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dos in xp
Name: cummo Date: August 22, 2002 at 05:58:08 Pacific
Name: mitch Date: August 22, 2002 at 06:12:07 Pacific
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Yes you can:
Click the start menu select run then type in cmd and it will bring up dos prompt.
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Response Number 2
Name: Date: August 22, 2002 at 06:50:38 Pacific
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Just to let you know that when you go to start and run cmd that it is a windows in windows dos emulator and not true dos so a lot of the dos commands will not work and in the processes the process is ntvdm.exe because it is not a true dos program.
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