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XP crash when exiting DOS-based CAD app
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XP crash when exiting DOS-based CAD app
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Posted by Ken Herrick
(2 messages posted)
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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re: XP crash when exiting DOS-based CAD app
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 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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re: XP crash when exiting DOS-based CAD app
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Posted by Ken Herrick
(2 messages posted)
Ah, yes...I tried DOSBox but the program didn't properly load: none of the menu-legends
appeared so I couldn't use it. Had to dump DOSBox, unhappily.
KCH
On Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 6:54 pm, Ricer46 wrote:
>You might try running it in DOS Box
>http://www.dosbox.com/
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re: XP crash when exiting DOS-based CAD app
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Posted by Jacob6601
(2174 messages posted)
Check the values in H:\WIN2000\system32\CONFIG.NT on both systems. You may need to
increase either FILES=xx or FCBS=xx (or both). I think you can increase them in the
pif file/shortcut, but the (dos configuration) file is irrelevant for normal windows
operations/apps.
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re: XP crash when exiting DOS-based CAD app
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
I've never had the need to try it myself, but many here have said it worked well
for them in situations similar to yours.
Interesting that it wouldn't load properly, I wonder if the two could some how be
related?
Or is it just a coincidence?
On Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 7:01 pm, Ken Herrick wrote:
>Ah, yes...I tried DOSBox but the program didn't properly load: none of the menu-legends
>appeared so I couldn't use it. Had to dump DOSBox, unhappily.
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>KCH
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