Question: why can I no longer run DOS programs under Windows XP? They ran before I installed anti-virus software and carried out some XP updates.

Answer: I'd be curious what DOS programs your talking about.  DOS since win95 has changed alot.  DOS, NT, win98/me have all been combined into XP.\n\nNote:  The next version of Windows isn't supposed to be compatible with DOS at all.
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