When turning off the computer I CLICKED the "restart in MS DOS mode".  Now, it STARTS and brings me to a c:windows prompt only.  I rebooted and hit F8 to get to the dos prompts and I 1ST chose start in Normal mode which brought me right back to the c:windows prompt. So I re-booted again and chose the start in safe mode which I was successful in doing.  If I shut down, or restart it automatically TAKES me back to the c:windows prompt.  I can't get it out of the DOS mode or safe mode.  When in safe mode, Safe Mode is in all 4 corners of the screen...HELP!!!  I was only trying to get to a dos prompt and put passwork protection on my computer and now this!!Do the opposite of this:
Getting Windows 95 / 98 to boot to MS-DOSThank you for the RESPONSE, but I don't quite understand what you mean by do the opoosite of getting Windows95/98 to boot in MS DOS.  Can you walk me through it?

Thank you.At the prompt type win<enter>Thanks CC...
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Remember that when dealing with any system files, be cautious of what is changed. If the files are changed inappropriately the system may not boot.

Click Start / Shutdown / Shutdown the computer in MS-DOS mode.
Type cd\ to get to the C:\> prompt.
Type attrib msdos.sys -r -a -s -h
Type edit msdos.sys
Locate the line BOOTGUI=1 and change the line to BOOTGUI=0

Save the file and reboot your computer.