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In the Windows XP Home Edition, how does one go to a MS-
DOS mode ? I have not been able to find anything I can
click on to do this .
 
Hi

Either - Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt or by typing the following into
Start>Run

cmd

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| In the Windows XP Home Edition, how does one go to a MS-
| DOS mode ? I have not been able to find anything I can
| click on to do this .
 
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cheops said:
In the Windows XP Home Edition, how does one go to a MS-
DOS mode ? I have not been able to find anything I can
click on to do this .
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Unlike Windows 9X, Windows XP (and other members of the NT
family) is not built on MS-DOS, and there is no MS-DOS mode to go
to. Although you may see this as a disadvantage, you should
recognize that this is one of the reasons for its greatly
improved stability.

If for some reason you need to have a DOS boot, you can get there
by booting from a DOS diskette. But if you do and your drive is
NTFS, you won't be able to see it without special software.

Most needs for DOS kinds of activities can be met by using
Windows XP's command prompt, a DOS emulator. To get there, type
CMD at the Start | Run line. That will open a command prompt
window for you, where you can do many (but not all) of the things
you used to do in DOS.

If that doesn't meet your needs, post back with an explanation of
what you want to accomplish.
 
Thank you for your quick reply .

Allow me to state why I asked this question in the first
place :

About a month ago, the curser on my Dell computer started
acting wierdly - you might say it created a life of its
own : skipping to different places around the screen with
great speed - opening some windows/applications and
closing others (just within the system - not anything
related to the web) - until it (whatever it was) decided
that it had frustrated the user enough, and then stop for
a while . Also, if one went to click on anything (not as
part of the previous event), the curser would freeze, and
I would have to reboot the system .

I was told recently that there was a DOS-based anti-virus
program called F-PROT (assuming that this event was virus
caused - the virus probably having sneaked by Norton's
anti-virus program (because of it being Windows based),
that would totally eradicate it/them from the system, and
that one would have to use this program by going into the
system via DOS .

Richard
 
Thank you for your quick reply .

Allow me to state why I asked this question in the first
place :

About a month ago, the curser on my Dell computer started
acting wierdly - you might say it created a life of its
own : skipping to different places around the screen with
great speed - opening some windows/applications and
closing others (just within the system - not anything
related to the web) - until it (whatever it was) decided
that it had frustrated the user enough, and then stop for
a while . Also, if one went to click on anything (not as
part of the previous event), the curser would freeze, and
I would have to reboot the system .

I was told recently that there was a DOS-based anti-virus
program called F-PROT (assuming that this event was virus
caused - the virus probably having sneaked by Norton's
anti-virus program (because of it being Windows based),
that would totally eradicate it/them from the system, and
that one would have to use this program by going into the
system via DOS .

Richard
 
Let me ask if the mouse is wireless and if there is another wireless
mouse of the same type somewhere nearby. I've had the problem that
you've described and it turned out that my PC was "listening" to
another wireless mouse. Another wireless possibility is that the
battery is getting low. When this happens the performance of the mouse
starts getting flaky.
 
Thank you, Unfortunately, the mouse is not wireless.
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My advice to you right now is to download and run the cleaner on your
system http://www.moosoft.com/
It's a free 30 day trial period. It will check if you have a trojan
running on your system.
The symptoms you describe are either the result of a bad mouse, or
(and I think very likely since you describe your cursor going and
opening and closing apps by itself) a trojan.
Could be somebody has gained access and control of your system. And it
is not very difficult te wrap a trojan in a software that will sneak
by any anti virus (especially Norton).

Valuable sites to read up on trojans:

http://www.hackfix.org/

http://www.pcflank.com/

http://www.nwinternet.com/~pchelp/bo/bo.html

 
OMG I ran your suggested download and it found 4 TROGANS
on my computer. Earlier today I ran the F-PROT.com
trogan scanner and it found nothing. Thank you SO much
for your help.
 
Greetings --

Not to put too fine a point on it, you can't.

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, included, or "ridden upon" 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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