"ERIC KRAUSE (ekraus02)" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> In response to your question,
>
> > Can somebody tell me whether the MSDOS properties have the same shape in
> > Win2k, WinXP and Win9x/ME?
> > I have Win98SE (and I know WinME and Win95) but I have no Win2k nor
> > WinXP at hand, but I need to explain some other people how to use them
> > with specific environments...
> >
> > My inquiry is especially for the "Program" properties?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> It just so happens that Win2000's "edit.com" is in fact a MS-DOS program,
> and after making a shortcut to it, looking at the Properties...
>
> 1. Because Windows 2000 emulates DOS via a NTVDM, there are only three
> options in the Program / Advanced dialog box:
> - Specification of autoexec.bat/config.sys files for launching the NTVDM
> - Whether to use timer emulation
> In particular there's no "single MS-DOS mode".
>
> 2. There is a "Batch file" option in the Program property page. (Can't
> recall for sure whether Win98 has one too...)
Win9x also have. In French "fichier de commandes" where usually is
specidifed some autoexec.bat.
>
> 3. You have a choice between bitmap and TrueType console fonts for the
> console window in Windows 2000.
>
> The Memory, Screen, and Misc pages appear to be similar to Windows 98,
> except for the Screen page "Restore settings at startup" option, which, when
> checked, will cause any changes you make to the console window to be
> discarded when the program exits.
>
> Other things to watch out for: DOS programs execute somewhat sluggishly
> under NT; and the NT DOS emulation does NOT support long file names.
If it is NT4, true. For NT5, I don't know. But I have been said by DJGPP
specialists that long names wrere treated in the same way in Win9x and
Win2k and WinXP.
Question: I have been said that Win2000 was als called NT5. Is is true?
>
> ---
> Eric R. Krause
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