Two possibilities:
1) don't run vista
2) don't press ctrl-alt-delete

1) thats what is on the PC this moment
2) if u leave your computer unlocked at your workplace when you go somewhere thats your problem 😜

Don't play games at your workplace then.

sfuarus wrote:

So the problem:
When I press ctrl+alt+del (like to lock the comp) the DosBox close without a word

...interesting,
I'll check it tonight and report what will happen 😉

thnx. maybe its just my Vista. it'll die soon if i cant manage to play continous 😀

ATM I'm on a WinXP machine...

but have you considered using vista suspension feature + a password, to block access & save state on hard disk ?

Tried changing the output=.... setting?

sfuarus :

here I am, I tried but have been unable to reproduce dosbox exiting so, neither ctrl+alt+del nor suspending Vista and then getting out of suspended state : each time dosbox is still there 😀

Otoh I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit and you have Vista Business and I have no idea whether this could interfere.

Have you tried to suspend ?

No problems with vista premium (32 bit) here either. Beside, microsoft always claimed that ctrl+alt+del can not be seen by any other application but windows. If dosbox can do that, we did find something interesting. As well as it must be a vista bug.

That's it! With opengl&openglnb it doesnt crash with any other choices it goes dead.

Gidierre: it did when i pressed ctrlaltdel, doesnt need any choice from the menu nor lock and unlock with passw.

anyway, thanks for the help. 😁

damn! it works but its awfully slow. 😢
even the typing is slow.
tried with cycles put max but it doesnt matter nor frameskipping.
whats the solution for this?

get decent opengl drivers (e.g not the ones from the microsoft website, but from your graphic card website)

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damn! it works but its awfully slow. 😢
even the typing is slow.
tried with cycles put max but it doesnt matter nor frameskipping.
whats the solution for this?

uhm... I never used opengl\openglnb that much myself, always ddraw, or direct3d, essentially for the same reason as yours : performance 😖

afaik it mostly depend on what graphics card & drivers one has...

with some cards for instance it happened to me openglnb was completely a no-go.

Qbix: integrated video with the newest driver. i think the main problem the lack of videocard.

gidierre: i think ill cut short the problem and put an XP on the PC im not satisfied with Vista in other things too.