Re: WINDOW95 Users

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From: a-j...
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 00:00

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Ted.M...@launchpad.unc.edu (Theodore Milker) wrote:

>In article <41rkjd$1...@eri1.erinet.com> hit...@erinet.com (Hunter) writes:
>>I've found no difference at all when I "shut down" to DOS mode (ie.
>>exit Windows).

>Ahh, but there is a difference.  When you choose Restart in MS-DOS mode,
>all your really doing is running a shell without most(that is MOST) of
>Windows 95 not running.  You're still in a shell though.  Type exit and
>you'll see that it goes right back into W95.  Now if you go and boot up
>with command prompt only, you have to type win to get it started and exit
>doesn't do anything.

Not really.  Shutting down to MS-DOS mode only loads a little TSR that
sits there and will launch Win95 when you exit this command prompt.
That little bit of Win95 isn't anything more than that.

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