DOS in Vista

[kjk]

Hi Folks,

I can't find a Vista group on my server, so this was my next best
choice. Does anybody know if Vista will run old DOS programs, the way
XP does? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Ken

 

[Nepatsfan]

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Hi Folks,

I can't find a Vista group on my server, so this was my next
best
choice. Does anybody know if Vista will run old DOS
programs, the way
XP does? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Ken

I don't know how Forte Free Agent handles newsgroups but you
might want to look for a setting that will reset the list of
newsgroups that are available. Once the list is reset search
for Vista. There are over a dozen Vista newsgroups.

If that doesn't work, click on this link and see if it sets up
an account for Microsoft's news server.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

As a last resort, you can always post to the web groups.

Windows Vista discussion groups
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I can't find a Vista group on my server, so this was my next best
choice.

Go to the server msnews.microsoft.com, and you will find many Vista
newsgroups, beginning with the name microsoft.public.windows.vista...

Does anybody know if Vista will run old DOS programs, the way
XP does? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Some old DOS programs will run in Windows Vista, others won't The same is
true of Windows XP, but the lists of what runs and what won't run will be
different.

 

[Val]

30 seconds of googling would tell you that yes, you can run DOS programs.
But be aware that in some cases you will not be able to run them full
screen. See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926657 for some help with
that problem.