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

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From: The Ancient One
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 15:56
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"Raymond Martineau" <bk039@freenet.carleton.ca> wrote in message
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> 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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From: "The Ancient One" <onlytheone@thetopknows.com>
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Subject: Re: Old C&C in WinXP? (VMWare - no sound)
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