There a re many ways to get a copy of either 7.10 or 8.0 with no payment made to Microsoft. Many users here never had a Windows ME computer. The question is it legal to use any recent version of MS-DOS if you did not pay for same. You cannot legally download any version except through regular legal channels (MSDN, licensed volume user etc) That link leads to a page which only has the 6.2 "stepup" files - this was a Microsoft package to upgrade 6.2 to 6.22. The internal command prompt still reports version 5.0 Version 8.0 (WinXP) - DOS boot disks created by XP and later contain files from WinME. Four different kernels (IO.SYS) observed. Version 8.0 (WinME) - Integrated drivers for faster Windows loading. Version 7.1 (Win95B-Win98SE) - Support for FAT32 file system. JO.SYS allows booting from CD-ROM to hard disk. JO.SYS is an alternative filename of the IO.SYS kernel file and used as such for "special purposes". Version 7.0 (Win95,95A) - Support for VFAT long file names. Version 6.22 (Retail) - Last standalone MS-DOS As far as I am aware, ownership of a license for Windows 3.11 does not confer entitlement to use other later operating systems. They were was part of Windows 95, 98 and ME. MS-DOS 7.x and 8.x were never released as a standalone operating system like (for example) version 6.22. Microsoft does care, and no version of MS-DOS has been made freeware.
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