trying to use an old version of quicken, get the
following message in setup.
6. Message "Your CONFIG.SYS file needs updating.
Quicken needs at least
Files=50 and Buffers=10. You have Files=xx and
Buffers=yy".
From DOS or a DOS Session, make a copy of your
CONFIG.SYS file and name it
CONFIG.Q. Edit your CONFIG.SYS file where you see
Files= and/or Buffers=
so the values are Files=50 and Buffers=10.
Restart your system, start Windows
and start Quicken's Setup again. For more
information on these settings, see your
DOS or Windows manual.

question is, is this a safe process and where is this
file?

And will yr old version run on xp?
David

"David Candy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Do the same thing but to c:\windows\system32\config.nt

"bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:07c301c36b83$2ac7c990$(E-Mail Removed)...
> trying to use an old version of quicken, get the
> following message in setup.
> 6. Message "Your CONFIG.SYS file needs updating.
> Quicken needs at least
> Files=50 and Buffers=10. You have Files=xx and
> Buffers=yy".
> From DOS or a DOS Session, make a copy of your
> CONFIG.SYS file and name it
> CONFIG.Q. Edit your CONFIG.SYS file where you see
> Files= and/or Buffers=
> so the values are Files=50 and Buffers=10.
> Restart your system, start Windows
> and start Quicken's Setup again. For more
> information on these settings, see your
> DOS or Windows manual.
>
> question is, is this a safe process and where is this
> file?

Do NOT touch CONFIG.SYS!

The "DOS" equivalents in Win Xp are CONFIG.NT and AUTOEXEC.NT in the
C:\Windows\System32\ Folder.

You can edit these with Notepad.

Your version of Quicken must be very old - dating back to Windows 3.x.

Good Luck!

Pat Garard
Australia

"bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:07c301c36b83$2ac7c990$(E-Mail Removed)...
> trying to use an old version of quicken, get the
> following message in setup.
> 6. Message "Your CONFIG.SYS file needs updating.
> Quicken needs at least
> Files=50 and Buffers=10. You have Files=xx and
> Buffers=yy".
> From DOS or a DOS Session, make a copy of your
> CONFIG.SYS file and name it
> CONFIG.Q. Edit your CONFIG.SYS file where you see
> Files= and/or Buffers=
> so the values are Files=50 and Buffers=10.
> Restart your system, start Windows
> and start Quicken's Setup again. For more
> information on these settings, see your
> DOS or Windows manual.
>
> question is, is this a safe process and where is this
> file?

Probably. As long as quicken followed the programming rules in place at the time.
"DL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> And will yr old version run on xp?
> David
>
> "David Candy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Do the same thing but to c:\windows\system32\config.nt
>
> "bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:07c301c36b83$2ac7c990$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > trying to use an old version of quicken, get the
> > following message in setup.
> > 6. Message "Your CONFIG.SYS file needs updating.
> > Quicken needs at least
> > Files=50 and Buffers=10. You have Files=xx and
> > Buffers=yy".
> > From DOS or a DOS Session, make a copy of your
> > CONFIG.SYS file and name it
> > CONFIG.Q. Edit your CONFIG.SYS file where you see
> > Files= and/or Buffers=
> > so the values are Files=50 and Buffers=10.
> > Restart your system, start Windows
> > and start Quicken's Setup again. For more
> > information on these settings, see your
> > DOS or Windows manual.
> >
> > question is, is this a safe process and where is this
> > file?
>
>