Revisions to Can HIMEM.SYS be disabled in Windows ME’s IO.SYS?

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edited Oct 17, 2022 at 2:47

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The Windows ME's IO.SYS startup file includes HIMEM.SYS, which it loads unconditionally. Since it is possible to decompress and disassemble IO.SYS, and hack it to enable full DOS mode, can we go a step further and modify it to not load the built-in HIMEM.SYS automatically?

Some info on decompressing and disassembling IO.SYS can be found here: Disassembling Windows IO.SYS

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edit approved Oct 17, 2022 at 2:47

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The Windows ME's IO.SYS startup file includes HIMEM.SYS, which it loads unconditionally. Since it is possible to decompress and disassemble IO.SYS, and hack it to enable full DOS mode, can we go a step further and modify it to not to not load the built-in HIMEM.SYS automatically?

Some info on decompressing and disassembling IO.SYS can be found here: Disassembling Windows IO.SYS

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edited Oct 11, 2022 at 19:15

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Windows ME's IO.SYS includes HIMEM.SYS, which it loads unconditionally. Since it is possible to decompress and disassemble IO.SYS, and hack it to enable full dosDOS mode, can we go a step further and modify it to not to load the built-in himemHIMEM.sysSYS automatically?

Some info on decompressing and disassembling IO.SYS can be found here: Disassembling Windows IO.SYS