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Thread ID: 50074 2004-10-09 20:42:00 Win/MSDos Valerie (4740) Press F1
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279661 2004-10-11 09:21:00 Windows 1 and 2 are DOS programs.

Windows 3 is a 16-bit Windows that runs on DOS.

Windows 9x and ME are also DOS based, but 32-bit. MS tries to hide DOS in Windows ME but it is there.

Windows NT, 2000, and XP are NOT in any way DOS based, but can run DOS programs in CMD.EXE, the command line program. It can also emulate 16-bit DOS for DOS games etc.

You can also run COMMAND.COM which is DOS itself, 16-bit.

You can multiboot NT/2000/XP and DOS as well.

George
george12 (7)
279662 2004-10-11 10:17:00 > The last Windows with true Dos was 98SE.
Actually it was Win ME but MS thought out of site was out of mind.
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