Modified Hardware Description Text in Windows Setup (77195)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Windows 3.0a
  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q77195

SUMMARY

When running Windows Setup, you may find the text for the hardware descriptions listing specific .DRV files or other nonstandard hardware descriptions.

MORE INFORMATION

When running Windows Setup for the first time, the hardware descriptions are read from the SETUP.INF file. The chosen configuration is then written to the SYSTEM.INI's [boot.description] section. Thereafter, when running the Windows Setup to make modifications to an existing installation of Windows, Windows reads from the [boot.description] section of the SYSTEM.INI for the text descriptions of the current configuration.

Possible causes for these changes include:
  1. Modification of the SETUP.INF by you or by a third-party device driver installation
  2. Modification of the SYSTEM.INI's [boot.description] section by you or by third-party device driver installation
  3. OEM versions of SETUP.INF that do not have the standard description text
Note that there might be multiple SETUP.INF and/or SYSTEM.INI files on the system. The Search command in the File menu in File Manager may help you locate these files. If you are running Windows on a network, search both local and network Windows directories.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/7/2005
Keywords:KB77195
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