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dos programs in windows 2000
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Original Message
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Name: ton
Date: February 14, 2002 at 05:30:43 Pacific
Subject: dos programs in windows 2000 |
Comment: Having problems runing some ms dos programs in 2000. Some will not open/run. Anyone know a work around/or program I could use. thanks
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Response Number 1
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Name: Eric
Date: February 14, 2002 at 06:00:25 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You can right click your icon, select properties, go to compatibility and select W98 or W95. Sometimes that does the trick.
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Response Number 2
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Name: Pete
Date: February 14, 2002 at 10:33:05 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Eric, I think you're thinking of WindowsXP. Win2000 doesn't have compatibility settings. If you get any answers to this, please e-mail me with the results. I've got an old DOS game that needs "pure dos" - ie., the type you had to log out of Windows95/98 for. It's telling me it needs min 21mb RAM, but I actually have 256mb. Any ideas?
E-mail - remember.
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Response Number 5
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Name: Pascal
Date: February 15, 2002 at 11:33:14 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Dos program runs in a NTVDM, NT Virtual Dos Machine. W2K will not let any acces to the system by any dos or win16 programs. That could be the reason why your programs does not run. Also DOS program require that you have required virtual drivers for all your peripherals. Thoses are the two main reason why DOS or WIN16 program doesnt run in w2k/winnt/winxp.
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