Re: Wing Commander III by Origin is runable with 0.61

Posted on 2004-02-06, 02:08

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MiniMax wrote: With DOSBox 0.61 the game is somewhat runable MiniMax, I do not want to sound rude or even redundant, but have you tried running WC3 under VDMSound? It worked fine for me and I played it through the end without problems. Regards,

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Re: Windows suddenly does not detect CD-ROM drives D: or E: !!

Posted on 2004-02-04, 20:54

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I've never seen more than 4 or 5 days' worth of registry backups on any system that's come into our shop. Yep, you are absolutely right. According to KB article 183603 , the default setting in scanreg.ini is to hold 5 backups: MaxBackupCopies= A value of 5 (default) saves the last 5 registry …

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Re: Windows suddenly does not detect CD-ROM drives D: or E: !!

Posted on 2004-02-03, 16:13

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Also, I have another question regarding scanreg, exactly how far back can it restore the registry, and/or can it be configured to reinstate the registry as far back as desired? Thanks. Basically, Windows 98 ane Windows ME save a daily copy of the registry the first time you start your computer in a …

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Re: Never Enough Memory

Posted on 2004-01-28, 17:27

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by MajorGrubert

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OK, I have. . . . Gigabyte 7N400L Motherboard Jason, first you should have in mind that, in order to provide EMS memory to DOS programs, Windows needs to find a free 64kB memory area in the upper memory region, between 640kB and 1MB. This is how the original EMS memory cards worked in the original …

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Re: When will dosbox v.61 come out?

Posted on 2004-01-26, 00:21

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by MajorGrubert

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Snover wrote: When Duke Nukem Forever is released, perhaps? Oh no, sooner than this, please... I can't wait forever. 😵

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Re: patch for WinXP/2000 monitor issues

Posted on 2004-01-25, 15:58

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This thread is quite interesting but i've got a question. If this is a common problem with GF4 cards (like mine - GF4 Ti4200 under WinXP - i cannot access VESA modes beyond 640x480). The question is: Wouldn't it be a bios related problem (GF4 bios) rather than a driver problem? This is not a BIOS …

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Re: Wing Commander 3

Posted on 2004-01-23, 00:52

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For me, everything goes to pot when I invoke VDMSound's vesa driver for Wing Commander IV or Warcraft 2. Kahenraz, for Wing Commander IV you should really try the Windows 95 upgrade. Look for it in http://www.wcnews.com/files.shtml#wc4 . Although I was able to play the original WC4 under VDMSound, …

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Re: Weird Windows 98 problem

Posted on 2004-01-19, 19:22

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Snover, when the taskbar disappears, does the desktop icons go away too? I'm trying to check whether Windows Explorer is dying or there is something wrong with the taskbar only. By the way, have you seen this message on Computing.net? Something else I can think about: which version of IE do you have …

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Re: I'm a Dad!!!!

Posted on 2004-01-09, 18:00

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Congratulations! My first son was born three weeks ago, on Dec/18, so I believe I know just what you are feeling right now, and I know it's hard to describe it in words. Enjoy being a father!

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Re: Whee!Poll Marathon: Favourite Games of All Time

Posted on 2003-12-31, 01:31

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Snover, you could add the Ultima titles, at least the "classic" ones: Ultima: the Age of Darkness Series (Ultima I, II and III) Ultima: the Age of Enlightenment Series (Ultima IV, V and VI) Ultima: the Guardian Saga (Ultima VII, Serpent Isle and Ultima VIII) Regards,

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Re: VDMSound v. 2.10 won't install

Posted on 2003-12-05, 13:25

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I tried your most recent reccomendation: Go Start > Run, type "regsvr32 /u %VDMSPath%\LaunchPad.dll" then reboot. Still no luck, this time a window came up saying: Cannot find 'regsvr32 /u %VDMSPath%\LaunchPad.dll' Its starting to look hopless, huh. :depressed: Are you sure that you are typing the …

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Re: Welcome to the Desert of the Real World

Posted on 2003-12-03, 13:53

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Jesus. This is awful. I dont have a problem with the colour scheme, but the font sizes are fuxx0red on my machine. Waaaay too big - lines of text are overlapping one another! Using IE 5.5. I'd use another browser, but i'm at work and dont have that luxury. I had the same problem, it looks like the …

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Re: Welcome to the Desert of the Real World

Posted on 2003-12-01, 15:09

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Snover, just to let you know, the problem with font sizes in IE5.5 happens only in my machine, due to a bug in IE and Outlook, so never mind about this. Regards,

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Re: Welcome to the Desert of the Real World

Posted on 2003-11-28, 16:48

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Sover wrote: Funny, I just checked it in IE6SP1 and it all looks pretty much identical. Oh, and that JavaScript error was a real error. I fucked up. It's fixed now. Well, IE 5.5 (the version I use at work) gets confused about the font sizes, unless I change the default text size (select View, Text …

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Re: Welcome to the Desert of the Real World

Posted on 2003-11-27, 13:52

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I agree with Carrera, the contrast is terrible: text is hard to read and it's also hard to see the difference between simple text and links. The buttons do not have a good contrast either. It also looks very weird in Internet Explorer, the fonts do not look right and there are some JavaScript errors …

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Re: Utilities & Observations

Posted on 2003-11-14, 22:34

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It's true. There's a runnable progman.exe Yes, it's been there since Windows NT 4.0. Remember that NT 3.5x still used the old look and feel (based on File Manager and Program Manager) and 4.0 was the first NT-based OS to use the new desktop based on Explorer. What is its purpose? First, to ease the …

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Re: Utilities & Observations

Posted on 2003-11-14, 01:58

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Does anyone know if windows 3.x uses 80286 protected mode? I remember it can't run on a 8086. Windows 3.0 worked in 386 protected mode by default if it found a 386 or better CPU, but it could also be installed and run in 286 standard mode ("win /s") and also in 8086 real mode ("win /r"). Windows …

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Re: Problem with SideWinder and XP

Posted on 2003-11-14, 01:51

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Just to let you know, the problem is now intermitent. The joystick is detected by Windows XP every now and then, but I can't blame the joystick because Windows 2000 detects it 100% of the time. It's certainly an annoying one! I just found this at microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? …

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Re: 1830/Master of Magic & nforce MB's

Posted on 2003-11-12, 14:00

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Its been a while since I've looked at this but I got the urge to work on it again. I figured out how to disable the RAID - there is a jumper on the MB that disabled SATA. I also disabled the 1394 support. Still no EMS. Any other suggestions? Maybe some new information has become available in the …

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Re: The Nevehood & WinXP — Will it run on XP?

Posted on 2003-11-11, 11:32

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isis wrote: Can I run The Neverhood on Windows XP? You probably can. I've run it under Windows XP and although I have not played it to the end, it's a fairly recent game (based on DirectX) and there should be no problems. Regards,

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