Definition of the "Typical Role of This Machine" Setting
Article ID: 140679
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q140679
SUMMARY
This article describes the purpose of the Typical Role Of This Machine
setting in File System properties.
MORE INFORMATION
You can set the Typical Role Of This Machine setting to the following
settings:
Desktop Computer
Mobile Or Docking System
Network Server
The setting you use controls the size of various internal data structures
used by the 32-bit file access driver (VFAT) that are used to optimize
disk space.
When you use the Desktop Computer setting, VFAT allocates memory to record
the 32 most recently accessed folders and the 677 most recently accessed
files. This consumes approximately 10K of memory.
When you use the Mobile Or Docking System setting, VFAT allocates memory to
record the 16 most recently accessed folders and the 337 most recently
accessed files. This consumes approximately 5K of memory.
When you use the Network Server setting, VFAT allocates memory to record
the 64 most recently accessed folders and the 2729 most recently accessed
files. This consumes approximately 40K of memory.
To change the Typical Role Of This Computer setting, follow these steps:
In Control Panel, double-click the System icon.
On the Performance tab, click File System.
On the Hard Disk tab, click the setting you want to use in the
Typical Role Of This Computer box, and then click OK.
For information about known problems with these settings, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: 138012
TITLE : Incorrect Settings for File System Performance Profiles