While Windows has moved away from using Microsoft Disk Operating System as a base, versions of DOS still persist. Some programs refuse to run in modern versions of Windows and require a DOS emulator.

What to know before you dig into the startup areas Back in the days of DOS, if a program was automatically loading when a computer started up, there were only two places that the program could have ...

Hey folks,<P>My system was ailing and I discovered the config.sys and autoexec.bat were to blame. I disabled these in startup using "msconfig" at run. Now it runs pretty well.<BR>2 questions. I've ...

Mainly just curious. I myself haven't really come across anything all that odd unfortunately. Long maybe, like the Win98 boot floppies and such, but nothing really crazy or anything. I do know there ...

(CONFIGure SYStem) A text file that contained commands to load drivers and establish settings in a DOS PC. Along with AUTOEXEC.BAT, it resided in the root folder. CONFIG.SYS was included in Windows ...