files in the SystemRoot%\System32 folder for non-standard settings."

Question: How does one know or learn what the standard settings are?

2. A 2nd. instruction reads: "Use a REM statement to remark out all entries except the following default entries."

Question: How, exactly, do I use a REM statement to remark out entries?

[rhynes]

The original copies of autoexec.nt and config.nt are in C:\WINDOWS\repair.
To use a rem statement, simply put it in front of the statement:
rem net time \\server /set /y
It just skips over the statement.

[wumply]

re putting 'rem' in front of a statement--does this hold wherever you find a statement or only in the registry? Or are such statements found only IN the registry? I mean they aren't in C:\Windows\Repair...well, at least Windows says it can't open config.nt or autoexec.nt when I click 'Open' in C:\Windows\Repair...it needs to know which program created it. And I don't even know if I should orl need to open such files

[wumply]

Oh and am I correct--the files config.nt and autoexec.nt are modified holdover files from DOS that exist in XP to allow DOS programs to run in XP?

[rhynes]

ok, there's no file association by default for the .nt files. You can open notepad, then drag and drop the files into notepad. REM statements are remarks, not to be carried out in the batch process...

This is the default autoexec.nt file, remember, the .nt is pretty much a carryover from the old autoexec.bat and config.sys files.

@echo off

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

REM The following line enables Sound Blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM.
REM The command for setting the BLASTER environment is as follows:
REM SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330
REM where:
REM A specifies the sound blaster's base I/O port
REM I specifies the interrupt request line
REM D specifies the 8-bit DMA channel
REM P specifies the MPU-401 base I/O port
REM T specifies the type of sound blaster card
REM 1 - Sound Blaster 1.5
REM 2 - Sound Blaster Pro I
REM 3 - Sound Blaster 2.0
REM 4 - Sound Blaster Pro II
REM 6 - SOund Blaster 16/AWE 32/32/64
REM
REM The default value is A220 I5 D1 T3 and P330. If any of the switches is
REM left unspecified, the default value will be used. (NOTE, since all the
REM ports are virtualized, the information provided here does not have to
REM match the real hardware setting.) NTVDM supports Sound Blaster 2.0 only.
REM The T switch must be set to 3, if specified.
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3

REM To disable the sound blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM, specify an invalid
REM SB base I/O port address. For example:
REM SET BLASTER=A0

batch programming really doesn't have anything to do with the registry...

[wumply]

Well thanks, rhynes...I just wish you lived next door, I always have questions!