From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Me
Date: 31 Mar 2001 17:44:59 GMT
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Vince D McCarthy <vmccar AT juno DOT com> wrote:
> Since I don't have Win ME at this time I was wondering if the config.sys
> and the autoexec.bat, if they have such a configuration setup, can be set
> up to select another operating system like Win 95/98 can. 

AFAIK: no, it can't. The DOS kernel contained in ME immediately boots
to Windows ME. It refuses to even start command.com before running the
GUI, so autoexec.bat is essentially dead. Config.sys is also said to
be mostly (if not completely) ignoread.

In short: M$ is doing their very best (worst?) to keep you from
accessing real DOS, even though bit parts of it still exist, even in
ME.

> I have presently Win98 and that how I use most of my DOS programs
> without any problems through a operating selection mode.

If you don't have any pressing reason, by all means stick with your
Win98 system.  If you plane to continue using DOS programs, don't
"upgrade" to ME if you can possibly help it. It doesn't make the least
bit of sense unless you really need some of the very few new features
it actually has --- most of which are either outright silly ("system
file protection"), or badly implemented facsimiles to previously
existing third party tools (ICS).

All the above is just my personal opinion, of course.
-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.