Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Before Windows, there was MS-DOS—that’s the Microsoft Disk ...

QRunning Windows Me, I have tried everything I can think of to locate MS-DOS but have had no luck. AThe MS-DOS prompt is still available in Windows Millennium Edition, but it can be easy to overlook.

Explore 280+ CMD commands with detailed descriptions across Windows versions, from Windows XP to 11 The Command Prompt in ...

They've locked down our XP desktops.<BR><BR>No RUN<BR>No CMD prompt<BR>Hidden C: partition in Explorer<BR><BR>Bunch of other restrictions.<BR><BR>When you try to start CMD you get 'Command Prompt has ...

This is a new machine on which XP Pro was installed. During installation only the basic options were chosen.<BR>After installation, when I open a MS-DOS prompt, the file and folder names have a ...

Reader Steve P. sends in this question: “I’m running Windows 2000 and want to upgrade my system BIOS. The instructions say to create a bootable disk with the format a:/s command. However, the /s doesn ...

In context: Back in 1980, Tim Paterson was creating a new operating system he called QDOS or Quick and Dirty Operating System. The system was later renamed 86-DOS, as it was being designed to run on ...