Information for the new release of Windows ME

Microsoft Corporation has just released its newest Windows operating system called Windows ME (Millennium Edition).

Here is the information needed to use People's Choice DOS 4.2 and 5.0 on a Windows ME operating system.

  1. Click Start
  2. Click Programs
  3. Click Accessories
  4. Click Notepad
  5. Click File and Open
  6. For Look in: choose the C drive
  7. Click on the Windows folder
  8. Click on OPEN
  9. For File name: enter system.ini
  10. Change Files of type: to all files
  11. Click on OPEN
  12. Scroll down to the [386Enh] section
  13. Anywhere under that heading, type the following line:
    PerVMFiles=99
  14. Press Enter
  15. Click File and Save
  16. Click File and Exit to close the system.ini file
  17. Restart the computer

It should be noted that the current release of  Windows 2000 Professional will run Peoples Choice DOS Classic v5.0 with some manual configuration.

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