The notepad solution is to do as follows:
First make sure you are allowed to see the system files and the fileextension on known files and that you can see the hidden system folders and files. You do this by opening Windows Explorer, mark your C drive, click the Tools menu and change the following settings in the 'Show' pane (I've translated from Danish so it might be called something else.):
Remove check from 'Hide protected system files' and from 'Hide fileextension for known filetypes'.
Under 'Hidden files and folders' make sure 'Show hidden files and folders' is marked.
Click the 'Apply to all folders' button and then click OK. You should now be able to see all the files and folders on your computer, if you can't then close Windows Explorer and open it again.
Write (or copy directly from my post) the following lines in notepad, save the file as config.nt (if .txt is applied at the end rename the file so it ends on .nt) and copy it to C:\Windows\system32 saying 'Yes' to overwriting:
dos=high, umb
device=%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\himem.sys
files=40
Write (or copy directly from my post) the following lines in notepad, save the file as autoexec.nt (if .txt is applied at the end rename the file so it ends on .nt) and copy it to C:\Windows\system32 saying 'Yes' to overwriting (note lh is LH):
@echo off
lh %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\mscdexnt.exe
lh %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\redir
lh %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\dosx
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3
An easier way instead of using notepad is doing as I surgested for Cheiromancer to do in post #10 as the contents of those files are the same as what your write in notepad.
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the body. Pr. 16:24[This message has been edited by Proconsul Creaticus Dania (edited 08-02-2005 @ 10:30 AM).]