weird. DOSBox never says configuring. It would only say.
loading configuration file or something like that.
Did the system repair change your graphics drivers perharps ?

Hi Qbix,

Well, I ran a couple of other scans to slow down the cpu so I could read the thing before it closes. The Window is titled

"DOSbox Status Window"

And the text is

"CONFIG: Loading primary settings from conf file D:\Program Files\DOSbox\dosbox.conf"

I don't get the regular DOSbox window with the blue "Welcome to Dosbox 0.70" box and the Z:> prompt at all. The status window hangs there a second and then closes suddenly.

I tried a couple of things with my graphics driver settings under "nWiz" (the graphic card control panel) and will try a couple of different nVidia drivers if you think that might be it and report back.

weird is right 😕

Thanks for a great emulator and your help here. It was so cool to see it working. I love DOS!

GOT IT!!!!!!!!! 😁 😁 😁

I turned on ALL hardware acceleration and it started working. I had been trying less and less accellerations instead of more trying to get it to work. Hope this helps someone else.

Is there a FAQ on videocards keeping DOSbox from running that I have just missed somewhere?

Thanks again VERY much for help and this great emulator!!!

What is it with all these people not using acceleration? I know that 2003 has it turned down by default but I can't think of why XP would have it turned down....The only way XP does that is if someone manually does it....

There are a few games that require reduction of hardware acceleration so I guess if these people are doing that then that may be why.

DosFreak wrote:

What is it with all these people not using acceleration? I know that 2003 has it turned down by default but I can't think of why XP would have it turned down....The only way XP does that is if someone manually does it....

There are a few games that require reduction of hardware acceleration so I guess if these people are doing that then that may be why.

Well I know of a few games like that. Problem is, there's no way to attach this to a game profile that I know off, so it's easy to turn it down and then forget to turn it back up later.

Might be a registry entry somewhere.

Hi all,

It may have been from the registry - I can't say for sure. But I think the nVidia control panel sets it in the middle acceleration-wise by default on it's own when it's installed IIRC.

It might be good to add into the FAQ file - I had no idea that the video card acceleration setting could keep DOSbox from running. And I think I read most of the FAQs I could find before posting. Not complaining, just suggesting it might help others...

Thaks again for your help.