Re: XP-pro & DOS

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"Helmut Mellin" <Helmut.Mellin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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I was offered a used Laptop with Win-XP
Professional
installed. Can someone tell me if under XP-pro
is also a
DOS-Emulator installed like under XP-home, so
that I can
run DOS-Programms like under XP-home?

Thanks a lot!

Helmut

Yes. Home or Pro have the same capabilities w/r
to running the older DOS versio programs. If it
runs on one, it should run on the other.

The below post is so far out in left field as to
be able to be ignored. The Command Prompt, often
called the DOS window, even by Microsoft, IS the
DOS emulator. It runs a lot of the standard DOS
commands most are used to and a huge number of
other added commands native to XP.
Confusing the issue with the backwards
description below is silly and uncalled for and an
egotistical attempt to do who knows what.

If your DOS programs ran on Home, they're 99.9%
likely to run the same way on XP Pro. No problem.

Regards,

Twayne


No DOS emulator comes with XP Home or Pro. If
you had one
installed on an XP Home machine, you will need
to install
it yourself on the XP Pro laptop.
You may be thinking of the Command Prompt that
is
available via the Start Menu, Programs >
Accessories (or
Start > Run > cmd). This brings up a DOS-like
Window and
is available on both XP Home and Pro.
It's hard to know what you mean by your "so that
I can
run DOS-Programms like under XP-home". Depending
on the
game, you may need to set its shortcut to run in
XP's
Compatibility Mode or look at a DOS emulator
like DOSBox.
Closing comment: the first thing I'd do with a
used
laptop is format the drives and install Windows
afresh -
otherwise you will never be sure of what may be
installed
on, saved in or lurking within it. Whether you
do this or
not, be sure - before purchase! - that the
seller
provides you with a CD or other means of being
able to
install Windows, should you ever wish/need to do
so.



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