DOS/Not DOS

[Standing O]

I keep reading in various posts:

"When I do this in DOS..."
reply:"...the command prompt in XP is NOT DOS!!!!! "

Yet, when you go to the Start Menu, and hit "Run..." and type "command", the
screen reads "Microsoft(R) Windows DOS".

All I'm sayin'...

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Standing O" <[email protected]>

| I keep reading in various posts:
|
| "When I do this in DOS..."
| reply:"...the command prompt in XP is NOT DOS!!!!! "
|
| Yet, when you go to the Start Menu, and hit "Run..." and type "command", the
| screen reads "Microsoft(R) Windows DOS".
|
| All I'm sayin'...
|

There is a distiction in that on Win9x/ME the OS is reliant on the Disk Operating System
(DOS). On NT based OS' the system is NOT based upon DOS and is a completely rewritten OS.
Therefore the Command Prompt emulates DOS.

To be DOS there are certain programmable vectors that the software for DOS call. They are
not available under NT and must be emulated.

 

[HeyBub]

I keep reading in various posts:

"When I do this in DOS..."
reply:"...the command prompt in XP is NOT DOS!!!!! "

Yet, when you go to the Start Menu, and hit "Run..." and type
"command", the screen reads "Microsoft(R) Windows DOS".

All I'm sayin'...

It comes down to what you believe: anonymous posters or your own lying eyes.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

command is command.com. command.com is a 16-bit application included for
backwards compatibility.

Use the Command Prompt instead. Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK

Windows Command Processor (cmd.exe)

What is the difference between cmd.exe and command.com?
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/13578/13578.html?Ad=1

COMMAND.COM vs. CMD.EXE:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000395.htm

CMD.EXE or COMMAND.COM
http://www.acky.net/tips/windows/windows/wt054.sht

See...
CMD.EXE and COMMAND.COM
here....
The Windows NT Command Shell
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/deploy/shellscr.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Ken Blake]

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I keep reading in various posts:

"When I do this in DOS..."
reply:"...the command prompt in XP is NOT DOS!!!!! "

That's correct.

Yet, when you go to the Start Menu, and hit "Run..." and type
"command", the screen reads "Microsoft(R) Windows DOS".

That's because it's essentially an emulation of DOS. It works
exactly like DOS in many respects, but not in all. For example,
try to run a DOS program that accesses the hardware directly, not
through Windows, and you'll see that it won't work.

So sometimes the fact that it's not really DOS is significant and
other times it's not. It depends on what you want to do at the
command prompt.