<s>
SYSTEM.INI	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
initialization	O
(	O
INI	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
)	O
used	O
in	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
from	O
1.01	B-Application
up	O
to	O
Me	B-Device
)	O
to	O
load	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
and	O
the	O
default	O
Windows	B-Application
shell	I-Application
(	O
Program	O
Manager	O
or	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
)	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
system	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
settings	O
were	O
honored	O
in	O
Windows	O
9x	O
(	O
95	B-Application
,	O
98	B-Device
and	O
Me	B-Device
)	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
INI	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
had	O
begun	O
to	O
be	O
phased	O
out	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Registry	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
,	O
2000	B-Application
,	O
XP	B-Application
and	O
Server	B-Application
2003	I-Application
still	O
acknowledge	O
some	O
SYSTEM.INI	B-Protocol
entries	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
provide	O
backwards	O
compatibility	O
with	O
older	O
16-bit	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
beyond	O
also	O
have	O
SYSTEM.INI	B-Protocol
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
fresh	O
install	O
of	O
XP/Server	O
2003	O
is	O
performed	O
,	O
the	O
SYSTEM.INI	B-Protocol
file	O
created	O
contains	O
by	O
default	O
only	O
these	O
lines	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
bundles	O
two	O
specialized	O
text/ASCII	O
editors	O
for	O
core	O
configuration	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
(	O
such	O
as	O
PROTOCOL.INI	O
,	O
WIN.INI	B-Protocol
,	O
SYSTEM.INI	B-Protocol
,	O
CONFIG.SYS	B-Device
,	O
and	O
AUTOEXEC.BAT	O
)	O
with	O
its	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sysedit	B-Application
is	O
an	O
MDI	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
opens	O
all	O
these	O
files	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
available	O
in	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
beginning	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
,	O
except	O
Me	B-Device
and	O
no	O
longer	O
after	O
Windows	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSConfig	O
is	O
a	O
front	O
end	O
interface	O
application	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
enable	O
and	O
disable	O
drivers	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
shell	I-Application
and	O
applications	O
separately	O
from	O
being	O
loaded	O
at	O
startup	O
by	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
files	O
and	O
from	O
the	O
Run	O
,	O
RunEx	O
,	O
and	O
RunOnce	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Registry	I-Protocol
keys	O
.	O
</s>
