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One of the things that

One of the things that I just adore about Microsoft is that with each new version of their software, they decide that something that I have been previously doing -- something simple, unremarkable, and utterly necessary -- is something that I no longer need to do, and so they remove this feature from their new release. For example, in NT 4.0, I'd been merrily making bootable floppies to connect to the network any time I needed to with the handy client administration tool. Apparently, the folks at Microsoft couldn't stand the thought of my whacking around hooking up to the network any old time I please, and so they've taken away my ability to make a DOS bootable floppy. Nor will they allow me to download the client files, presumably for fear that I will engage in an orgiastic frenzy of DOS-clienting and thus endanger my immortal soul. Yet, I must connect the DOS client to the network. Who has an idea?