System Information: Software

 

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Software

 

DOS version Version of the operating system.

Windows version Version of Microsoft Windows.

Windows mode Mode in which Windows runs at the moment. There are three different modes:

- REAL (only 3.0): out of date mode, taken from Windows 2.0

- STANDARD: Mode for 80286, and for 80386 with little RAM

- ENHANCED: Enhanced mode, only possible with 80386sx and above

Swap file Size of the virtual memory simulated on your hard disk (only ENHANCED mode). This can be either permanent or temporary. In the latter case, the maximum size allowed is shown.

Free memory Free memory, including memory simulated on disk (swap file). In Windows 95/98, this value is meaningless because it's always equal to the total amount of memory. Total Commander 32 therefore shows the amount of unallocated memory, and a percentage value which shows the "memory load". If this value approaches 0 you should think about buying additional memory.

Free resources Free system resources in %. If this value gets too low, you cannot start additional programs. The shown value, normally called "free resources", is the minimum of free GDI (graphics) and USER (Window management) resources, shown in brackets. The value isn't available in Windows NT, but isn't a problem there either.

Time since win. start Elapsed time since Windows was last started. Unfortunately, the counter wraps to 0 approx. every 50 days.

Temporary dir Defines the directory where programs put their temporary files. If nothing is shown here, add the following line to your autoexec.bat:

set temp=c:\temp .Then create this directory temp. You can also choose any other directory, but you should not use an existing directory like c:\dos.