Re: XP PRO. VS. 98 SECOND EDITION ATT: All MVP's, Kurt, and Everyone in the Know

From: kurttrail (dontemailme_at_anywhereintheknowuniverse.org)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:47:21 -0500

André Gulliksen wrote:
> kurttrail wrote:
>> Yeah, NT really is built on a kernel with no command line structure
>> at all. The DOS emulation was attached as an afterthought!
>>
>> Dan has a real point about NT not really having a true maintenance OS
>> that it is built on.
>
> What is the problem?

That trying to repair an installation has been dumbed down.

> Is the command line really that necessary for
> maintenance?

It definitely couldn't hurt.

> If you are sore about not being able to fit a complete
> startup environment onto a 1.44 MB floppy like in the old days, then
> too bad.

LOL! Like a floppy disk is the only removable bootable storage media!

> But there are several alternatives for doing maintenance
> work on a corrupt XP installation apart from running a repair
> installation (or even the recovery console) from the installation CD.
> The reason the repair installation is suggested so often in here is
> most likely because it is a more or less automated routine, it may
> work and most people these days wouldn't have a clue about what to do
> if they found themselves in a command line environment such as the
> recovery console.

It is the dumbing down of the OS to the lowest common denominator. 

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