For many, Windows Me is the pinnacle of Microsoft's attempt to do away with MSDOS, crippling it's core functionality beyond recognition.

But thanks to some ingenious people, there's ways to fully restore MSDOS and DOS mode in Windows Me.
You can go the hard way by patching the files yourselfs, or simply install a communitydevelopped Update, to bring MSDOS back to life.

00:00 Intro
01:05 Windows Neptune The "Me" that never was!
01:40 Into Windows Me
03:11 The crippled DOS in Windows Me
04:03 Restoring MSDOS 8 back to glory
08:07 The many versions of IO.SYS and COMMAND.COM
09:00 Community Update to restore MSDOS Mode in Windows Me
11:50 Conclusion
12:25 Next on TPC: Into the OS/2 DOS Virtual Machine


Links:

iMic's original DOS Mode Update to Windows Me:
https://app.box.com/s/jfiy8p0m2p2vbvh...
https://msfn.org/board/topic/184833f...
https://forums.overclockers.com.au/th...


TPC's evolved DOS Mode Update to Windows Me:
https://github.com/gpdm/TPCWinMeDOS...


The inofficial MSDOS 7 distro:
http://web.archive.org/web/2015020200...

The inofficial MSDOS 7 distro on WinWorldPC.com:
https://winworldpc.com/product/msdos/7x

Various Wikipedia articles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Me
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...

The Windows Good and Bad cycle:
https://metanophilia.wordpress.com/20...


Tech Docs:
Multiboot.ru's Documentation on MSDOS (including MSDOS 8 ISO): http://www.multiboot.ru/msdos8.htm
MSDOS 8 Analysis: https://web.archive.org/web/200502191...
IOSys Decompressor: https://web.archive.org/web/202002252...
DOS Mode Patch Tool: https://www.oocities.org/mfd4life_2000/
IO8EMMOK driver: https://github.com/pufengdu/IO8EMMOK
Windows INF Files: https://www.mdgx.com/INF_web/

Windows System File Protection:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...
http://smallvoid.com/article/winmesy...



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