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| lotus version 4 printing | 11/13/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: On our new Xp we had no problems uploading and getting Lotus version 4 working, however, there is a ...
A: I have heard before this same problem you are experiencing. However, solving it is not easy, because ...
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| Opening a Thinkpad 600 E in DOS | 11/12/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: I have an old IBM 600 E. I t had Win 2000 in it. I tgot so tired it hardly opened. I want to try ...
A: Im not to familiar with Linux OS but I think you need to format the drive with the Linux OS disk to ...
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| edit config.sys and autoexec.bat | 10/11/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: I have my bootable CD which is loading ghost software, but I have problem with config.sys or ...
A: trouble is I don't know what OS you have so its hard to answer but I don't see a path in your auto ...
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| Disable Dos password | 10/5/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: Have been using this laptop for sometime now and i left it for a training in the east, but now i ...
A: I never heard of a DOS password. only a Bios or windows password. So in order for me to help you I ...
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| Installing DOS | 9/21/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I have a DOS only program, which is used to program frequencies into radios. I downloaded a free ...
A: ... well, I'm impressed,... you found an image of a free DOS. You need to burn it by using a ...
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| Modified Xcopy? | 9/21/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I am looking to copy a whole bunch of .csv files from one directory structure to another. The key ...
A: ... hmm... interesting... it could be useful having an example of this directory structure. But I ...
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| Auto Backup | 9/8/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I am working on excel 07 whole day I want take daily backup of my excel file in D drive. my question ...
A: Oh. You need a backup in your D drive. so, you can create a batch file like this. Click on Start / ...
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| Auto Backup | 9/5/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I am working on excel 07 whole day I want take daily backup of my excel file in D drive. my question ...
A: yes, there are many ways to accomplish this task. But remember, DOS is not Office 2007-aware. It's ...
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| drive formatt | 7/23/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I have an old computer that I would like to donate, but I need to delete all of the info on the hard ...
A: (Please check updates to this answer below). if the computer is old enough, you won't be able to ...
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| Vista Bios | 7/22/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: i went into the bios and changed the first boot device to boot from CD Rom, after it failing to read ...
A: chances are, somehow you deactivated the F1 functionality. However other key functions can help you ...
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| Vista Bios | 7/22/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: i went into the bios and changed the first boot device to boot from CD Rom, after it failing to read ...
A: Vista has nothing to do with the bios and it cant be entered from the desktop. So I am even amazed ...
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| Vista Bios | 7/22/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: i went into the bios and changed the first boot device to boot from CD Rom, after it failing to read ...
A: I think you're using a wrong key, as far as I know, F1 won't work for accessing a BIOS. In Dell ...
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| Help! How to install Lotus 1-2-3 software into windows xp pro | 7/15/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: i helping my aunt to install lotus 1-2-3 software to windows xp pro computer. She pass me a stack ...
A: It's good to hear about Lotus... brings me fond memories. You should copy all the diskettes to a ...
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| Compare & Count two folder files | 7/2/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: I am new to DOS batch programming.I have question in DOS batch programming. My Question is 1. I ...
A: since your question involves programming it would be to long and complicated to answer on this site ...
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| Compare & Count two folder files | 7/1/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: I am new to DOS batch programming.I have question in DOS batch programming. My Question is 1. I ...
A: ?? Wht dont you just change the file manes in windows?? If you know where the files are just right ...
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| Boot CD with Dos | 6/27/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I need to run some old dos files. I would like to format a CD with MS Dos 6.22 and I would like to ...
A: I'm glad you liked my proposal, Jeff. Here is one useful link to make a Windows-xp bootable flash ...
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| Boot CD with Dos | 6/26/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I need to run some old dos files. I would like to format a CD with MS Dos 6.22 and I would like to ...
A: hmm... I have come with another possible solution. Have you ever thought of making a bootable USB ...
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| mmdriver missing | 6/24/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: error says mmdriver.inf missing. I do not have my xp disk so I downloaded it from the web. I know I ...
A: Thought I answered it but again for you..First do you have an INF file in the stuff you downloaded. ...
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| Boot CD with Dos | 6/19/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I need to run some old dos files. I would like to format a CD with MS Dos 6.22 and I would like to ...
A: Yes, I'm sure that you could be able to boot a DOS-CD. You need your cd burning software to make a ...
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| mmdriver missing | 6/18/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: error says mmdriver.inf missing. I do not have my xp disk so I downloaded it from the web. I know I ...
A: The way you are doing it is wrong. It should be installed from windows not dos. However on the MS ...
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| Real time OS | 6/9/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I need you to propose me a DOS version which is real time (is MS-dos real time?) I have heard that ...
