Ok so I JUST went back to redo a tutorial I host on my website for using DOSBox and VDMSound to play older games. I received an email saying my Master of Magic tutorial might need to be changed, because VDMSound won't allocate EMS. So I loaded up my laptop,,,with an older install of VMDSound... MOM plays fine. Loaded up my new computer with VDMsound's latest beta, and I've spent the past 4 hours tweaking to no avail. Even disabling all sound/music,,,it still needs 2700k of expanded memory to run. VDMSound is just not allocating it. I can't even get normal WinXP dos emulation to allocate it for some reason. Suprisingly enough I tried Dosbox (was never a big fan of it) And voilla.... it works...with sound...without all the crazy pausing...perfectly.

I am amazed.. and frustrated. I loved VDMSound...but how can I get it to allocate expanded memory? I triple checked all my settins in comparison with my laptop. I am sure they are correct. Any ideas? Maybe I am missing something simple. Thank you in advance.