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C h a p t e r 4

Enhancing System Operations

This chapter tells you how to use the following procedures to

enhance the operation of your computer:

Using AUTOEXEC.BAT and other batch files

Changing the processor speed

Reassigning the diskette drives

Using your computer as a network server

Using expanded memory beyond 640KB

Using special VGA features.

Using AUTOEXEC.BAT and Other Batch Files

As you get used to using MS-DOS and 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

Enter,

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 that

program to create a batch file. You can also use the MS-DOS
COPY or EDLIN command to create the file. See your

MS-DOS Reference Manual for instructions on creating and

using batch files.

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