A: no, unfortunately I have not heard a word about nx-dos. My experience has been mainly with IBM-DOS & ...
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| Booted from floppy, why can't I access C drive? | 4/28/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: This is so frustrating! I'm setting up an "emergency boot disk" (1.4 MB floppy) with a few ...
A: I think I answered your question last Thursday, probably our Internet connection failed and it ...
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| Communicating with serial port in clipper | 4/1/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: i have a question...how to communicate with serial port?i use clipper for this purpose.I intend to ...
A: unfortunately I never used communications with a serial port in Clipper. I think you could use a ...
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| Dos FOR command | 3/20/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: hopefully a straight forward question. I'm trying to use the Dos FOR command in Windows XP to read a ...
A: Very confusing to me.I Dont understand why the files should be written and accessed within DOS on ...
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| Lotus 123 | 3/18/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: How do you add time in a column over 24 h mark? ex. 19:45 + 7:15 = 3:00 I get wrong answer. ex. ...
A: you could try calculating the number of seconds in the date and adding this number to the number of ...
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| DOS command line | 3/12/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I'm trying to rename a batch of files on a removable drive by composing a batch file that accepts 2 ...
A: ... so your problem is, say, you have a PRUEBA.BAT file and you execute the command, say, REN *.%1 ...
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| DOS command line | 3/12/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: I'm trying to rename a batch of files on a removable drive by composing a batch file that accepts 2 ...
A: In order to answer questions on windows OS, Dos, programs that don’t work ,hardware, and most other ...
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| help! | 3/10/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: I have a homemade dos program, it's a directory of our clients, i can't get into it, now i am ...
A: In order to answer questions on windows OS, Dos, programs that don’t work ,hardware, and most ...
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| DBase III+/WINXP-SP3/Keyboard Locking Up | 3/4/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I am desperate for an answer. I migrated our dbase systems to XP machines and for the most part ...
A: yes, I have seen this odd behaviour in Windows XP. Remember, I'm a DOS expert, and my expertise in ...
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| dos and windows xp | 2/11/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: dose windows xp need dos, If not can you explane?
A: martin, All windows versions need and use DOS.Contrary to some opinions that Dos is dead.In XP Dos ...
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| batch file | 2/9/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I assume my problem is farely simple and there should be at least a dozen ways of accomplishing the ...
A: I could help you if you had a batch file to start with. I think you could do something like this: ...
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| sending a fax from a batch file | 2/2/2009 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: i am wanting to do a rather simple thing, but the task is ending up seemingly daunting. from a ...
A: have you tried using the 'call' command...?? This helps keeping programs in a memory area completely ...
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| the window display is smaller than the screen | 1/23/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: at end of formatting, it gives me«volume label(11 characters, ENTER for none)?. When I hit enter, it ...
A: The display button should work so you can set to 800 by 600.Try right click on the empty part of ...
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| windows 98 se suddenly stopped to start | 1/20/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: a blue screen gives me the following message: Quote: an exception OE (operating error)occurred at ...
A: windows setup requires "largest executable program size" to be at least 442368 bytes to run This ...
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| windows 98 se suddenly stopped to start | 1/18/2009 | David Cohen |
Q: a blue screen gives me the following message: Quote: an exception OE (operating error)occurred at ...
A: Gerald her are a few things to try Here is your last resort: I would first try an SFC if you can ...
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| my pc wont start | 12/12/2008 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: i turn on my pc and it starts to load ,gets to the load tab in the middle of the screen .and when it ...
A: well, I'm a DOS expert (not windows), however I have experienced similar problems. I was ...
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| dos batch file question | 12/8/2008 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: I'm trying to create an if then else statement inside a batch file. Specifically, I want the if to ...
A: you are doing everything perfectly, except for one detail: the Exist clause requires perfectly ...
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| dBASE III+ | 11/15/2008 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: Running dBASE III+ under MS-DOS, I'm lately noticing errors creeping into dbf files (e.g., an arrow, ...
A: yes, given the conditions you mention, it's unlikely you have a virus. A codepage change could not ...
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| dBASE III+ | 11/14/2008 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: Running dBASE III+ under MS-DOS, I'm lately noticing errors creeping into dbf files (e.g., an arrow, ...
A: well, this could be due to many things, a computer virus, ... a change in your keyboard settings, a ...
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| verifying copied files | 10/24/2008 | César Lenin López Muñoz |
Q: Microsoft support says VERIFY and the /V switch for COPY & XCOPY only check if copied files are ...
A: well, depending on the version (IBM-DOS or MS-DOS), you can use fc.exe (file compare) or comp.exe to ...
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