JSI Tip 2280. Windows 2000 can run NTVDM from a removeable boot/system drive.
Jerold Schulman
April 16, 2000
1 Min Read
In Windows NT 4.0, you could not run 16-bit programs on removeable media that contained the boot and system files. You would receive:
Config.nt. Hidden console of WOWVDM config.nt the system is not suitable for running MSDOS and Microsoft Windows applications.
In Windows 2000, you can install on a removable drive and the Windows NT Virtual DOS Machine (NTVDM) will run 16-bit programs.
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