Running DOS Games under Vista

I have tried to no avail t install and run AAAAANY of my older DOS based (and
full screen) games that usd to run under XP and earlier. s there a
workaround for this or am I stuck having to run these on an older machine??

Have you tried using 'DosBOX' (http://www.dosbox.com/)? Alternatively
if you have Vista Business, then you can download the free Microsof
Virtual PC and use it to install your old version of Windows XP

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> I have tried to no avail t install and run AAAAANY of my older DOS
> based (and full screen) games that usd to run under XP and earlier. s
> there a workaround for this or am I stuck having to run these on an
> older machine??
>

Install virtual PC (free) from Microsoft.
Install Dos, or win 95/98/xp into virtual PC. (You'll need your
media/license key for that)
Install your fullscreen dos games and go nuts.

Dan.

Wogerwabby;572275 Wrote:
> I have tried to no avail t install and run AAAAANY of my older DOS based
> (and
> full screen)

Check out DOSBox, it's a DOS emulator, that was made for playing old
DOS games under Windows (and a bunch of other OS's as well). Works
great for me under Vista Ult. 32-bit.

'DOSBox, a x86 emulator with DOS' (http://www.dosbox.com)


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techie007

Wogerwabby wrote:
> I have tried to no avail t install and run AAAAANY of my older DOS based (and
> full screen) games that usd to run under XP and earlier. s there a
> workaround for this or am I stuck having to run these on an older machine??

DOSBox!

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"mikeyq6" wrote:

>
> Have you tried using 'DosBOX' (http://www.dosbox.com/)? Alternatively,
> if you have Vista Business, then you can download the free Microsoft
> Virtual PC and use it to install your old version of Windows XP.
>
>
> --
> mikeyq6
>
Mike,
I have just tried DosBox and for some reason it won't allow me to enter the
colon or foreward slash to input the drive parameters. I guess I must have
an odd keyboard to not map right. It is a Microsoft IntelliSense wireless
keyboard and mouse setup. I even tried an older HP keyboard to no avail. It
was a nice advice on the Virtual PC, but unfortunately I am using the Premium
Home version of Vista and it is not supported. Any other ideas? Thanks for
helping so far.
Randy

"Dan Lingman" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?V29nZXJ3YWJieQ==?= <>
> wrote in news:AFD74E1B-C585-406F-A8D5-:
>
> > I have tried to no avail t install and run AAAAANY of my older DOS
> > based (and full screen) games that usd to run under XP and earlier. s
> > there a workaround for this or am I stuck having to run these on an
> > older machine??
> >
>
> Install virtual PC (free) from Microsoft.
> Install Dos, or win 95/98/xp into virtual PC. (You'll need your
> media/license key for that)
> Install your fullscreen dos games and go nuts.
>
> Dan.
>
I have just tried DosBox and for some reason it won't allow me to enter the
colon or foreward slash to input the drive parameters. I guess I must have
an odd keyboard to not map right. It is a Microsoft IntelliSense wireless
keyboard and mouse setup. I even tried an older HP keyboard to no avail. It
was a nice advice on the Virtual PC, but unfortunately I am using the Premium
Home version of Vista and it is not supported. Any other ideas? Thanks for
helping so far.
Randy

"techie007" wrote:

>
> Wogerwabby;572275 Wrote:
> > I have tried to no avail t install and run AAAAANY of my older DOS based
> > (and
> > full screen)
>
> Check out DOSBox, it's a DOS emulator, that was made for playing old
> DOS games under Windows (and a bunch of other OS's as well). Works
> great for me under Vista Ult. 32-bit.
>
> 'DOSBox, a x86 emulator with DOS' (http://www.dosbox.com)
>
>
> --
> techie007
>
I have just tried DosBox and for some reason it won't allow me to enter the
colon or foreward slash to input the drive parameters. I guess I must have
an odd keyboard to not map right. It is a Microsoft IntelliSense wireless
keyboard and mouse setup. I even tried an older HP keyboard to no avail. It
was a nice advice on the Virtual PC, but unfortunately I am using the Premium
Home version of Vista and it is not supported. Any other ideas? Thanks for
helping so far.
Randy

"Man-wai Chang ToDie" wrote:

> Wogerwabby wrote:
> > I have tried to no avail t install and run AAAAANY of my older DOS based (and
> > full screen) games that usd to run under XP and earlier. s there a
> > workaround for this or am I stuck having to run these on an older machine??
>
> DOSBox!
I have just tried DosBox and for some reason it won't allow me to enter the
colon or foreward slash to input the drive parameters. I guess I must have
an odd keyboard to not map right. It is a Microsoft IntelliSense wireless
keyboard and mouse setup. I even tried an older HP keyboard to no avail.
Any other ideas? Thanks for helping so far.
Randy
>
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>

> I have just tried DosBox and for some reason it won't allow me to enter the
> colon or foreward slash to input the drive parameters. I guess I must have

Are you talking "\" or "/"? DOS uses "\" to specify folder. Linux uses "/".

> an odd keyboard to not map right. It is a Microsoft IntelliSense wireless
> keyboard and mouse setup. I even tried an older HP keyboard to no avail.
> Any other ideas? Thanks for helping so far.



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