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Article ID: 141721 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 1.3
How to Boot to a Command Prompt by Default
This article was previously published under Q141721
This article describes how to configure Windows to boot to a command
prompt automatically.
To configure Windows to boot to a command prompt automatically, follow
these steps:
- Restart your computer. For Windows 95, when you see the "Starting
Windows 95" message, press the F8 key, and then choose Command Prompt
Only from the Startup menu. For Windows 98, press and hold down the
CTRL key after your computer completes the Power On Self Test (POST),
and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.
- Type the following lines. Press ENTER after each line:
attrib -s -h -r msdos.sys
edit msdos.sys
- Change the line that reads
BootGUI=1
to read:
BootGUI=0
- Save the Msdos.sys file and then close the editor.
- Type the following line, and then press ENTER:
attrib +s +h +r msdos.sys
- Restart your computer.
When the computer restarts, it automatically boots to a command prompt.
To load the Windows graphical user interface (GUI), type
win at the command prompt.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
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