Re: Files=40 on an XP PC

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:38:01 -0700, "Shell Answer Man"
<ShellAnswerMan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Junk the program and the config.sys. COM2 you'd have to physically stick a
modem on port 2, and way too much hardware settings to go into. com2 isn't the
normal modem port. com1 is.
To physically change the DEFAULT port, you'd have to change the boot setup. And
last I looked on this machine, it's nowhere near as simple as a P1 was. I can't
recall seeing any modem configs. They exist in device manager. But you'll need
some sort of expert, and probably some sort of switching program to send things
back to com1 [or in my case com3].
I wouldn't waste the time on it. Just browse the web for a program that does
the same thing on a newer machine.

>Hi. Thanks. I just tried that using sysedit and it worked...however now I'm
>getting a message that "The system cannot open COM2 port requested by the
>application. Choose close to terminate the application".
>
>I tried going into the device manager and changing the port to COM2 and when
>I tried it again, I got the same message except the words COM2 were replaced
>with COM1.
>
>I had a similar problem with this when I loaded it on Win98 years ago and
>had to change EnablePowerManagement in the registry from 01 00 00 00 to 00 00
>00 00 but I don't see that key in the XP registry.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>
>"Husky" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:51:04 -0700, "Shell Answer Man" <Shell Answer
>> Man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> create a config.sys file in the C:\ and save it with files=40.
>>
>>
>> >I have XP Media Center Edition and when I try to run an old DOS application,
>> >I get the message that FILES=40 is missing from config.sys. I know XP uses
>> >config.nt when running DOS programs and config.nt does have FILES=40.
>> >
>> >Can anyone help?
>>
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