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Re: Old C&C in WinXP? (VMWare - no sound)

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From: TCipollina
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:49
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"The Ancient One" <onlytheone@thetopknows.com> wrote in message
news:10edlprog1t24bd@corp.supernews.com...
>
> "Raymond Martineau" <bk039@freenet.carleton.ca> wrote in message
> news:g5hde0lncro65oa7uuipir705kb87g28k6@4ax.com...
> > On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 23:19:28 GMT, "TCipollina" <joesdad@stny.rr.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >"Raymond Martineau" <bk039@freenet.carleton.ca> wrote in message
> > >news:rjj6e0lfs0m4k248gb5msimfmnv96nns8u@4ax.com...
> > >> On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:27:58 GMT, "TCipollina" <joesdad@stny.rr.com>
> > >wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Do you mean Windows XP's implementation of Dos?  I can't really tell
> > >> because I still need to run SETUP.EXE, and that program definatly
> doesn't
> > >> work with XP.
> > >>
> > >> If you mean if I can run it under Dos without problem, then yes - I
do
> > >have
> > >> some computers around that still run Dos.  (Technically, Windows 95
is
> > >> installed on the comptuer, but I found a way to prevent it from
> > >> automatically loading.)
> > >>
> > >being computer illiterate, i have no idea what i mean.
> > >but yes, DOS.  kinda the old " start, shutdown , restart in DOS"
routine.
> > >knowing the directory ahead of time, and file name would be of a help.
> > >
> > >i dont have XP, just win98, so not sure if it is an option on an XP.
> > >
> >
> > Actually, Windows XP doesn't really support that.  The best method is to
> > create a boot disk and hope that it will work.
> >
> > I don't remember offhand how to do it in Win98, but I think one way to
do
> > it is to head to the control panel, open 'Add/Remove programs', and
select
> > the "Startup Disk" tab. (It's been a while - I think it's correct, but
I'm
> > not too sure.)   For WinXP, The option to create a startup disk should
be
> > attached to the Format command.
> >
> >
>
> Also, you can go to www.bootdisk.com and get any one you want, including
> bootdisn=ks with options unavailable through windows itself.
>
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