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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 01:30:41 GMT
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Ken Arromdee wrote:
> 
> Under Windows 95, if you set BootGUI=0, you start up in DOS but can type "win"
> to start Windows.  You can then put something in your config.sys and
> autoexec.bat like this:
<snip>
> Does this still work under ME?

I dunno, but I can tell you it did NOT work with Win2k beta3/RC1. I
could not come up with ANY way to make W2K boot to real DOS, and its DOS
window would not run some DOS apps (incl. some DJGPP apps). That beta
would agree to be dual-booted, so I still had access to real DOS, but I
understand the release version will NOT coexist with a dual boot
(clobbers the boot sector with every startup).

~REZ~