From: on@request.com   
      
   DOS startup disk created by Windows XP does not include Himem.sys as was the   
   case for Windows 98 and Windows Me. (For Windows ME, the statrup diskette   
   has Himem.sys, but it was not used in Config.sys.)  If I add Himem.sys to   
   Windows XP DOS startup diskette and add a line " device=himem.sys", I get a   
   warning "XMS driver is already installed". Running "Mem.com /debug" shows   
   that indeed XMS is installed and 256MB are available for programs.   
   From these observations, I am wondering Himem.sys is not need for   
   1. Newer computers, and/or   
   2. Startup diskette created by Windows XP.   
      
   Just curious.   
   M.K.   
      
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