The OS of your choice.

[Comp Guy]

Thank you Z, It's finnally gone! I never found a good use for it anyways...

[Zylstra]

Thank you Z, It's finnally gone! I never found a good use for it anyways...

No problem
Now you just have a little red icon at the bottom of your screen in your taskbar telling you to enable it... Isnt that exciting?

[Comp Guy]

Yup that came on right away. But I think you can disable that too. Most of that stuff is for beginning computer users anyways...

[Zylstra]

Yup that came on right away. But I think you can disable that too. Most of that stuff is for beginning computer users anyways...

In MSCONFIG, you can disable "Security Center" under "Services" this will fix all pop-ups related to security.
Edit:
Forgot to mention:
Update notifications, firewall, and antivirus will also be disabled.

[Comp Guy]

Even automatic update notifications?

[Zylstra]

Even automatic update notifications?

I am not sure if it will stop updates from happening, or autorestart options from being displayed...

[Broni]

Now you just have a little red icon at the bottom of your screen in your taskbar telling you to enable it

I don't have it, but I don't remember what I did to get rid of it...LOL

[Sharamall]

I like XP the best because of the version of DOS that it has (command prompt WHATEVER) It has a wider range of commands than 2k. I also like 3.1, though, I used it on an old old old computer but I was cool. Programs were easier to find.

[Zylstra]

Windows XP does not have DOS. It has an emulator.

[dairyman]

Windows XP does not have DOS. It has an emulator.

It has DOS. Start your computer and tap F8 key before you see the boot logo.
Notice that one of the options is Safe Mode with Command Prompt. 

[Zylstra]

Windows XP does not have DOS. It has an emulator.

It has DOS. Start your computer and tap F8 key before you see the boot logo.
Notice that one of the options is Safe Mode with Command Prompt. 

That aint DOS, thats an emulation of DOS

Actual DOS is similar, but still different.

[Dusty]

Dusty
How does DOS 7.1 handle USB  devices ? ?
Curious.

Several methods - have a look at bootdisk.com here altho' must admit my use of usb with Dos is by choice limited, would you believe I still print in vivid color using a dot-matrix? (Citizen GSX230 - now there's a beast of a machine!)

D.

[patio]

I was aware of the DOS USB drivers and thanx.
The only devices i would need them for would be my Flash drive units...

[Deerpark]

Windows XP does not have DOS. It has an emulator.

It has DOS. Start your computer and tap F8 key before you see the boot logo.
Notice that one of the options is Safe Mode with Command Prompt. 

That aint DOS, thats an emulation of DOS

Actual DOS is similar, but still different.

Actually if you want to get really technical about it, the command prompt isn't even a DOS emulation. It is a shell that provides a DOS like interface. The actual DOS emulation only occurs when you execute a DOS application.

[Sharamall]

Jeez, does it really matter? It does a lot of the same functions. I use it to make games or to shutdown my computer after a timeout.