Re: Run apps requiring CD/DVD without a disk image or a disk drive

Posted on 2023-02-07, 21:06

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There is a Microsoft support page for fixing Code 19 with CDROM drives. It could be corrupted registry entries indeed, although your output does not show any filters... https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/your-cd-or-dvd-drive-is-not-recognized-by-windows-or-other-programs-64da3690-4c1d-ef04- …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-02-07, 17:01

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Meatball wrote on 2023-02-07, 15:41: I played Ultimate Doom via GZDoom and played through the "Knee-deep in the Dead" level for the first time ever; much more satisfying. I'll pick up the rest of the game later. I still believe original Doom levels are better experienced through a more vanilla-like …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-01-26, 21:43

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I'm playing Rayman Redemption. About 40% through and the game is amazing so far, but if and only if you are a fan of the original Rayman.

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Re: Rock-Paper-Scissors

Posted on 2023-01-17, 07:42

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Amazing! Thanks for doing this variant. 👍👍👍

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-01-15, 07:25

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I played Portal yesterday for the first time. My own self fulfilment of that classic xkcd comic , except that we can change it's "Early 2013" to "Early 2023 ". Thus, I am a decade later, than a meme about lateness. Yay for that. I haven't even played Portal yet. But I played Beyond Good & Evil ( …

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Re: Memories of Win 8.1 as it goes EOL

Posted on 2023-01-13, 10:53

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Windows Vista Ultimate with all the updates behaves essentially like Windows 7, its a rock solid OS on appropriate hardware, I cant really fault it. Except with far far far less software support. And no, I don't want to resort to hacks (KernelEx-equivalents and the like). I would much rather do an …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2023-01-10, 17:03

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1. I never used WASD for movement in any game in my life. Using the arrows I have a comfortable and adequately spaced radius of keys all around it to use for all type of games, I just can't understand WASD. When using the mouse with the right hand and the keyboard with the left hand, WASD (or ESDF) …

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Re: Windows XP antivirus

Posted on 2023-01-10, 13:02

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I understand where you are coming from, but I got a WinXP installation trashed in 30min w/o doing anything clearly stupid but doing google searches and downloading stuff from "reputable" sites. If your XP is patched to SP2 at least, and you are surfing at least from behind a simple NAT router, the …

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Re: Windows XP antivirus

Posted on 2023-01-10, 10:26

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And at least SP2 installed before you do anything with it.

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Re: Rock-Paper-Scissors

Posted on 2023-01-10, 10:21

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Nice! Want to extend it to Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock? 😁

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Re: DOS anti-virus recommendation

Posted on 2023-01-09, 20:31

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I loved the siren sound that NAVTSR would make when it found a virus (or, most likely, a false positive).

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2023-01-09, 19:03

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E1M1 E1M2 E1M3 E1M4 E1M5>E4M4 E1M6>E3M6 E1M7>E2M5>E3M5>E4M8 E1M8>E3M4>E4M1 E1M9>E3M9>E4M9 E2M1 E2M2 E2M3 E2M4>E4M6 E2M6>E4M7 E2M7>E4M5 E2M8 E2M9 E3M1 E3M2>E4M2 E3M3>E4M3 E3M7 E3M8 E3M1 and E2M9 are the same track. As are E2M7 and E3M7 (although there is a minor, possibly accidental difference …

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2023-01-07, 20:52

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Yes, to repeat what is said here every time someone brings it up - please stop using DOSBox SVN-Daum. It has not been maintained in ~8 years, and the last couple of builds were buggy and broken in various ways.

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2023-01-07, 20:48

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DracoNihil wrote on 2023-01-07, 14:52: Pretty sure TNT and PLUTONIA just replaces the same lump names as the DOOM2 IWAD despite being different music. The way DOOM2 was designed is that each level had it's own lump even if it was a duplicate of a already existing song so people could still use …

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Re: Pc won’t read cd or disks

Posted on 2023-01-04, 20:08

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Xray1281 wrote on 2023-01-04, 18:52: It behaves like the tray is empty. I have two cd drives in there any two floppy 5.25 and 3.5. I’ve taken them out and tried in every order I can think of. And none of them work?

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Re: Pc won’t read cd or disks

Posted on 2023-01-04, 12:18

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CD drive could be bad. Or the power connector may be loose / faulty. When you put a disc in - do you notice that it's struggling to read it for some time before giving up, or does it behave as if the tray is empty?

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Re: 32-Bit Windows XP + 4 GB of System RAM + 3 GB GPU VRAM?

Posted on 2023-01-01, 10:51

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And also the fact that Microsoft hard-limits the 32-bit Client versions of Windows to 4GB physical RAM, since XP SP2 (Server versions have higher limits).

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Re: What Is the Best Way to Creating a Windows XP/98 Dual Booting Environment?

Posted on 2022-12-26, 20:25

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It is extremely rare to find software that would forcibly (without asking the user) install something on C:. Sometimes you don't even notice, because a lot of installers are simply broken so you get parts on the C: drive that you do not want there. There are also games that think the D: drive …

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Re: StarForce Infected Games (Windows XP and Later; Major Warning Ahead)

Posted on 2022-12-24, 08:36

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According to PCGamingWiki , the retail release of World Racing 2 uses StarForce 3 (incompatible with Vista or later), but it was removed in patch v1.4.3. Depending on how the installer works, uninstalling the game may not be enough to remove StarForce. One should really use the StarForce upgrade/ …

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Re: Game box cover art vs in-game graphics

Posted on 2022-12-18, 15:34

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Though of course the A. I. of your companions is largely fixed now in the PC game, via the fan-made patch v1.3, so the N64 version has lost the advantage there, since now in the PC game the companions can actually help you in combat. And they can also be disabled in v1.3. Technically, I think they …

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