Subj : Re: starting dos in win 2000 To : David Butt From : Michael Bednarek Date : Tue Mar 19 2002 04:34 pm From: mb@tgm.com.au (Michael Bednarek) On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:02:17 -0000, "David Butt" wrote in comp.os.msdos.4dos: >Sorry to be so ignorant but how do you start dos in win 2000. > >I have to write a review for college on dos, unix and windows and I know >bugger all about unix or dos hence the sillly question!!someone could point >me in the right direction I would be greatful. (So you know more than "bugger all about windows" then?) The short answer: One cannot start DOS in NT5.x (aka 2000/XP) because there isn't any. "NT Virtual DOS Machine" comes close, but the user doesn't start it - NT decides when it's needed. Note that this is unchanged behaviour since (at least) NT4 and nothing new. If you mean "how do you start the Command Prompt", the answer is that it can be run like any other application by entering its name into the "Run..." box or by running its shortcut. The default installation has a shortcut to the Command Prompt either under Programs/Accessories or directly in Programs. It will launch the free sample command processor supplied by Microsoft, called cmd.exe . Really useful command processors come with their own installation routines which will, if the user so wishes, create shortcuts. However, there is little demand for such programs among those who know "bugger all about dos". Among the readers of this newsgroup, there is a preference for the family of command processors 4DOS/4NT/Take Command32 by JP Soft. That's why the newsgroup is called comp.os.msods.4dos . You might also want to research conventions about the capitalisation of computer terms. --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-2 * Origin: Mach2 Systems (1:342/3) .