Before September 1995, Microsoft Windows was an MS-DOS program. DOS was an
easy to use command line operating system that provided you with complete
ability to control and troubleshoot your computer. Microsoft's goal was to
eliminate DOS, possibly to prevent you from having complete control of your
own computer.
The last stand-alone version of MS-DOS was version 6. Unfortunately, that
version is not Y2K compliant. Windows 95 and later came with ...
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