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dwcfgmg.sys had my heart broke

• qubex 6y ago
  The Dos & Windows Configuration Manager... if I remember correctly bridged the gap between DOS and Plug ‘n’ Play (or Pray) functionality. If one were not touched by good fortune whilst specifying, assembling, and configuring one’s system, then one might reasonably expect interact much too often with this obscure system component. (Kind of like mDNSResponder on OS X.)
  • rusk 6y ago
    You remember well. Here’s the thing though. In that transitory phase between DOS and Windows one often has to “drop to DOS” to run some software, and even assemble “Boot Disks” to provide a customised stripped down environment, especially for games. The joy in this particular piece of software was that not only was it obscure and poorly documented but that even once you figured out it was required it still broke some games that required access “all” of the lower 640k which often left you with a choice between not having sound and not playing the game at all ...