MS-DOS

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I need to install a membership listing which I received on disk. To do this the instructions say to go to MS-DOS and type different things...including a password when asked for it. I can not figure out how to get to MS-DOS to do this....can anyone help me?
 
Windows XP is not based on the old MS-DOS platform, thus
one cannot boot into MS-DOS because it does not exist.

Use the MS-DOS emulator:

Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.

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|I need to install a membership listing which I received on disk. To do this the instructions say to go to
MS-DOS and type different things...including a password when asked for it. I can not figure out how to get to
MS-DOS to do this....can anyone help me?
 
Greetings --

There is no way to reboot a WinXP PC into Real Mode DOS unless
you've set up a dual-boot system. The WinNT family of 32-bit
graphical operating systems, of which WinXP is the latest generation,
has never used or included MS-DOS. The closest they have is the
Command Prompt window.

WinXP, like its predecessors WinNT & Win2K, is a pure 32-bit GUI
OS, and does not include or "ride upon" any version of DOS, as did
Win3.x & Win9x/Me. WinXP does include a command-line emulator for
those times when GUI applets are unnecessary/redundant, but it cannot
be started in "DOS mode."


Bruce Chambers

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