i have windows 98 in a virtual pc is it possable to pop windows xp/visa cmd.exe into 98 so i can run more advanced things such as ping wmic and more advanced set also W-T-F is wrong with this forum first it complained about my original subject then it complained about the operating system saying i have it put as vista -- SO WHAT 98 IS IN A VIRTUAL PC JUST BECAUSE MY OS IS VISTA DOESNT MEAN IT ISNT A QUESTION ABOUT 98 sorry about the outrage i will try not to do it again

Not likely. Dos and 9X command prompt had a SETVER file you could load in config.sys to run commands from other dos versions. But XP command prompt isn't dos based although it looks the same so the commands wouldn't be transferable. If you haven't already done so you should probably familiarize yourself with similar commands available in 98 command prompt. Oh, and a lot of people have complained about the difficulty of posting in a particular forum. I think it's easiest if you open the forum in which you want to post and go down to the bottom to where it says 'new topic' and go from there.

but cmd.exe is actually an exeicutable so technically speaking it should work p.s. i was just wondering why it does detailed tests on the operating system field i find it unneccary and frustrating think of how it would be for someone new to the forum

your right it didnt work it said cmd.exe expects a new windows version please upgrade your windows version