go to notepad. type in cmd. save it as a .bat file.
click start, hit run, type cmd.
Windows XP does not have 'proper' dos, but it does have a command prompt which is a lot like dos. You can access a DOS-like command prompt before booting Windows XP by first restarting your computer and before the Windows XP loading screen appears, repeatedly hit the 'F8' key on your keyboard. This will give you boot up options. One of them will be 'Safe Mode with Command Prompt'. This is the same command prompt that would appear if you hit [Windows]+[R] key in Windows and typed 'cmd' and then hit enter.
I'm not sure about Windows 95/98, but in newer versions, there are a couple of ways I know of:"[Windows Key] + R" keyboard shortcut then type "cmd" and press enter"Start Menu" -> "Programs" -> "Accessories" -> "Command Prompt"You could try these out and see if they are the same in earlier OS versions.
I believe "regedit" is what you want. Just type that into the "Run..." box or Command Prompt (CMD.exe). If that doesn't work, you can also try editing through Command Prompt, using the reg command. to get started, just put "/?" after a command, like "reg add /?". This will give you all the information you will want to use the commands.
Its called the command prompt Type command prompt into the help and support program that comes with windows and it will give you a link to open it.
when using command prompt, after you give it a command, press the enter button. Command prompt will then carry out the task and will automatically go to the next line.
Just run command "prompt abc".. It will give you the abc prompt.. To go back just run the command "prompt $P$G"..
To get your network information from a command prompt, first you need to get your command prompt window open. You can do this from Xp and older by clicking the start button then typing cmd in the "run" box. In windows 7, click on the windows button then type cmd in the "search programs and files" box and the window will come up. Once you have the command prompt window open, just type ipconfig in that window and hit enter. this will give you lots of useful network information such as your TCPIP address. you can also type in ipconfig /? to get all of the possible "switches" you can use to get specific info.
Dsquery is a command-line tool that is built into Windows Server 2008. It is available if you have the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) server role installed. To use dsquery, you must run the dsquery command from an elevated command prompt. To open an elevated command prompt, click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator dsquery -inactive <NumberOfWeeks> will give you the answer
click start, click shutdown, and select Restart in MS-DOS mode from the shutdown dialg box. Using this method, you get a command prompt provide by the DOS real-mode core of trhe Windows 95/98
You really can't. There is nothing in a prompt that would give that information.
The shell prompt is the visual aspect of the shell between running programs, th epart that shows it is waiting for you to give it a command.
what programs are starting? internet explorer? downloaders? its impossible to give you an answer if you dont know what programs...