Setup Switches Easter Eggs Installation Not on the First Drive Uncommon Keyboard shortcuts |
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| Setup Switches |
These options are used with the Windows Me SETUP.EXE program and change the way Windows can be installed. While case is not normally important, if the option is in upper case, the option MUST be in upper case to work.
| /? | Show some but not all switches available |
| /c | Bypass running the disk cache program SMARTDrive |
| /d | Ignore the current Windows configuration if present (like WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI) |
| /l | Use Logitech mouse during setup |
| /n | Run setup without a mouse |
| -s | Use an alternate SETUP.INF file |
| /t: | Specify the folder to store setup temporary files (any files that exist in the specified folder are deleted) |
| /id | Skip check for free space |
| /ie | Bypass the prompts for making the EBD (Emergancy boot diskette) and do not create the EBD directory |
| /ig | Special support for older Gateway and Micron computers with older BIOS |
| /ih | Run SCANDISK in the foreground /im Ignore memory check |
| /im | Ignore memory check |
| /iq | Do not check for crosslinked files if SCANDISK fails, or is disabled from running by using the /is switch |
| /is | Do not run SCANDISK during setup |
| /it | Do not check for TSRs that normally interfere with Windows Setup |
| /iv | Do not display setup screens during an upgrade within Windows. |
| /IW | Skip question for license agreement |
| /m | Bypass playing the setup sound files. |
| /nf | Do not prompt user to remove the bootable floppy diskette (when using bootable CD-ROM). |
| /nh | Bypass running the Hwinfo.exe program at 0 percent files and RunOnce. |
| /nm | Ignore the CPU type check and install anyway. For example, Windows Me will complain if the processor is a 486DX, this option lets Windows install anyway |
| /nx | Bypass the check for which version of SETUP.EXE is running. |
| /NTLDR | Allow installation even if a prior version of Windows is not found. This is typically used when installing a new drive, and the PC came with a crippled OEM version of Windows that will refuse to install. |
| /p | Pass a string
of one or more options onto the Setup detection manager, separated by
semicolons. See Microsoft
switches document for more details. Some of the more useful options
include: /p b Prompt before running each detection module /p f Ignore the current registry and rebuild a completely new one. This is very useful if the registry is completely corrupted, and you have no backup to use. /p g=3 Verbose progress - so you can see what hardware detection hangs during setup and possibly exclude it. |
Product Team - Right click on the desktop, click properties, then click on the Screen Saver tab, Choose 3-D text as the screen saver, and click on settings. In the Display Text box type "volcano", and then click ok. |
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| Installation Not on the First Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For expert users, Windows, in some situations, can run and boot from a second drive. Be aware this may not work. If you want to try it, the process is to first install Windows on the first physical hard disk C. This disk drive is then switched with another drive (usually changing drive jumpers if IDE). The new "first drive" without Windows must not have any extended or logical partitions. Using System Commander to boot the OS, specific under Settings, OS Specific options, be sure that all partitions on the first drive are hidden. When Windows on the second drive is selected from the System Commander OS selection menu, it will boot properly and appear as drive C: (even though it is running from the second drive). Microsoft does not support this configuration. We've seen it work on systems, but it also may fail to boot on your specific system (although it will not hurt anything). Please be aware that V Communications can't help you, should it not boot properly, as it appears Windows is sensitive to some hardware configurations. It may be one of the reasons Microsoft does not support it. |
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A free utility WinKey is available to assign your own shortcuts from Copernic. |
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