re: XP crash when exiting DOS-based CAD app
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(22026 messages posted)
You might try running it in DOS Box
http://www.dosbox.com/
On Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 5:11 pm, Ken Herrick wrote:
>I use an old-favorite DOS-based CAD program, DesignCAD 2D. Works fine under Win98,
>works fine on an older XP machine with SP3. But in my new Dell XP computer it launches
>OK, seems to work OK, except...it crashes XP when I exit it, yielding the usual
B
>S o' D. I've tried Compatibility mode = Win 98 + various memory-allocation variations
>to no avail. Also tried reducing hardware acceleration to no avail.
>
>It appears the problem has to do with file igxpmp32.sys which is associated with
>the Intel graphics driver used with their G33/G31 chipset. There exists an option
>to disable that driver. I've thought to download another driver (win2k_xp1433.exe)
>to see if using it might solve the problem. So my question here is: if I disable
>it in order to try another, will have any display at all in the interim, and can
>I get it back from whatever display I will have, in the interim? And, of course...is
>there another way to get that DOS app to exit properly?
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