Click the start button and select "run," which is on the left side of the menu.
If for some reason this option is not there, create a new text file with notepad and type "command.exe" (no quotes) in it. Save it as a .bat file by naming it "something.bat" in the name field. You can replace the word "something" with whatever you want. double click the file and the command prompt should pop up.
AnswerTHE DOS command is netstat -a.
Windows XP cannot be installed or reinstalled directly from DOS.
It doesn't. I have XP at home and there is no "DOS" running in the background. Windows 3.0 and 3.1 did require DOS in order to function, however.
Windows XP and Windows 2003 came before Windows Vista. The 64-bit version of XP was really mostly Windows 2003 branded as XP, and not truly XP, despite the name.
get dos box
You cannot "go to DOS" in Windows XP. The closest analog is the command prompt, which can be opened by clicking Start > Run, and entering "command."
No. Windows XP has it's own kernel and memory management system.
No, but you have to be really careful when you are working with partions.
DOS is just the operating system just like Windows XP. DOS SHELL is a program in DOS in which you can browse files and open them, etc. Just generally an easier way to move around the DOS operating system
This was taken out of Windows XP, but is still in Windows 98 and below.
with dosbox
It's possible, you have to correct boot.ini file and copy DOS loader and DOS system on your hard drive.