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From: cng@ics.uci.edu (Connie NG)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: DOS5 slow down the system...
Message-ID: <16972.678154429@ics.uci.edu>
Date: 29 Jun 91 00:14:00 GMT
Reply-To: cng@ics.uci.edu
Organization: Univeristy of California, Irvine -- Dpt. Info. & Comp. Science
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    Hi Netters!

I just installed DOS-5 and shift drivers and TSR's to the Upper Memory
Area. They seem to work fine, with the exception of filecga (a file
name completion TSR). However three points bother me:

    1. Norton Utilities' SI shows that the system's performance got a
serious kick. When I was running DOS 4.01, SI gave me the following:
Computing Index  :  41.1
Disk Index       :  27.7
Performance Index:  35.2

After DOS-5 installed and use of the Upper Memory Area, SI shows:
Computing Index  :  39.0
Disk Index       :  16.6
Performance Index:  31.5

I know that Norton Utilties's SI is not all that accurate but these
figures do show a drastic change. Could someone explain me what
happened?

    2. The switch to DOS-5 also slowed down the process of opening
application and windows under Windows 3.0. It took a great deal of
time to redraw the windows. What could have affected this?

    3. DOS window under Windows 3.0 does not show anything in Upper
Memory Area, using mem /c. TSR's shifted in the UMA do not work
either.

My system configuration is as follows:
    486-25  ,   4 Meg RAM   ,   210 Meg IDE 15ms
    Orchid ProDesigner 1 Meg

Here are my config.sys and autoexec.bat:

device=c:\dos5\himem.sys
device=c:\dos5\emm386.exe noems
devicehigh c:\dos5\smartdrv.sys 2048 512
devicehigh c:\windows\mouse.sys /Y
devicehigh c:\dos5\ansi.sys
devicehigh c:\dos5\setver.exe
shell=c:\dos5\command.com c:\dos5\ /e:800 /p
break=on
files=30
buffers=20
dos=high,umb

verify on
path ...blahblahblah...
prompt=...blahblahblah...
set temp=c:\windows\temp
loadhigh c:\util\bin\stack.com
loadhigh c:\dos5\fastopen.exe c:=200


Could someone help me in determining the cause of the problems? Am I
doing anything wrong? Please post on the boards (no e-mail please). I
will summarize responses. Thank you in advance for your help....