ms-dos

Microsoft's recent revival of its classic MS-DOS Edit utility, reimagined as a modern, open-source text editor for Windows 11, marks a notable departure from the company's current trend of layering AI-driven features onto nearly every facet of its operating system. In an ecosystem where AI...

Microsoft’s 50-year journey from a scrappy startup to a global tech titan reads like a saga of bold gambles, visionary pivots, and lessons etched in both triumph and miscalculation. What began as a modest operation in Albuquerque, New Mexico—founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen—has grown into an...

Few would have imagined that the humble, text-based MS-DOS would evolve into the backbone of a graphical revolution. Yet, as a veteran Microsoft engineer with over 30 years of experience recently reminded us, the potential for generating graphics in MS-DOS was always there – it just wasn’t the...

Microsoft’s 50th anniversary isn’t just a number—it’s a testament to half a century of groundbreaking innovations that revolutionized the way we compute, work, and play. As the tech giant marks this milestone, we look back on five products that not only defined Microsoft’s past but continue to...

A recent article from Ruetir has shone new light on one of Microsoft’s longstanding design choices. Veteran engineer Raymond Chen revealed that, even 30 years after its early days, MS-DOS was technically capable of drawing graphics. So why did Microsoft opt for a text-driven interface rather...

In the fast-paced world of technology, few companies have left as profound an impact as Microsoft. As the tech giant approaches its 50th anniversary in 2025, it's a perfect moment to reflect on its journey from the text-based MS-DOS of the early 1980s to the sleek interfaces of Windows 11. The...

When it comes to the computing world, few milestones are as iconic as the release of Windows 95. Launched in August 1995, this operating system was not just a software update; it was a significant leap forward in user experience, bringing the Start Menu, taskbar, and more to the masses...

Hi! I need to transfer data between my PC (Windows 10.1903 x64 Pro) and notebook with MS-DOS 7.10 (also Windows 3.11 for Workgroups - but without Win32s) I want to use serial port 'cause DOS is not so familiar with USB. I know that serial transfer was possible even on my hobby computers -...

Hello. I am having an issue. Whenever I try to delete or move an item, a message pops up and displays "Invalid MS-DOS Function" I can't seem to get past it so can someone help me? Thanks! PS I'm new to this forum so.......

Thanks to kemical's suggestion in my last thread I used the media creation tool. Took a deep breath and clicked "upgrade now". Off it went installing Win 10. It didn't take all that long. I went off and did some other things while it was updating. I'm guessing it took well under 30 minutes to...

I made these codes to backup files : set p=C:\Users\ for/f %%a in('dir C:\Users\ /b') do ( if not"%%a"=="Public", ( set fileDest=C:\Backup-%%a_%date:~7,2%.%date:~4,2%.%date:~10,4% If Not Exist"%fileDest%" mkdir "%fileDest%"set"fullPath=%p%%%a%" xcopy "%fullPath%"%fileDest%/e /h /y /k rem call...

this keeps on appearing whenever i open my notebook :( what to do? -tnx:)

Ten days ago, I upgraded Windows 7 to Windows 8 ("What are you waiting for"-email from Microsoft). Within 6 days, I needed to refresh Windows 8 twice because of some crashes. After the second time "refresh", and reinstalling numerous updates for Win8, I turned the computer off. Next morning...

16 Bit MS-DOS Subsystem C\Program Files\CABWeb\CABWeb.exe The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction CS:059f IP:020a OP:63 63 65 73 73 Choose 'Close" to terminate the application

I have Windows 7 ultimate on my computer.I tried to make a Ms-Dos floppy disk from the menu format on my floppy drive.But when I start my computer with this floppy on my drive it went on Ms-Dos mode.Then when I typed C: for my hard disk drive or E: (ms-dos command) to change drives it didn't...

The Windows install and upgrade process isn’t normally something users get nostalgic over – in fact, more often it’s an anxiety-provoking experience that most would rather avoid – but for one man it’s an opportunity to track Microsoft’s OS progress over the past 25 years. Andrew Tait started out...

Here at Microsoft, we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Microsoft Excel by taking a look through its compelling and dramatic history, which is filled with great tech tidbits. In this video, we talk to Scott Oki, Charles Simonyi, Jeff Raikes, and other visionaries behind Excel. We go back...

Hi, I've downloaded Win 7 Professional from MSDN and have been trying to install it since midnight yesterday, but still no luck. I've tried a few methods on my laptop and desktop and all FAILED so i'm pretty emo and lack of sleep right now. I'm running windows vista home basic on both...

Well, from looking at the versions of MS-DOS, you can see that version 8 was the last version of DOS, but was striped down. So, you could say that MS-DOS 7 was the last more or less. So, just wondering do you think that Windows 7 will be the last version of Windows? I think it is...