im in computer engineering at school, and im stuck on a problem that i have to figure out how to fix for a grade... when i turn on my comp it loads dos, then windows 311 but then it goes back to dos and says hit alt+tab to switch between the 2... but i need it to stay at 311, how would i do that? an answer would be great before noon tomorrow lol...thanksDid you try pressing ALT + TAB?lol of course, but the req for the test thing is that i get it to start up without me having to push that... im GUESSING its the autoexec.bat that i gotta put a command in but idk which one.Any error messages before it switches back to DOS mode?no it just flashes the 311 screen then goes back to the thing that gives u some options to make the dos prompt smaller on the 311 screen, to exit dos, and the alt tab thingWhat happens if you choose to exit DOS?it goes to 311, but thats not the issue, i need it to go there on its own so i can just turn on the computer and it will go straight to 311 and stay at it without me typing anything...While you're in Windows 3.1, in the Program Manager and go to Startup. Do you see something like "MS-DOS Prompt"?

If not, go back to the MS-DOS Prompt and type in:

edit c:\autoexec.bat

The file should text should be similar to the text on THIS PAGE.

Are there any more commands that are different to the commands in the web page above?in addition to the startup FOLDER, verify that there is no RUN=COMMAND.COM type of line in WIN.INI, in addition to looking for a WINSTART.BAT file in C:\WINDOWS ) or wherever windows is installed). if there is a winstart.bat at all, it is possible one of the commands is COMMAND.COM which woud cause this problem as well.


If I was the one who PURPOSELY munged up computer like that ,I doubt anybody would pass. I'd disable the RUN command from program manager using the INI file and REMOVE all GROUPS from the window. Then I'd get config.sys to try to load a text file as a driver. MWA HA HA!

sorry, I got kind of carried away there.

but they actually TEACH this stuff? I gotta boost my ego by taking one of THOSE courses

Also, Dairyman, the only way autoexec.bat could be involved is if the line that started windows also started command prompt, as in WIN COMMAND.COM or something similiar. Other than that, all the other commands will execute when windows is closed.


Ahhh nostalgia. INI files. FAT16. ahhhhhhhlol my comp runs on FAT32 and Win98' is there a Way I could puposely screw up my comp like that lol, I luv DOS
anyway I would probably know how to fix it, just do the exact opposite of what I did lol.Its quite easy to screw up a windows 98 computer, just click "start". lol jk.