From DOS using EDIT, take a look at WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI in the WINDOWS directory. Check for some reference to missing files. I would look at any other *.INI file and CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT too. Check for errors in the drive with SCANDISK. Thank you! Making an attempt and doing just that …

This strikes me as an odd sequence of events. I tried to start Microsoft Dogs , and noticed its icon was missing--its entry in Program Manager showed a generic icon. I tried to start it anyway, and it told me the working directory was invalid. I didn't think this to be much of a problem, and tried …

Actually, making the ZIP the C drive would be even better, at least for what I'm hoping I can do. I have the P3 motherboard on hand that I'll be building into the first real retro tower I've had since the 90s. If the BIOS happens to support booting from ZIP disks, it will diversify the things I can …

I've gotten a hold of a utility called Z-pA, which runs from the master boot record, and checks to see if you have a Zip disk in your IDE Zip drive. If so, it makes it A:, and thus bootable. I think it is really nifty, but it was commercial software, and the unregistered version that can be acquired …

Some very early Windows software came bundled with runtime versions of Windows; a minimal version of windows automatically loaded when the program was launched. I suspect designing something like that around Windows 95 would be rather inefficient and unwieldy. I don't even know that it is possible . …

I don't know a lot about it, but extenders like DOS/4G are what came to my mind when reading your post. WINE also comes to mind, but I imagine porting it to Windows 3.1 would be difficult if not impossible. My imagination, however, is limited; I may be mistaken. What would be even more interesting, …

Well, upon your suggestion of material creativity, I'm wondering if I could actually fabricate my own rails that would work. They aren't terribly complicated from a mechanical standpoint. One would need to get the measurements just right, though.

So, I bought a neat old Pentium 4 machine with a single floppy drive. I happen to have a second one I'd like to put in it. Looking at the one in the computer, it depends on the model of rails depicted in the picture I've attached here. I can find them online, but none of them are local. I am …

Okay, thanks. I am going to try to get an ATAPI drive as soon as funds allow. If I can find drivers that work well with it, I'll post an update. It has been a long time since I've had the chance to set up a real DOS system (as opposed to emulation), and am looking forward to the process!

I know that ZIP drives work fine in DOS, at least the older ones. But what about the later iterations which supported 750mb disks? Those would be nice to have when running an OS that only supports 2gb partitions, if only to keep the main hard drive free of too much clutter. I wish I could give more …

The interesting thing is, I did try re-installing VFW from several different copies I found online, but only the one for ELSA cards actually ended up fixing the problem. What I didn't try, though, was removing the S3 drivers entirely from the system and reinstalling them with VFW installed. I wonder …

Okay, I got it working. I had to install a special modified version of VFW found here: http://edv-janssen.synology.me/elsa.de/download/files/graphics/elsaware/index.htm It includes two extra files: UDH.DLL and DCIMAN.DLL I am intrigued with the question of what this version is doing that makes the …

Thanks! I just did so. I am genuinely curious as to what could be happening. I am about to start changing some things in the .conf file to see if I can resolve the issue. In case I fix the problem that way, here is what it looks like now. I don't guess I'll post an "after" screenshot if I get it …

Hi there! Is the video showed with a green tint or is the window completely green (nothing visible, but green)? Hello! It is the former problem; the video itself has a green tint. I have discovered that every Microsoft Home product I have tried has the same problem. The window displays as it should …

So, I have a WFW 3.11 install running in the 64-bit SDL1 DOSBox-X 2022.09.0 running in Windows 10. I've been using it to learn how to program 16-bit Windows, and it hasn't given me any trouble. Today, though, I tried to install a few extras, including Video for Windows. Any video played in Media …

I have been dipping my toes into programming for 16-bit Windows (or trying to). I have been working through "Running Visual Basic for Windows" by Ross Nelson. The book mentions a companion floppy disk that you could send in for. I've looked in all the places online I can think of for a disk image, …