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Miscellaneous Tips USE MSD BEFORE INSTALLING WINDOWS 95
If you haven't yet decided to install Windows 95, then I
would definitely advise you to first run a DOS program
called MSD (which stands for MicroSoft Diagnostics)
before doing so. This program is misnamed, because it
doesn't really interactively help you to diagnose
problems you might encounter with your computer (except
indirectly.) What it actually does is provide you with a
very detailed description of your specific computer
configuration. You may not understand its output: what
are "ports"? and "IRQ lines"? What
does all that information in the file WIN.INI really
mean? But if you don't comprehend all the computerese
gobbledygook, maybe your friendly neighborhood computer
guru will. Or if you don't have the name of such a person
in your address book, then you might consider calling the
MicroSoft Help Line, which is available free for use by
new Windows 95 users for a period of 90 days after you
first try to install Windows 95 on your system. (The
telephone number is 206-635-7000.) The Help Line person
will probably need information that is contained in that
20 or 30 pages of printout that is generated (optionally)
by MSD. |