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That's just fine and dandy that you can start up without autoexec and
config.sys, but have you tried deleting your config.dos or command .dos or
autoexec.dos files? In my opinion (and since the filename extension is
dos) these are strictly dos files and if win95 didn't run on top of dos
then it wouldn't need them, correct? Call me stupid, but I just tried it
and my computer just sat there with a blinking cursor. I'm sorry for your
delusion, but windows 95 DOES run on top of dos. 

I'm not saying this because I hate windows, I'm saying it because it's the
truth, I tried it and it doesn't work. Now, if you people who are saying
that it doesn't run on top of dos have the guts to actually do it, and it
works (with no .dos files on the hard drive at all), then I might start
believing you. ALL of my friends down here in Montana (we are all in
Computer Science) and ALL of the professors I've talked to, and ALL of the
programmers I worked with this summer (all on win95 and NT) said that
win95 DOES run on top of dos. I agree, this is an old discussion, but not
until you guys stop believing microsoft and start using your heads.

Where did you get your information? I'm not talking from phony inaccurate
information, I'm talking from 5 years of computer experience on PC's, 9
years on Macs, and the last 3 years in Computer Science at college, so I
think I'm pretty informed. What are your sources? I'd just like to reflect
your response back to you,   keep an open mind

In article <01bcc80d$78982c20$a313c6cf@tbcass.dreamscape.com>, "TBCASS"
<tbcass@dreamscape.com> wrote:

> I Guess no matter how many times people post to prove that Win95 does NOT
> run on top of DOS someone keeps repeating that it does. Win95 does not need
> config.sys or autoexec.bat. You can delete these if you want and everything
> works fine but you can't run DOS programs. They are useful files though.
> When you push F8 it does NOT break into Command.Com. It gives you a menu of
> choices of how to load Windows or boot to DOS if you want to. Do you even
> know what Command.Com is? It's the DOS command line shell. It has nothing
> to do with Windows.
> None of the other stuff you mentioned is true either but I'm not going to
> waste my time. Sorry to say but "half your friends and programmers" don't
> know what they are talking about (if they even exist).One thing I never do
> is criticize the Mac because I haven't used it enough to really know. You
> obviously know nothing about Windows except some phony inaccurate
> information you heard or read somewhere so you should keep your mouth shut.
> Maybe I'm being too hard on you. I get the impression you are just a kid.
> If so well, you've got a lot to learn. Keep an open mind.
> 
> TOM