Screamer is somewhat notoriously difficult to get running. XP in particular puts significant restrictions on the ability of DOS programs to directly access the video hardware and trying to change around your video hardware will probably not help much.

Have you not tried DOSBox?

Not yet though, it's got no internet connection so I can put DOSbox on a USB stick and slap it on the dell yes? I did use it for my Win10 machine but like the older hardware.

digitalx wrote:

Not yet though, it's got no internet connection so I can put DOSbox on a USB stick and slap it on the dell yes?

Indeed, much like any other program. You can even run DOSBox from the USB stick directly, if you like.

I did use it for my Win10 machine but like the older hardware.

For a DOS game, most advantages that might be offered by older hardware would be lost if you are running Windows XP.

Note that for older hardware and OSs ask questions in Marvin. This one is for modern systems.

Marvin, the Paranoid Android

collector wrote:

Not that for older hardware and OSs ask questions in Marvin. This one is for modern systems.

Marvin, the Paranoid Android

When VOGONS was new, talking about running DOS games on XP was permitted in this forum. 😀

True, but XP is now a decade and a half old. You can't even install it on modern hardware without issue. But whatever.