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It seems that there is some general confusion about Windows command line windows and the good old DOS (Disk Operating System).

First of all, there is no such thing like a "real DOS box" on modern Windows systems. The last real DOS that existed was on Windows ME (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS).

However, Windows NT and higher (which includes Windows 2000, Windows XP, the servers, etc) provide an emulated environment for 16 bit DOS applications (MS-DOS applications), shortly called the "DOS box". The 64 bit versions of Windows, like XP, Vista, and server versions, do not support 16 bit MS-DOS applications at all anymore. (See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926657 for more info.)
In other words, the 64 bit versions of Windows don't have a "DOS box" at all. End of story.

Anyway, they do support something more powerful, something Microsoft call character-mode applications (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682010(VS.85).aspx), and most people call these programs Windows command line applications. This is not a "DOS box".