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I was trying to get the 'CD' (change directory) DOS command to work with input redirection (left arrow), but could not do so, tho, thank goodness, I found PUSHD&POPD so I no longer need CD in my .BAT now. However, I could not get any of these commands to work either: TYPE, MORE, and especially...

first of all, thanks for all those who have aided me in getting to my virtual pc xp mode now please, a couple of NEW queries: query 1 I have installed a 16 bit DOS based application in the C: of the virtual XP Mode (it is a DOS based application, so there is no installing procedure) An icon...

I am pretty new to win 7, I know enough to get in trouble. I ran into this while checking out event viewer > boot performance monitoring. So now that I know what is hanging up. What is the fix? lol. Like I said, I know enough to get into trouble... I miss dos 6.22.

Ten days ago, I upgraded Windows 7 to Windows 8 ("What are you waiting for"-email from Microsoft). Within 6 days, I needed to refresh Windows 8 twice because of some crashes. After the second time "refresh", and reinstalling numerous updates for Win8, I turned the computer off. Next morning...

Hi, Yesterday I have bought a new Lenovo s300 laptop with DOS. Now I want to install Windows7 or Windows8 on it. Could someone suggest on this please. Thanks, Aditya

16 Bit MS-DOS Subsystem C\Program Files\CABWeb\CABWeb.exe The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction CS:059f IP:020a OP:63 63 65 73 73 Choose 'Close" to terminate the application

I've got a home build PC with a FoxConn MB and 4 MB RAM using onboard sound & graphics but I've sadly got a brain block on the full spec & now can't access the machine to check it so apologies for that, as I know it makes the job harder Link Removed Basically I booted up this morning and...

how to configure microsoft loopback adaptor in windows 7... I cant print from DOS to USB...plz help me...:(

Hi, I am trying to copy a huge file say a file of few Gbs using copy command. I need a command to stop that copy in middle. If we copy a file does that command works as a new process? If somebody could help me get a Unique ID for that copy command which I could use with Taskkill to stop it...

Hi, I am having problem with my WinXP machine, When I boot my Computer, It gives me an error: "insufficient system resources exist to complete the API " It seems like a hardware issue ,I wanted to know that if a virus actually gets into the computer does it causes any hardware issue eg...

Hello, I have an old DOS cookbook program which contains all my old recipes from many years. I have it installed on my Windows 7 32-bit system and would like to put it on my laptop for use on the road. Laptop is Windows 7 64-bit and I get a message that it is not compatible. Is there a...

I had downloaded a file and when I was done with it I wanted to delete the folder, subdirectories, and files. I kept getting "Access Denied." Went into properties and under Security, the owner was not named and I could not change it by editing it. Everytime I tried to change the attrib read only...

Describes a workaround for a problem where some 16-bit DOS-based programs do not run in full-screen mode in Windows Vista and in Windows 7. More...

Revision Note: V3.0 (October 13, 2009): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin. Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this issue. We have released MS09-053 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including...

Last week I just got a new Lenovo IdeaCentre, model: K330B-77471TU computer and have set it up, removed the trialware junk and installed a few programs (Norton AntiVirus, Office 2007, iTunes). The last program I installed was ImgBurn version 2.5.5.0 yesterday. Twice today (I have rebooted about...

Aloha. I have a game called Descent which is an old DOS game. I was able to play it on my last notebook which was running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and it ran without problem. Well, let's just say that notebook doesn't work anymore and so I loaded it (the game) onto my new notebook, d/l...

Provides a link to Microsoft Security Advisory (2524375): Vulnerability in Windows to dscomm client DoS attacks. Link Removed

Dear guys WinRar often extracts files, especially MP3 with foreign Unicode names i.e.: 01 Дорожка 1.mp3 This obviously comes from a Russian OS. This Russian name displays perfectly in Explorer. No software, not even windows explorer can open. read or rename or even delete it. When...

Here's my idea: I put in a USB key, it boots into DOS, determines which model the PC is, and runs the corresponding BIOS update. I have everything setup except for the "determines which model the PC is" part. Right now I just have a system of menus to keyboard through, but I would like to...

When I start a DOS batch file *.bat procedure then a cmdprompt window opens with the default number of columns and rows. In old WinXP I could pause the batch script and change the number of columns/rows of this terminal/cmdprompt windowa as well as other parameters like font size. AND...