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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Tuesday, July 23, 2002 at 3:23 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by paul smith
(1 messages posted)
you can get to a dos prompt by making a shortcut to
command.exe....right click the desktop, click new, click shortcut, click browse.
locate the COMMAND file (likely located in c:\windows\), click next, click finish...
a shortcut to ms-dos will appear.
you an also drag and drop the icon to the start button if you would rather it appear
on the start menu (click on the start button to see it, it will be near the top)
you may have to right lick the shortcut to dos icon and click properties to make
some changes to make some dos programs run.
under the properties menu, click the progrem tab and put a checkmark next to prevent
dos programs form detecting windows....try changing settings under the memory tab
if you need to, you may try selecting "protected" and "uses HMA", and you may try
different settings in the conventional, expanded, extended, and DPMI memory boxes,
it probably wont hurt to use the highest settings possible...under the MISC tab,
you may want to disable screen saver.
you can also get to a command prompt by getting to the startup menu- while the computer
is first turning on, tap the F8 key a few times (be persistant) and if you do it
right, a text menu will appear. you should be able to choose from about 5 differnt
options, one being command prompt, which will take you to a dos prompt. Be warned
if you do this, most windows drivers will not be installed, so you may not have support
for sound, printers, etc...
I have also seen tweaks available for download by typing dos in windows ME into google
or yahoo, but I have been too chicken to try them out....
hope this helps!
On Friday, July 19, 2002 at 3:49 am, Patty wrote:
>I don't have a recovery disk only a boot disk. I don't have the uninstall option.
>I want to get "windows me" out of my comp for good and nothing works. I can't get
>to dos at start up to follow the tips I found at annoyances for removal. I've
been
>having problems since May when it was installed. Please help!
>
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