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To get a dos prompt in win2000 easily add an address toolbar (right click in
the taskbar area and select toolbars) and them type cmd anytime you want a
dos box.
-----Original Message-----
From: Civico [mailto:civico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 1:29 AM
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: DOS prompt in Win2000?
Dear Dave,
Why Dos? you can install TS in windows enviroment, either win2000 or win98.
Victor Lui
----- Original Message -----
From: <DStan34930@xxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 2:34 AM
Subject: DOS prompt in Win2000?
> Anyone know the best way to find a DOS prompt in Win2000?
>
> I found a DOS icon in one of the win2000 folders and dragged it
> out to my desktop. It says "_default" under the icon.
>
> Clicking the icon gives the following popup window on top of the
> dos window. The dos window is entitled C:\DOCUME~1\Stanley\
> Desktop\_default.pif
>
> 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem
> C:\DOCUME~1\Stanley\Desktop\_default.pif
> Invalid program file name, please check your pif file.
> Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
>
> Where's my pif file? I'm trying to install TS4.
>
> The "config.NT" file contains the following but I don't understand
> this enough to know if any of these rems are the solution.
>
> thanks, dave
>
> REM Windows MS-DOS Startup File
> REM
> REM CONFIG.SYS vs CONFIG.NT
> REM CONFIG.SYS is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
> REM CONFIG.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
> REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.
> REM
> REM ECHOCONFIG
> REM By default, no information is displayed when the MS-DOS environment
> REM is initialized. To display CONFIG.NT/AUTOEXEC.NT information, add
> REM the command echoconfig to CONFIG.NT or other startup file.
> REM
> REM NTCMDPROMPT
> REM When you return to the command prompt from a TSR or while running an
> REM MS-DOS-based application, Windows runs COMMAND.COM. This allows the
> REM TSR to remain active. To run CMD.EXE, the Windows command prompt,
> REM rather than COMMAND.COM, add the command ntcmdprompt to CONFIG.NT or
> REM other startup file.
> REM
> REM DOSONLY
> REM By default, you can start any type of application when running
> REM COMMAND.COM. If you start an application other than an MS-DOS-based
> REM application, any running TSR may be disrupted. To ensure that only
> REM MS-DOS-based applications can be started, add the command dosonly to
> REM CONFIG.NT or other startup file.
> REM
> REM EMM
> REM You can use EMM command line to configure EMM(Expanded Memory
Manager).
> REM The syntax is:
> REM
> REM EMM = [A=AltRegSets] [B=BaseSegment] [RAM]
> REM
> REM AltRegSets
> REM specifies the total Alternative Mapping Register Sets you
> REM want the system to support. 1 <= AltRegSets <= 255. The
> REM default value is 8.
> REM BaseSegment
> REM specifies the starting segment address in the Dos conventional
> REM memory you want the system to allocate for EMM page frames.
> REM The value must be given in Hexdecimal.
> REM 0x1000 <= BaseSegment <= 0x4000. The value is rounded down to
> REM 16KB boundary. The default value is 0x4000
> REM RAM
> REM specifies that the system should only allocate 64Kb address
> REM space from the Upper Memory Block(UMB) area for EMM page
frames
> REM and leave the rests(if available) to be used by DOS to support
> REM loadhigh and devicehigh commands. The system, by default,
would
> REM allocate all possible and available UMB for page frames.
> REM
> REM The EMM size is determined by pif file(either the one associated
> REM with your application or _default.pif). If the size from PIF file
> REM is zero, EMM will be disabled and the EMM line will be ignored.
> REM
> dos=high, umb
> device=%SystemRoot%\system32\himem.sys
> device=%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\SSIDDDP.SYS
> files=40
>
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