DOS incompatibility

[happy_hippy]

i know about all the issues with running DOS based games on Win XP. But
surely there is some sort of way around it? Someone please explain to
me why DOS based games/programmes will not run on XP.

Cheers. Steve

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi happy_hippy,

Legacy DOS support was not shipped with Windows XP
simply because realtime DOS support doesn't allow the
host OS, in this case Windows XP to maintain it's stability
which is built on a foundation of stringent hardware control.

When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available.

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/faq.php and
http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm For sound
issues use: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound Good Luck!


--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________


happy_hippy Wrote:
=================
| i know about all the issues with running DOS based games on Win XP. But
| surely there is some sort of way around it? Someone please explain to
| me why DOS based games/programmes will not run on XP.
|
| Cheers. Steve

 

[Memaw]

Steve after a long time with the help and jimmy and Paul....i now can play
dos games under dosbox....after i finally got it in my head and was written
out for me it is quite easy to do now.....hope this helps.....Patsy

 

[happy_hippy]

Part of the error message was somthing about 'autoexec.nt'. Somthing
like C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/AUTOEXEC.NT is being weird or somthing lol. So
anyway i tried to find this file in the system32 folder and it wasnt
there. It was hiding in a folder named 'repair'. So i moved it to
SYSTEM32 and now i can run DOS games simple as that. I havent come
across any that havnt worked.

steve

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi happy_hippy,

Yes, that's been a common error message since SP2 was shipped.

Glad to see your issue is resolved.

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________


happy_hippy Wrote:
=================
| Part of the error message was somthing about 'autoexec.nt'. Somthing
| like C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/AUTOEXEC.NT is being weird or somthing lol. So
| anyway i tried to find this file in the system32 folder and it wasnt
| there. It was hiding in a folder named 'repair'. So i moved it to
| SYSTEM32 and now i can run DOS games simple as that. I havent come
| across any that havnt worked.
|
| steve