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re: Dos settings in XP and 2000 Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 7:18 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Originally Windows was a "shell" that ran no top of DOS. Because of this it was extremely unstable and prone to crashes. People didn't like this, so MS went about to create a New Technology OS that was NOT built on top of DOS. XP is the latest rendition of Windows NT. There is NO DOS in NT. Why is that so hard to understand? If you want DOS, go back to Win 98. Windows XP does have DOS emulation built into it, but it is not true DOS, and some things don't work just the way you are accustomed to. On Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 6:14 am, jaikishan wrote: >I have a question about "Windows XP and 2000 " >I want to see the dos as like windows 95 or 98. >Like if i go to C:\dir >It should be like windows >But I don't like 11\1\2003 11.13 AM winnt >I mean I don,t want see date and time first. > >Thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dos settings in XP and 2000 Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 7:35 am Posted by Chip (161 messages posted) I think what he wants is a way for the file name to be displayed first, instead of the date, when viewing files in a command prompt window. Though not true DOS, it looks very similar and can be confusing to those who don't know how the operating systems are built. I've seen ways to do what he's asking, but don't know right off the top of my head as I've never had a real need for it. It can be done though. On Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 7:18 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Originally Windows was a "shell" that ran no top of DOS. Because of this it was extremely >unstable and prone to crashes. People didn't like this, so MS went about to create >a New Technology OS that was NOT built on top of DOS. XP is the latest rendition >of Windows NT. There is NO DOS in NT. Why is that so hard to understand? If you want >DOS, go back to Win 98. Windows XP does have DOS emulation built into it, but it >is not true DOS, and some things don't work just the way you are accustomed to. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dos settings in XP and 2000 Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 9:58 am Posted by jagged ben (3536 messages posted) First of all, call it 'Command Prompt" not DOS. See if you prefer what you get by typing 'dir /w' instead of 'dir'; you don't get the time, date information. On the other hand, it doesn't give each file it's own line. On Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 6:14 am, jaikishan wrote: >I have a question about "Windows XP and 2000 " >I want to see the dos as like windows 95 or 98. >Like if i go to C:\dir >It should be like windows >But I don't like 11\1\2003 11.13 AM winnt >I mean I don,t want see date and time first. > >Thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dos settings in XP and 2000 Wednesday, January 15, 2003 at 6:27 am Posted by jaikishan (2 messages posted) Dear Sir I am very much thankful for your service i got a woundrful solution again thanks with best wishies Regards Jai On Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 9:58 am, j frangquist wrote: >First of all, call it 'Command Prompt" not DOS. > >See if you prefer what you get by typing 'dir /w' instead of 'dir'; you don't get >the time, date information. On the other hand, it doesn't give each file it's own >line. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum