There are 2 ways to read settings.

'You can use ENVIRON$ to find out a lot of things, like the PC username:

CLS : s = 1
COLOR 11: LOCATE 2, 27: PRINT "DOS Environment Variables": PRINT
DO WHILE ENVIRON$(s) <> ""
COLOR 14: PRINT s; ENVIRON$(s)
s = s + 1
IF s MOD 20 = 0 THEN
LOCATE 24, 25: PRINT "Press Any Key to continue!";
DO: SLEEP: LOOP UNTIL INKEY$ <> ""
CLS
COLOR 11: LOCATE 2, 27: PRINT "DOS Environment Variables": PRINT
END IF
LOOP
COLOR 11: LOCATE 24, 2: PRINT "End of list! Press Any Key!"
DO: SLEEP: LOOP UNTIL INKEY$ <> ""

'You can use the value string names listed to pick which setting to return.

CLS
Prompt$ = ENVIRON$("PROMPT")
User$ = ENVIRON$("USERNAME")
Puter$ = ENVIRON$("COMPUTERNAME")
OpSys$ = ENVIRON$("OS")
Blaster$ = ENVIRON$("BLASTER")
COLOR 14: LOCATE 15, 25: PRINT "DOS Prompt = "; Prompt$
LOCATE 16, 25: PRINT " User Name = "; User$
LOCATE 17, 25: PRINT " Computer = "; Puter$
LOCATE 18, 25: PRINT "OS Version = "; OpSys$
LOCATE 19, 25: PRINT " Blaster = "; Blaster$


'I don't know what VISTA or 7 will return, but Win 9x return little.

'Ted