Re: Printer won't install

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:43:46 -0700

Yes type exactly as shown.

%systemroot% is a system variable that always resolves to the "windows"
directory no matter what it is called and no matter what the drive letter. 

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"Marc" wrote:
| Thanks Dave
| that is what I am trying to type.
| Do I type it has you have it has my cdrom is D drive
| expand D:\i386\config.nt_ %systemroot%\system32\config.nt
|
| expand D:\i386\autoexec.nt_ %systemroot%\system32\autoexec.nt
|
| expand D:\i386\command.co_ %systemroot%\system32\command.com
|
| In what you posted  the   %systemroot%   is that what I type?
|
| Thanks heaps as I have never done any of this DOS stuff before
|
| Marc

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