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Article #33833Re: Old C&C in WinXP? (VMWare - no sound)
From: The Ancient One
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 15:56
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 15:56
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"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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