Re: Creating a user

From: Gary Smith (bitbucket_at_example.com)
Date: 06/02/04


Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:29:14 -0700

Alan Illeman <illemann@surfbest.net> wrote:

> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> news:e2$Btx8REHA.3140@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

>> Your experience demonstrates that GUIs are often
>> a pretty interface for average PC users, and that
>> serious administration work may have to be carried
>> out from a Command Prompt.

> Actually I prefer to call it the Dos Prompt. Execute "mem /c"
> at the prompt and you'll see what I mean.

"Command prompt" is actaully a much better term for it. There's no real
DOS in WinNT, even though it will run most DOS 16-bit programs like
mem.exe. They think they're running under DOS 5, but Win2K is lying to
them.

-- 
Gary L. Smith                gls432@yahoo.com
Columbus, Ohio


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