Install Shield Wizard does not work properly on Windows 7

Posted on 2022-01-06, 07:07

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by Pajeroking

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Hi, Win 7 - Q6600 cpu: I am trying to install a game (America - No peace beyond the line) local German game. When running setup it did no start, even though the process ran in background. I used resmon utility and apparently there was an NVContainer process ( Nvidia related) that was blocking the …

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Acceptable 3d accelerator for Pentium MMX era.

Posted on 2021-06-16, 10:34

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by Pajeroking

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Hi, I have a Compaq Deskpro 4000, Pentium MMX 233, 64 Mb ram, S3 2mb, Win 98. The PC has no AGP slot! The S3 satisfies all my Dos gaming and low spec Windows games (Aoe 1, KAM, NFS 1 etc.). However, I have some games that most probably won't run very smooth. I would like to try the following games: …

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Can you change the language of the original Knights and Merchants?

Posted on 2021-06-12, 21:01

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by Pajeroking

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in Marvin \ Software

Hi, I just installed a copy of the original Knights and Merchants and the game is in dutch. Is there a way to change it to english? Thanks!

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Re: How to install ROMFLASH ( F10 Utility) on a Compaq Deskpro 4000 233 MMX

Posted on 2021-06-12, 15:10

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by Pajeroking

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Update: After a ground shaking idea i tried booting an MS DOS floppy so i can fdisk the HDD, and it worked. I am a genius 😜 So, again, that F10 Romflash seems pretty useless to me, but still want to install it 🤣. Thanks, anyway 😁

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How to install ROMFLASH ( F10 Utility) on a Compaq Deskpro 4000 233 MMX

Posted on 2021-06-12, 13:57

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by Pajeroking

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi, It's been a year since I bought my Compaq Deskpro 4000 MMX233 and I made awesome progress with it, but still I am not able to install that stupid Romflash Bios Utility Setup. I just bought a 40 Gb HDD and noticed that when booting it sees only 6 gigs or something and in Windows 98 the hdd was …

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Re: Adding a second HDD to a Compaq Deskpro 4000

Posted on 2021-05-19, 19:35

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by Pajeroking

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yea, I did more research and i thing I need a press device to make new holes to move the ATA connector, right?

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Adding a second HDD to a Compaq Deskpro 4000

Posted on 2021-05-18, 19:26

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by Pajeroking

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi, I have a feeling that this one is a very stupid question from my side. My Compaq Deskpro 4000 has 1 empty bay for an additional hard drive. Main one is only 1 GB and already full. And I don't want to replace it with a bigger one and go throught the hassle of reinstalling everything. I only want …

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Re: Setting up Autoexec on windows 98 Dos Mode

Posted on 2021-05-16, 13:52

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by Pajeroking

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It works now. Apparently there are 2 autoexec, one in root, and one in c:\Windows. I needed to edit the one from root. Both sound and mouse are working now automatically. Thanks !

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Setting up Autoexec on windows 98 Dos Mode

Posted on 2021-05-13, 06:39

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by Pajeroking

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Hi people, I have installed Unisound tool in order to have sound in games in MS dos mode. My problem is that I am not able to edit the autoexec so it can run on computer startup, i need to run it manually every time. Sound card : Genius k0237014 based on Crystal CS4237 chip. The file path is C:\ …

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Car and Driver game crash after driving for a while on any track

Posted on 2021-05-13, 06:33

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by Pajeroking

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Hi! Compaq Deskpro 4000 Pentium MMX 233 mhz , 64 mb Ram, S3 gpu 4 mb vram. So what basically happens I start a track, drive for a couple of seconds ( 10-20) and then game crashes to Dos with the error below. AutoX is the name of the track i was driving on. It happens with all track and all cars from …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76b

Posted on 2021-04-30, 04:47

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by Pajeroking

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Hi people, Thanks alot for this tool, I was able to have sounds in Dos games with it. My problem is that I am not able to edit the autoexec so it can run on computer startup, i need to run it manually every time. Sound card : Genius k0237014 based on Crystal CS4237 chip. The file path is C:\kituri\ …

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Re: Sound is not working in 98 Dos mode, needs Windows and then Dos mode restart.

Posted on 2021-04-26, 10:28

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by Pajeroking

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zyga64 wrote on 2021-04-26, 07:45: There is file called 'dosstart.bat' inside c:\windows directory. Look into it. Also, please be more detailed about sound card - photo of main chip would be perfect. Ok, so dosstart.bat is empty as well! Sound card is Genius k0237014 Thanks for your help!

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Re: Certain sounds are not going through speakers in Win 98 DOS mode.

Posted on 2021-04-26, 07:25

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by Pajeroking

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in Marvin \ Sound

Closing this thread, there is another cause for this. Opened another one for better understanding Sound is not working in 98 Dos mode, needs Windows and then Dos mode restart.

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Sound is not working in 98 Dos mode, needs Windows and then Dos mode restart.

Posted on 2021-04-26, 07:21

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by Pajeroking

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in Marvin \ Sound

Hi, My win 98 starts in DOS mode ( i want it that way) and i have no sound in games. I need to enter windows, restart in dos mode, and only after that the games will have sound. I have a feeling it's related with my autoexec file being empty. Can somebody point me in the right direction on how to …

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Re: Certain sounds are not going through speakers in Win 98 DOS mode.

Posted on 2021-04-25, 17:11

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by Pajeroking

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On Doom, I set FX card as Sound Blaster and set the port to 220 instead of 210. Now I have full sound via Speakers! And I also have full sound on Prince of Persia, don't ask me how I did it. Maybe changing the settings from Doom setup .exe did the trick for all games? thanks anyway. Going to install …

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Certain sounds are not going through speakers in Win 98 DOS mode.

Posted on 2021-04-25, 07:29

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by Pajeroking

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Hi, I am playing Prince of Persia on a Compaq Deskpro 4000 - Pentium MMX with Genius 3DJ sound card using DOS Mode in Win 98. Music and enemies killed sound effects are from speakers, but steps, gates closing/opening, rubble falling are from the PC itself ( they are called internal speakers, right …

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Re: Can someone identify my old 386 black mini tower?

Posted on 2021-04-25, 07:19

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by Pajeroking

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

and I was playing at the time games like Duke Nukem 3D I doubt that ^^ Duke Nukem 3D was the reason we had to upgrade from our 386 in 1996 because it simply doesn't execute. 100% that PC was a 386, that I remember for sure. And 100% I played Duke Nukem 3D on it. I was to young to understand video …

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Re: Can someone identify my old 386 black mini tower?

Posted on 2021-04-21, 08:34

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by Pajeroking

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Schule04 wrote on 2021-04-21, 01:52: Maybe something made by ESCOM? They made quite a few black PCs in the early 1990s Yes, something like that. Thanks!

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Can someone identify my old 386 black mini tower?

Posted on 2021-04-20, 16:09

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by Pajeroking

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, A long time ago, during the early 90's , when I was just a 4 year old boy, my cousin gave me his "old" 386. It was running Windows 3.11, and I was playing at the time games like Duke Nukem 3D, Grand Prix 2, Another World and Car and Driver. Unfortunately years later i sold it and it got lost …

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 4000

Posted on 2021-04-20, 15:34

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by Pajeroking

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Woody72 wrote on 2021-04-20, 13:15: I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure a working CMOS battery will be needed otherwise how does the machine remember the hard drive parameters between reboots? My battery works fine apparently. I don't know, we'll find out when it will get depleted 😜

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