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Launch windows XP from a DOS prompt?
THANKS GUYS, Maybe I just do not have the brains <smile>. Here is the read me txt. It is actually from the 1.05 version but after unpacking the 1.06a version it gives the exact same read me. The main difference at least in operation is that 106 runs a batch file. So that you do not have to make...- abelxcain
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Launch windows XP from a DOS prompt?
Greg thank you for your reply. My problem is in updating the firmware in an NEC CDRW. I finally found what I needed: it runs a batch file but only from a floopy. For it must update prior to loading win xp. Yet once it has been updated the system stays in the DOS prompt. If i turn the machine...- abelxcain
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Launch windows XP from a DOS prompt?
I have searhced high and low. Surely there is a way to launch windows Xp (SP1) from a DOS Prompt; not a cmd prompt from wihtin the windows enviroment but from a straight normal DOS prompt. Please I need some help here.- abelxcain
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
