Appendix A. Customizing device driver configuration
settings
This section contains information about how to customize and configure device
drivers.
Changing the Windows 98 and Windows Me device-driver
settings
Windows 98 and Windows Me have two device-driver configuration
parameters: Auto Insert Notify and DMA. These are ordinarily setup
automatically by Windows. If you need to set them up, the following
procedures will help.
The Auto Insert Notify parameter enables the computer to start audio CD
software as soon as a CD is inserted into the CD-ROM drive.
The DMA parameter improves computer performance by having the computer
DMA controller handle moving data from the CD to memory, freeing the
computer microprocessor to perform more important tasks. For example,
activating DMA might make movies and games run more smoothly because
the microprocessor will have more time to perform video tasks.
To change these parameter settings from Windows 98 or Windows Me, do the
following steps. (This also pertains to setting Auto Insert Notification for
Windows NT 4.0.)
1.
Click
Start-->Settings-->Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click
System
.
3.
Click the
Device Manager
tab; double-click
CD-ROM
; select the CD-ROM
driver listed; then click the
Properties
button.
4.
Click the
Settings
tab.
5.
Under Options, click the box next to either
Auto Insert Notification
or
DMA
.
6.
Click
OK
.
Changing the Windows 2000 desktop device driver
To change the Windows 2000 desktop device driver, follow these steps:
1.
Click
Start-->Settings-->Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click
System
.
3.
Click the
Hardware
tab.
4.
Click the
Device Manager
button.
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