The NT Kernel is still wrapped around DOS.
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Virtual DOS machine (VDM) is Microsoft's technology that allows running legacy MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows programs on Intel 80386 or higher computers when there is already another operating system running and controlling the hardware.
Recent versions of Windows NT for 64-bit architectures, including Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (x86-64), Windows XP 64-bit Edition (IA-64), Windows Server 2003 (x64) and Windows Vista (x64), no longer include the NTVDM; so they are unable to run 16-bit DOS or Windows applications. This is because an x64 CPU in its full 64 bit mode cannot go to virtual mode without a hard reset; Virtual mode is not part of the x64 specification, the CPU needs to be running in x86 mode
You do know that runs on top of the NT kernel - don’t you?
*Recent versions of Windows NT for 64-bit architectures, including Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (x86-64), Windows XP 64-bit Edition (IA-64), Windows Server 2003 (x64) and Windows Vista (x64), no longer include the NTVDM; so they are unable to run 16-bit DOS or Windows applications. This is because an x64 CPU in its full 64 bit mode cannot go to virtual mode without a hard reset; Virtual mode is not part of the x64 specification, the CPU needs to be running in x86 mode.*
Do you understand that has nothing to do with what I’m saying? Do you understand what’s under the covers of the NT Kernel is antique DOS code? The only bubble bursting is the one of people that think NT was completely new from the ground up. MS advertised it that way, but they lied like rugs, and everything that’s been added to the NT kernel is just adding more stuff to that original DOS and VMS core.