Chapter 2
Enhancing System Operations
This chapter tells you how to use the following procedures to enhance the operation of your computer:
QUsing AUTOEXEC.BAT and other batch files
0 Changing the processor speed
0 Using your computer as a network server
0 Using special VGA features.
Using AUTOEXEC.BAT and Other Batch Files
If you are using MS-DOS to access your application programs, you may find that there are commands you need to run frequently. You can automate the execution of these commands by listing them in a special file called a batch file. When you type the name of the batch file and press [Enbrl, MS-DOS executes the commands in the file just as if you had typed each command from the keyboard.
If you have a word processing program that can save a file as a text-only file (sometimes called an ASCII file), you can use it to create a batch file. You can also use the MS-DOS COPY, EDIT, or EDLIN command, or a text editor, to create the file.
One batch file that you may find particularly useful is called AUTOEXEC.BAT. Every time you turn on your computer, MS-DOS looks for the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and automatically executes each of the commands in the file.
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