BedOS: Difference between revisions

BedOS72214-1 comes in an Installer VISE package, while BedOS 2.0/Lite come in an ACE self-extractor. BedOS 3.0 still comes in executable format, but it is now packaged inside an ISO image with included CD extras. 72214-1's installer starts off with an unintentionally funny to read introduction text, which you can proceed into installing the full bootleg. It will install itself to its own folder named "BEDOS" in the root of your C: drive, and add a shortcut on the Desktop and Start menu to launch BedOS afterwards. What the "Launch BedOS" shortcut does is, it basically replaces critical files in the C: root such as AUTOEXEC, COMMAND, IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, CONFIG.SYS, as well as BOOTSECT.DOS, BOOT.INI, NTLDR, NTDETECT, the pagefile even for assurance, with its own, redirecting it all to its kernel. Don't worry about losing them though, it is all backed up afterwards.

When you first boot into 72214-1, you will be informed that it is '''shareware''', where if you want the full version you have to sign up to an online registration form on the author's website. After you sit through the new hardware messages, you will be greeted with the aforementioned new look, along with a whole bunch of new places to visit, including "My Distributive" and "My Documents" (both have nothing in them), "My Programs" (which doesn't have much), 3 shortcuts to more programs and finally, "BedOS Registration". There is also a "Back to Windows" shortcut which does basically the opposite of what the "Launch BedOS" shortcut does. It restores everything from its backup folder, and returns Windows back to normal.