Readme.txt for WinDOS
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About
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WinDOS is a program that allows the user to easily cancel Windows
from loading during boot up, so that he/she may quickly get into 
DOS without having to wait for Windows to load, only to be shut down.

During boot up, just before Windows is about to be loaded, a beep 
will occur, and then a bar at the bottom of the screen will indicate
the remaining time (starting at 5 seconds) for the user to press a
key in order to go to DOS.  If no key is pressed during the 5 
seconds, Windows will automatically begin to load.  I feel that
waiting 5 seconds is better than having to type in "win<enter>"
when I want Windows to load, especially since I don't even have to
be at the computer.

There is not much to this program, and it seems to work well,
therefore this is the first and probably last version of WinDOS.
Not to mention that this program isn't much of any use on almost
every computer around today, as this program only works on Windows
3.11 and below.  There is no need for a program like this on Windows
95 and above anyway, just hit F8 right before the splash screen
appears, and choose "Command prompt only".  But for those of you
who still play with Windows 3.x and DOS, I feel its a great program
to have.

Usage
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First, place Windos.exe in the C:\ directory.  Then add the following
lines to the end of autoexec.bat:

cd c:\
windos
call winload

Make sure that "win" does not come before these lines, or else WinDOS
won't do anything for you.  Also make sure that your Windows directory
(usually C:\WINDOWS) is defined in the PATH line of your autoexec.bat.
If you do not have a PATH line, add the following to your
autoexec.bat, somewhere before the above three lines:

SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS

NOTE:  WinDOS is intended for systems running Windows 3.11 or lower, it
will not work on Windows 95 or above.  For systems with Windows 95 and
above, simply press F8 before the splash screen appears, and choose
"Command prompt only".

License Agreement
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This program is FREEWARE, and may be distributed freely and included
in commercial packages, but it must come in conjunction with this
Readme.txt, and no profit may be made off this program.

This program comes with no warranty of any kind, although if you do
experience any problems, please e-mail me at MisterTIPPY@yahoo.com,
and I will try to do whatever I can to get it to work for you.