Windows XP does not have pure DOS mode, the only two ways are to execute "CMD"(preferred) or "COMMAND" from the run dialog box. If you want the real pure one, you can boot up from a DOS/Win95/98/ME boot disk or create one using Windows XP itself (insert a diskette, right click the drive in My Computer, Format, check Make System Disk) or you can install 2 OS's (like Windows 95/98/ME, which allows you to access pure DOS).

First, start up SmartDrive to speed things up. Next, run WINNT from the I386 folder. Setup should launch, warn you if you don't have SmartDrive loaded, copy the cd to a temporarily to your hard disk and reboot your computer. A more detailed guide.

Posted in Bootstrike Forums by wmccain] Windows XP includes TWO command-line processors, CMD.EXE and COMMAND.COM. The second one, COMMAND.COM, is a stripped-down version of the command processor from DOS. The Windows XP version of COMMAND.COM is severely restricted in its capabilities (lacks long filename support and many other features familiar from Windows 98SE), so it is all-but-unusable. Furthermore, it turns out that there are TWO ways to run CMD.

No. Windows XP is not based on DOS, as is Windows 9x. However, Windows XP does support a DOS-like command line environment, and you can run most DOS applications--and even many DOS games--in Windows XP. Windows XP also supports an optional boot-time command line environment called the Recover Console. As its name suggests, the Recovery Console is only designed to be used in the event of a system problem. To enable it, insert your Windows XP CD-ROM and type

Well, firstly we are developing a Windows user interface. This will be Win-32, i.e. it will run under Windows 95 and Windows NT. But since the compiler is a non-graphical application, and the DOS interface runs quite happily under all flavours of Windows already, it has not been as high a priority as making sure that the basic functionality is top-notch. In other words, we believe an excellent compiler with a DOS front-end is better than an average compiler with a Windows front end.

Answer: Due to Windows NT's lack (this also applies to Windows 2000 and Windows XP) of a native DOS mode, you may face many difficulties when trying to run a DOS game under any of these operating systems. Unfortunately the DOS emulation built into them does not fully replace "real" DOS and this results in games either not running at all or at least running with frequent crashes. There is no work-around for this problem at this time.

XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT don't contain DOS, although XP can create DOS-bootable disks. All three OSs support the cmd.exe command shell, which lets you run NT-equivalent DOS commands. In XP, go to Start, Programs, Accessories or click Start, Run, then type to start the command shell. For earlier application support, you might want to try the command.com shell, which is more compatible with MS-DOS than cmd.exe is. In XP, click Start, Run, then type to start the command.com shell. Command.

First of all, you need a DOS compatible modem or ISDN card. I advise to use the Arachne browser, a great DOS webbrowser with PacketDriver and dialer. It's not difficult to set it up.

Note that doing any of the below will erase all data in your hard disk! You can boot from a Windows 9x boot disk, reformat the XP partition and install a previous version of Windows. If XP is installed using NTFS file system, you'll first have to use FDISK to delete the partition, type FDISK at the prompt. Once you are at the menu, select "Delete Non-dos Partition.

Use the Unlocker utility. This file will unlock all file handles on the file/folder and even offer to delete it for you before the program locks it again!

Microsoft is aiming to combine the features of Windows Me for the consumer, and reliability of Windows 2000 for businesses and power users into one new operating system. This operating system in its' different flavors will have new features for gaming, multimedia applications, audio, etc. in addition to features for networking, development, etc. for businesses and power users.

Windows XP comes in Professional and Home versions. Servers will also come out, but they are still in beta testing.

Windows XP Home is $99 for an upgrade copy and $199 for the full version. Windows XP Pro is $199 for the upgrade version and $299 for a full copy.

Yes. The update program file, winflash.exe, is provided on the software CD. Copy the file from the software CD to your hard disk and then run it. This usually relates to the RAM module compatibility issue. Select the DDR memory Voltage to be either -0.1V or +0.1V in the "X-BIOS II" option in CMOS. Why does the system hang up as I plug in two DIMMs of memory module? The system is stable using only one DIMM of memory module. This problem relates to the memory frequency issues.

You can use keyboard shortcuts for many of the extended characters; this is done by holding down the Alt key while typing in a four digit character code on the numeric keypad. The codes for some of the special characters are listed in the text files accompanying the fonts on this website. To get a better look at all of the characters available in a font, use the Character Map utility included with Windows (Start Menu, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Character Map).

DOS was the original platform built by Microsoft. Unlike Windows, there was no user interface as you see now, it was all command line driven (with the exception of the built in editor/debugger). DOS Mode is basically DOS inside Windows itself, though the DOS you run inside Windows is not capable of nearly half the things you can do in "real DOS" (i.e. outside Windows).

Features such as System Restore, Image acquisition and more. Most of the new multimedia features in Windows Me will be carried over to Windows XP.

Most programs that work on Windows 95/98/Me and NT will work on versions of Windows XP. As with Windows 2000, several compatibility updates are sure to made after the product is released. There will be problems running older DOS programs (if they will run at all).

Definitely go for Windows XP for the simple reason that it is designed for both the business & consumer thus is more adept at games playing.

Yes without a doubt we wholly recommend upgrading to Windows XP and as you are a Windows Me user, we recommend that you purchase Windows XP Home Edition for your PC. exams of Microsoft certification endow the very technical skills of tackling all routing and switching system with all security measures and reasonable solutions with fine troubleshooting of Cisco.

This may happen after receiving a scripting error. Press ALT-F4 to quit the application, then double click on the disc icon or eject and re-insert the disc in your drive to restart the application.

Sure, you can. Create a primary partiton BEFORE your Windows partition (e.g. with PartitionMagic) and get a boot manager (I use the german tool 'Bootmanager', you can get a free trial version at http://www.bootmanager-pro.de).

No, BitWise does not offer a pure direct to IP mode. The reasons for this are many, but the most important is that it would be difficult to incorporate it into the program without making the program needlessly more complex. Further, without being able to use the server for authentication, there would be no way to validate users as they "log in" and therefore the username system (and the reasonable assurance of who is on the other end) would be useless and unreliable.

Students living in the residence halls (Towers, Dadisman, Boreman, Arnold, Stalnaker, Pierpont, and Summit) should have Windows XP Professional for security reasons for connection to ResNet, WVU's Residental Network (internet connection). Windows XP Professional is much more reliable. Windows XP Media Center Edition is not recommended. Windows XP Professional was built to operate in a business-like environment utilitizing network technology such as ethernet and wireless connectivity.

Windows 2000 and Windows XP provide their own certified drivers for some EMU10kX-based audio cards. Our kX Audio Driver has not been certified by Microsoft (WHQL-ed) and thus a special installation procedure might be required. It is recommended that you first try running kXSetup, and if that fails, follow our Windows XP installation guide.