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I cant get out of MS-DOS mode

One day I restarted my computer in MS-DOS mode from the shut down menu. Ever since then I havent been able to get back into windows. I've tried typing in win, exit and everything I try it just resets the computer, loads up, shows the welcome to windows 98 cloud screen, and then goes into dos. I've ran my computer in safe mode as well, and when I select reset, or shut down, in safe mode, it does the same exact thing and goes back into dos. Please help me, I have no idea what is wrong with my computer and every number I call says its a hardware problem and I'd rather check with you experts before having to call a 1-900 number or having to pay a minimum of $35. Thank you and please help.
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What is in your autoexec.bat?
I ran into this once. I ended up renaming AUTOEXEC.BAT, AUTOEXEC.DOS, and DOSSTART.BAT to something else. Not sure which one fixed it, but one of those did. :-)
One of those, indeed. Windows modifies some of these when booting to Dos. I thought that only happend if you specified a Boot to dos in a dos shortcut.
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What is the CMOS and where can i find the jumper switch? behind the computer? I don't have Windows 95, or any disks for it.
Don't do that! You don't need to reset the CMOS!

Also, edit the MSDOS.SYS, make sure BOOTGUI=1 is set...
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what should I rename the files if I try that?
Anything OTHER than their original name would do. Just remember so you can put them back when the problem is solved.
Edit the Autoexec.bat file and check for a line that says
DOS=single

If the line is there either delete it or type REM in front of it with a space after the REM.

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Hello,

I hope you have fixed your ms-dos problem by now but if not maybe this will help (as I had the same problem last week). All I did was press F8 during boot up to bring up the windows boot menu.  I selected "safe mode" which took me into windows.  Once I did a complete shutdown (from the windows safe mode) and rebooted everything was back to normal.  I hope this works for you!
At a c:\ prompt
ren config.sys config.fkd
ren autoexec.bat autoexec.fkd

ctrl alt del (reboot)

or
edit config.wos
click file click save
edit autoexec.wos
click file click save

ctrl alt del (reboot)

last but least
verify that you have a msdos.sys file
attrib msdos.sys
if not you need to create one