re: DOS programs work under Windows XP.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 7:31 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Adam Bradley
(7201 messages posted)
They may or may not run, unless you try them or find someone that has you'll never
know
Some MS-DOS programs work, others work with tweaking and some never will regardless
of what you do
If you have a friend with an XP computer try running them on it
But if these apps are critical and updating to newer ones is not an option then XP
is likely not a good choice for you
regards, Adam Bradley
On Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 4:55 pm, Frank Rubin wrote:
>I have come late to this discussion, and I may have missed something. I don't have
>a Windows XP system. I didn't buy one because the sales people at Circuit City
told
>me that Windows XP could not run DOS programs. Everything I use is a DOS program,
>my text editor, my compiler, my word processor, my mailing list program, all of
the
>compilers I use, and all of the programs that I have written -- they are all DOS
>programs.
>
>So, if there is any way to run these programs under Windows XP I would like to know
>how. Otherwise, I simply cannot use any of the newer computers. I will have to
>keep repairing my old computer until it becomes impossible.
>
>
>
>On Saturday, July 12, 2003 at 4:02 pm, marc margolies wrote:
>>I have a few dos chess programs that do not work under XP and the publisher's say
>>they wont as well. These progs have copy protection hooked directly into the DOS
>>and as you know, the kernal which emulates DOS in XP is not DOS, so they won't
run
>>in a DOS shell under XP.
>>I am glad your software runs, but attacking the original poster for offering reasonable--and
>>truthful expectations seems unfair to me.
>>
>>
>>On Saturday, June 21, 2003 at 8:22 am, Ricer46 wrote:
>>
>>>I have not seen any article that states DOS games will not run under Windows XP,
>>>in fact quite to the contrary. What has been written is there is no guarantee
that
>>>they will run, which is what is implied in the fact that M$ does not support DOS
>>>programs in XP. And it is for sure that not all DOS programs will work in XP.
I
>>have
>>>some that work just fine, I have others that sort of work, but are not useable.
>>>
>>>The general response here to those that ask if their favorite DOS game will work
>>>is "try it and find out, maybe it will, maybe it won't."
>>>
>>>The only BS here is you.
>>>
>>>
>
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