found a possible workaround which you are probably familiar with - use a DOS emulator that creates virtual EMS memory within the emulation code... this is implemented by emulators such as DOSBox, in which i can play EMS games... as far as getting real EMS to work, i still have yet to found the …

ah but that IS the problem - how to get EMS while NT is running ... and also the common theme has not yet been indentified - there must be one thing that is causing this to occur, probably in our hardware, but we have not yet identified that thing... btw, ur solution didnt work for me - i disabled …

im so upset at this thread - it looked like there was progress going on, then it just died. oh well... suffice it to say, i have the same exact problem as nstriker has, although my system specs are different: im running a 2ghz p4, mobility radeon 7500, 256mb DDR ram, winXP professional, no sound …