An October surprise — that’s how many are interpreting Microsoft’s 11th-hour revelation that it will be providing a virtualized copy of Windows XP as a free compatibility add-on to Windows 7 ...

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I think most people would agree that Windows Millennium Edition (ME) was the bastard child Microsoft wanted to turn its back on. After yesterday's Patch Tuesday, I'm starting to think Windows XP and ...

vDos is one of the DOS emulators for Windows that lets you run DOS programs on your Windows device. You can download it from softpedia.com for free. After downloading ...

Well I know NT Compatible has a list of compatible games, but they don't partition their list out by original OS and it isn't very complete. After the troubles many people have had with getting DOS ...

Kenneth M. Frith is moving away from Windows XP (as he should). But he still has some old DOS programs he’s either unwilling or unable to give up. Can they run in Windows 8? The big question is: Does ...

Buried deep within Windows’ bosom is a carbon-crusted fossil from the ancient days of computing. This aged wart on Windows’ soul harkens back to a more primitive time, when computers lacked the oomph ...

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Hello. I recently installed a whole lot of updates for windows xp pro sp1. I seem to have lost some command prompt functionality and it really bothers me. The utilities in the windows\system32 folder ...

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 ...

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In Windows, users can run DOS programs along side Windows programs. Pressing Alt-Tab switches between all open DOS and Windows applications. DOS programs are usually run in a window so they can be ...