From:	Doug Kaufman <dkaufman AT rahul DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Real DOS-Mode Patch for Windows Millennium
Date:	6 Jan 2001 17:53:55 GMT
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Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> writes:

>There is a "Real DOS-Mode Patch for Windows Millennium". I saw a link to
>this on the FreeDOS mailing list today:

>    http://www.geocities.com/mfd4life_2000/

The big problem with this patch is that it is a binary patch which
comes from a cracks site. It does not have the source code available
and the original site for the patch (www.manifest-destiny.net) has
never been reachable by me. This doesn't mean that it won't work as
advertised, but its origins should make one think carefully before
applying it.

I don't have WindowsME, so I haven't been able to test this, but the
tweakui program available from Microsoft for WinME has a setting which
allows you to be able to boot directly to the command line without
calling the GUI. This works on Win98. Can someone with WinME check to
see what it does there? The tweakui file itself is at:
"http://www.microsoft.com/windowsme/guide/tweakui.exe"
Description is at:
"http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp"
                                 Doug
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Doug Kaufman
Internet: dkaufman AT rahul DOT net

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