-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sayyed Hamid Reza Ahmadi wrote: > Instead, go to RUN, and type "cmd" + Enter to run the > command line. This is probably the simplest way to go, but the down side is that apparently there's only one 16-bit operating space created for >all< the DOS-type programs. They share it, and may leave "droppings" around which would trip up subsequent programs. The issue is backwards compatibility, and extends to many other hobbies: http://pianoeducation.org/pnomhpc5.html The above link touches on all common Windows dialects, and is about the best article I can find. It even mentions Vista, which will be of help to some of our readers. The best thing is to tell the Windows system to run the program in a separate memory space: http://kb.iu.edu/data/acxn.html Short but sweet, the above link is a little bit more jargon-filled. I hope it doesn't put anyone off, but it's succinct. It covers the pieces which make backward compatibility work in more detail than the first link. If the previous link didn't cow you, here's some even deeper detail: http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2F2005%2Fs1606%2F08s06%2F08s06.asp Watch out, the link is long and wraps. The content is aimed at Windows 2000, but Vista and XP share a lot of their functional design with Win2K. The article will apply well to XP, though I'm not sure if Vista will use the same syntax to do the same things. I'm giving Vista six more months to get more bugs worked out, but it does look promising. Disclaimer: I'm a UNIX guy, but my jobs over the past 18 years have brought me in deep contact with Windows on a regular basis. John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHcxA9ThFRLa48rEYRAkqUAJoDyfK1NuFe279HjWNQlZ4+eULvhwCgkHgr Om90VeMSIntJLsBgaFGYOd4= =T3DL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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