Thanks for quick reply. The root of my post was the lack of conversation regarding Microsoft's attempt to support DOS games in XP. I note that many of you don't use XP. And THANK YOU! for the comment regarding my 3rd question. It was a major pain trying to edit all those preferences.

Preliminary ramble: Hi, just disovered VOGONS, also just discovered VDMSound. I got Betrayal at Krondor running on my Windows XP-home machine. Drunk with power, I then tried to load and run X-com: UFO defense (original 1994 floppies). This is where the trouble starts. Main Question: What kind of " …