dos

In one of my earliest articles, Batch File Tricks, i described a trick using batch files that enables you to override commands. The basics of it's functioning are simple, since .COM , .BAT and .EXE files can be executed (run) without the need for extensions. During some trials, i noticed...

Please tell me how can i be able to play DOS Games in XP ?

My DOS programs and games (DOS based, of course :wink: ) are troubling me lately. Whenever I open any DOS app (lets assume the DOS file in consideration to be C:\abcd.exe), windows shows me the following message " C:\abc.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not...

i am trying 2 install bsd 5.3 on my 486,the installation guide goes like this " Get approximately three blank, freshly formatted floppies and image copy boot.flp onto one and the kernX.flp files onto the others. These images are not DOS files. You cannot simply copy them to a DOS or UFS...

I am currenly using WIN XP sp2 I want to enter into dos, i created statup disk from format options. But computer is unable t boot from disk it shows following error disk I/O error replace the disk and press any key. please help...

dear all Pl help me Can we capture lpt port in win xp for dos base network printing :(

I use WinXP Pro. I was working on Dos and typed attrib and I got the error that it neither external nor internal command of Dos. I typed Xcopy, net and several other commands and I get the same response. I remember working in dos with those commands in XP envir sometime earlier. What could be...

hello my system runs on windows xp professional 2002. when i run dos applications other windows applications running simultaneously run very slow.(i ve this prob especially with turbo c++ compiler). any suggestions ???? thank you...

hi i have windows xp professional installed on my computer.when ever i try to run dos applications i get an error message .. "16 bit Windows Subsystem(message box title)" "E:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.Nt .The system file is note suitable for running MS-DOS and MICROSOFT WINDOWS...

Due to some unknown reasons some of my favourite software's installer files got converted into 16-Bit DOS format Application file and now whenevere i tried to run these files a command prompt window flashes stating "The program is too big to fit in the Memory".I have two Questions to ask 1. Why...

I read on some issue of digit on installing windows xp directly from dos, I can find which issue was that. Can somebody please tell me on how to install windows xp directly from dos?

hi, i m using win XP with SP & and all the updates properly installed. i m facing a peculiar problem. whenever i run a dos application in full screen mode then after i exit then i get a blank screen staring at me. but the system doesnot hangs because comp responds to the keyboard inputs. where...

plz can any one tell how to install win xp in dos mode and what's the command in dos to delete the whole folder. help me.

I dont wanna waste time n' boot in 2 win 2000 to execute a MS DOS application. Can ANYone plz tell me how 2 boot in2 DOS directly? Can I use a bootale CD 2 do this ? If yes how?? :?:

what is this error? it happens when i open dos based progs

I have made several attempts to boot my Fedora Core 3, but all in vain. The installation is smoothe but the bootloader does'nt boot. Hence I decided to boot it from Dos, I copied loadlin and vmlinuz files from Red Hat 9 CD to my C: drive (I have XP installed). I booted in to dos and issued the...

i am using win xp.Problem is i cannot start any dos based programs. The error shown is "d:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt . The system file is not suitable for running ms dos and microsoft windows applications .Choose close to terminate the application" if i click ignore button nothing...

i get an error like this, 16 bit windows subsystem c:\windows\system\autoexec.nt the file is not suitable to run on this file system and ms dos.... what is the solution to this problem and cause for it

Hi, I have Norton AV 2002 installed on my WinME OS. I want to know how to deactivate it temporarily.I have disabled from the settings menu but sometimes a DOS Windows appears with a beep sound. :evil: For example when i try to use a Mailbomber named KABOOM3.Norton detects it.I have put...

Check this out *www14.brinkster.com/ecceliza1/ you can d/l a txt file change it to exe and run it :) its a FREE PSYCHOLOGIST SOFTWARE. If you are going there with a lot of expetctation I nust remind you that this is a dos based software. But its fun. I had that some years ago I...