[standard] Section Settings The [standard] section contains settings that are specific to running Windows in standard mode. The [standard] section can contain the following settings. ____________________________________________________________ FasterModeSwitch=<0-or-1> Default: 0 Purpose: Enabling this setting causes Windows running in standard mode to use a faster method of switching from protected to real mode on many 80286-based computers. When this setting is enabled, Windows responds quicker to hardware interrupts, allowing better throughput for interrupt-intensive applications, such as communications applications. In addition, you should enable this setting if you are using a Zenith Z-248 system and are losing characters while typing, or if you are using an Olivetti M-250-E and lose mouse functionality. Note: This setting has no effect on 80386-based computers. Some early IBM AT and compatible computers do not have the BIOS support necessary to use this setting. Enabling this setting on these computers may cause them to lock up when starting Windows. ____________________________________________________________ Int28Filter= Default: 10 Purpose: Specifies the interval of INT28h interrupts, generated when the system is idle, that are made visible (or reflected) to software that is loaded before Windows. Windows will reflect every nth interrupt, where n is the value of this setting. For example, a value of 1 reflects every INT28h interrupt, a value of 2 reflects every second INT28h interrupt, and so on. Increasing this value might improve Windows performance, but may interfere with some memory-resident programs, such as network software. Set this value to 0 to prevent any INT28h interrupts from being reflected. Setting this value too low (from 1 to 9) might interfere with communications applications. ____________________________________________________________ NetHeapSize= Default: 8 Purpose: Specifies the size (in kilobytes) of the data-transfer buffer that Windows running in standard mode allocates in conventional memory for transferring data over a network. If an application is not running correctly, your network may require a larger buffer than the default value. Increasing this value will decrease the amount of memory available to applications. If no network software is running, this setting will be ignored and no memory will be allocated. ____________________________________________________________ .