Apparently, you can create a start up disk. Not sure if it boots into a "command line" mode or not (not using ME since it's not out yet), but I would assume that this will allow it. Besides, save off a Win95/98 startup disk and use that. I'm sure someone will find a "hack" that will allow you to boot up into command line mode. Is there an MSDOS.SYS file in ME? Probably not, but maybe something similiar to it? Usually, that file is hidden, but the MSDOS.SYS file had an option in it call BootGui. If it was set to 1, you'd boot up into the Win95/98 GUI mode. Set it to 0, and you'd boot up into command-line mode. I think it's about time. Keeping backwards compatability with DOS and Win 3.1 is one of the things that makes Windows crash happy (although, NT still has problems too, but not as much. But then, I use Linux as well and have better luck with it not crashing).