Subj : Re: starting dos in win 2000 To : Michael Bednarek From : David Butt Date : Wed Mar 20 2002 01:48 am From: "David Butt" thanks I'm not familiar wih dos and win 2000 is a new operating sysem o me (only just upgraded to win 2000) "Michael Bednarek" wrote in message news:3c97d162.164893734@news.optus.net.au... > 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) .