SYSTEM.INI

SYSTEM.INI is an initialization used in early versions of Microsoft Windows to load device drivers and the default Windows shell, among other system settings. Many of these settings were honored in Windows 9x, although the INI files had begun to be phased out in favor of the Windows Registry. Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP and Server 2003 still acknowledge some SYSTEM.INI entries in order to provide backwards compatibility with older 16-bit applications. Windows Vista and beyond also have SYSTEM.INI as well. However, when a fresh install of XP/Server 2003 is performed, the SYSTEM.INI file created contains by default only these lines:

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