In Windows, users can run DOS programs along side Windows programs. Pressing Alt-Tab switches between all open DOS and Windows applications. DOS programs are usually run in a window so they can be ...

Kenneth M. Frith is moving away from Windows XP (as he should). But he still has some old DOS programs he’s either unwilling or unable to give up. Can they run in Windows 8? The big question is: Does ...

My father is currently using an old Windows 95 machine circa 1999 to run a DOS program which he uses to bill the government. Buying a new program is not really an option because all the modern ...

If I play video games they're usually pretty low tech ones. One of the few games I miss from the old days is Duke Nukem, and I'm talking about the Duke before he went 3D. If you have an old DOS game ...

While most businesses use Windows-based applications, some entrepreneurs still use legacy DOS-based programs that they find useful. Whether it's because the application is no longer being developed or ...

FreeDOS is an operating system that can run MS-DOS programs natively and will appeal more to enthusiasts. DOSBox is an ...

Problem: I have a program that is based on DOS (the interface is GUI) and I need to print to a network printer. On my windows 98 computer I install the print drive then go into details and "Capture ...

A command-line interface is a terminal-style screen where you type commands at a prompt, one line at a time. You might associate it with the MS-DOS operating system that was widely used until the ...

What to know before you dig into the startup areas Back in the days of DOS, if a program was automatically loading when a computer started up, there were only two places that the program could have ...