Why are there Win 7 installations "over DOS"

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    Win8/8.1,Win7-U64, Vista U64, uncounted Linux distor's
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    LMiller7 said:
    How do you think you get a DOS screen when you type "CMD"? Windoz is over DOS, always has been.
    Not anymore.

    In 16 bit Windows and Windows 9X (including ME) the system initially booted into real mode DOS which then started Windows. In the NT platform (which includes Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8) this has never been the case.
    I guess that's what i get for still using a Win9X machine. The shop computer still uses DOS programs. It certainly has come a long ways since Win3.0.
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    Windows 7 Professional 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #12

    thank you all for your posts
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