Get your story straight. All you are doing is confusing any newbies that may be reading this thread. You first say 9X is stand alone, then you say that it is not. Well, all this does is make newbies say "WTF" and go to another site. Please help newbies out don't confuse the crrap out of them.

Originally posted here by RejectKnowledge
All versions from Windows 95 ( including 95 itself ) are all stand-alone operating systems that don't require DOS to run.

Originally posted here by RejectKnowledge
I don't think Win9x are stand-alone operating systems. That is what is taught in just about any certification about Microsoft Operating Systems that you will encounter, including the A+ Software Certification, amongst others.