Re: MS DOS under XP

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 16:17:30 +0100

Ron Martell wrote:

>
>You can't boot into the DOS emulator.
>
>You can boot into Windows XP and then open a DOS emulator (command
>prompt) window.

You can boot into the menu's Safe Mode - Command Prompt only, which is
the emulator running as shell, without explorer and the desktop. This
can sometimes be useful. But it is *not* DOS 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.DEL8.org (remove the DEL8 bit)

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