Here is a screenshot of the registry corresponding to the Device Description: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT. Thanks again.

Thanks again for the help and support - I'll keep watching every few days. 😀

Thanks for the help again. Since we last spoke i had a bit of trouble with my 7900GT - ( the fan was sticking ) so as it is still new i returned it to my pc shop. Fortunately they no longer make the 7900GT so It was replaced with a 7950GT . I hoped that this might solve the vga problem but after …

Thanks for all your comprehensive help. I retried your steps for vgatest 4 within windows exactly as outlined - still with only a black hanging screen on my new PC ( NOW using 93.71 Drivers - also tested with 91.47) vid card bios string is version 5.71.22.42.06. Old pc is a p4 2.66 with sblive 5.1 …

Thx for the help dvwjr I guess it must be a video card issue - I could not find any of the.sys files that you listed. But i ran the vgatest on both old and new pc's. As expected on the old pc the test ran for the first 2 modes and then signal out of range. With the new pc i get a black screen …

Thx for the reply - Y dosbox is ok but VDMS is far simpler and also the only way to run glidos applications - I was hoping there might be a simple solution. Thx again for the help.

I have been using VDMS for years now - great prog - thankyou. I have just bought a new pc and cannot get any dos games to run except with dosbox. Using vdms i get a black hanging screen - sometimes alt-tab closes - other times needs a reboot. New pC specs are : Pentium Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz x2 geforce …

Thanks for that Banquo - the same thing has happened again - i was unable to boot from safe mode but could boot from debugging mode - here my soundcard drivers and directx version were both older ones -I have used glidos and not installed or uninstalled anything since the last time this happened. …

I posted the following in the windows forum several days ago and got no replies - the same thing has happened again - i was unable to boot from safe mode but could boot from debugging mode - here my soundcard drivers and directx version were both older ones -I have used glidos and not installed or …

I have the following system win xp pro pentium 4 2.66 512 ram geforce 4 mx440 Hard drive in 2 partitions : c and e sblive 5.1 vdm sound 2.04 with update and launcher latest drivers for all I have found xp much more stable and with no bsod's like my old 98 system.I have never had a problem on start …

Magic Thanks for the help - looks obvious now. So I can check-when does the first cut scene play? Thanks again

I have managed to get blood working well on xp but cryptic passage is very choppy - i have read through these forums and there are some old posts that mention a ctbppat patch- all links are dead. Does anyone have a live link to this file and any other tips on how to optimize cp on xp would be really …

Teller Thanks for your link to the .smk movie files. I am having trouble getting them to play. I have tried putting them on a cd in movies and putting them in blood/movies without any luck. You mention that the blood.ini file needs editing - please can you explain what needs changing here. Is the …