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SYSTEM.INI

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SYSTEM.INI

(SYStem INItialization) A Windows configuration file that describes the current state of the computer system environment. SYSTEM.INI was introduced in Windows 3.0, but was still used in Windows 95/98 and NT primarily for compatibility with Windows 3.x applications.

Hundreds of System Settings
SYSTEM.INI contains hundreds of internal Windows settings that are read at startup. It identifies the drivers to be loaded and provides details about handling DOS applications.

Information in SYSTEM.INI is grouped by section headers, which are names enclosed in brackets. For example, the [386Enh] section (386 Enhanced) deals with memory management and other system attributes.

Edited Manually
The information in SYSTEM.INI was updated by Windows when settings were changed; however, in order to tweak system performance, the file could be edited with any text editor. Most of the time, users never dealt with it. SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI were the major configuration files in the early versions of Windows. See WIN.INI and Registry.



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