GUI and Command line

[Guest]

I want to get rid of Windows GUI and use command line in an attempt to free
up RAM. If I use Command Prompt, it doesn't free up any ram. If I boot in dos
mode, I can't use all programs. I want to set it up so that I don't have
Windows GUI, but am still in Windows Mode. How can I do this?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You can't. The Windows GUI is an integral part of the
operating system. Also, Windows XP is not based on
DOS....you can only emulate DOS by using XP's Command
Prompt.

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| I want to get rid of Windows GUI and use command line in an attempt to free
| up RAM. If I use Command Prompt, it doesn't free up any ram. If I boot in dos
| mode, I can't use all programs. I want to set it up so that I don't have
| Windows GUI, but am still in Windows Mode. How can I do this?

 

[G. Samuel Hays]

However, you could replace the explorer shell with another program, such as
cmd.exe, it still loads the GUI, however it does not load explorer... Is
this the kind of thing you are looking to do?

best regards,
G. Samuel Hays

 

[Guest]

However, you could replace the explorer shell with another program, such as
cmd.exe, it still loads the GUI, however it does not load explorer... Is
this the kind of thing you are looking to do?

I guess. How would I do that.
You see, I don't want to load the Windows desktop and all those faggy icons
but I still want to be "in" windows. In windows mode or whatever.

 

[Guest]

So delete the icons. What do you want to see on your
monitor, a menu, a blank screen, win explorer?

 

[Guest]

So delete the icons. What do you want to see on your
monitor, a menu, a blank screen, win explorer?

Not quite. I'm not exactly sure if this will work properly or not but i'll
give it a try:
Click on the Start Menu -> Go to ALL PROGRAMS -> Go to ACCESSORIES -> click
on COMMAND PROMPT -> Press ALT ENTER

That's what I want it to do BY DEFAULT without EVER loading the desktop or
taskbar/startmenu.

 

[Guest]

You want to run everything from cmd.exe? You would still
have to use the GUI in the applications.

 

[Bob I]

What do you mean "free up RAM"? Thats what the pagefile does.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I want to get rid of Windows GUI and use command line in an attempt to free
up RAM. If I use Command Prompt, it doesn't free up any ram. If I boot in dos
mode, I can't use all programs. I want to set it up so that I don't have
Windows GUI, but am still in Windows Mode. How can I do this?

Redesign the opereating system.

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[Alex Nichol]

I want to get rid of Windows GUI and use command line in an attempt to free
up RAM. If I use Command Prompt, it doesn't free up any ram. If I boot in dos
mode, I can't use all programs. I want to set it up so that I don't have
Windows GUI, but am still in Windows Mode. How can I do this?

If you want a non-GUI system, go buy one. Like Linux, run without
XWindows

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Not quite. I'm not exactly sure if this will work properly or not but i'll
give it a try:
Click on the Start Menu -> Go to ALL PROGRAMS -> Go to ACCESSORIES -> click
on COMMAND PROMPT -> Press ALT ENTER

That's what I want it to do BY DEFAULT without EVER loading the desktop or
taskbar/startmenu.

Hi

Start regedit.exe

Go to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Locate the value Shell, and replace the value data "explorer.exe"
with "cmd.exe"

 

[Bob I]

There is also "MSCONFIG", boot.ini, /NOGUIBOOT, but I think maybe the OP
is just really confused about NT.