Jim, Have you looked at the properties associated with the command prompt shortcut? Copying the shortcut and experimenting with properties might help. Somewhere there is a compatibility mode, for example which has never made a difference for me, but I never experienced the errors you are experiencing. You can also turn off some of the command prompt extensions, and change how memory is managed. Getting to a command prompt without an error, whether by CMD.EXE or COMMAND.COM is probably the first step to take. On Fri, 15 May 2009 11:03:13 +0200, David wrote:
>Guys, >Thanks - so far - for all your feedback and ideas. I am not at the bottom of >this problem yet, but just want to let you know, how I am actually making >out, as per now. >I have received several interesting ideas, onlist, and off-list. Thanks. >Someone suggested for me to run COMMAND.CoM, instead of the CMD.exe, which >is normally loaded, when opening a DOS window, or running a dos app from the >run menu, even when executing a batch file. Ok, I tried the COMMAND.COM. It >opened, with the same '16-bit' error message, but upon my pressing the >IGNORE button, it opened a dos window , where i could run my old stuff >without any further trouble. OK, enough, but this still ain't perfectly what >I am looking for. >Next, someone suggested for me to get a VM, with DOS. Well, I never been >using that stuff, and a bit of research on the internet, only served as a >further confusion to me. First, it seemed like that stuff is going to cost >me the pretty sum of between 100-200 us$. Not exactly the most fun way to >spend my money. :) And, running a VM with dos, won't that call for met to >have a screenreader for dos? Or, can i till use Win-Eyes? I don't have any >external synthesizer, which my research seemed to call for. So the >sollution, right off-the-shelf, doesn't seem to be optimal. If anyone has a >suggestion for a low-cost, or even free, VM/DOS solution, let me know. >After all: None of these suggestions, has really explained to me, why my old >computer, would run my dos app with no error message at all. Unfortunately, >it refuses to boot, due to a hardware failure, so I can't get to the bottom >of weather there was any certain setting, that would have been done from the >manufacturer/dealer, which caused it to run troublefree with my dos app. The >only two main differences on the old, and the new, computer of mine - except >from some four or five years of age - is that the old one was a 32-bit Intel >based machine, while as the new is a 64-bit AMD based system. One person >suggested that it could be due to the 64bit CPU, while as another one told >me, that had nothing to do with my problem. I don't know :) >Well, guys, I am still open for whatever feedback, and ideas you might have. >Would be great if I could have run my app without having to ask it to ignore >error messages all the time. >Thanks, again, everyone, >æ >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim Grimsby JR." <[email protected]> >To: "'Ray'" <[email protected]> >Cc: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:13 PM >Subject: RE: Old software not running - Anything to do? >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ray [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:45 AM >> To: Chip Orange >> well when I want to run old dos stuff I use old dos with a vm. You can >> also >> get freedos and a vm. >> Either way you can get your old dos stuff working rather easily. >> Even a vm of windows 98se with a old copy of slimware window bridge >> running >> dectalk access 32 to give you software speech if you don't have a >> hardware >> synthesizer will do the trick usually. >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Old software not running - Anything to do? >> >> Don/Don't really know what I'm on about here but isn't there a >> compatibility >> mode you use sometimes for running older 16 bit programms? Just might be >> the answer. (Not that I know how to use it!) >> >> Ray. >> >> Chip Orange wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> there is an older version of the dos command window which you can run, I >> think the command is command.com. right now I cannot remember why xp >> includes both versions, but I can recall one instance where we had to >> drop back to command.com to run something when we first got xp. >> >> hth, >> >> Chip >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Chip Orange >> Database Administrator >> Florida Public Service Commission >> >> [email protected] >> (850) 413-6314 >> >> (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not >> necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: David [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:38 PM >>> To: Chip Orange; [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Old software not running - Anything to do? >>> >>> Sorry, but that doesn't make any difference. Thanks for the >>> idea, though! >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Chip Orange" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:30 PM >>> Subject: RE: Old software not running - Anything to do? >>> >>> >>> Maybe you need to open a dos command window, by running the command >>> cmd.exe, and then inside of it issue the command needed to >>> run your dos >>> application. >>> >>> Chip >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Chip Orange >>> Database Administrator >>> Florida Public Service Commission >>> >>> [email protected] >>> (850) 413-6314 >>> >>> (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not >>> necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) >>> >>> >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: David [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:45 PM >>> > To: WE English mailing list >>> > Subject: Old software not running - Anything to do? >>> > >>> > Ok, so I got a new pc here. >>> > >>> > I used to run a MSDOS program, randomly, for executing a >>> > certain task. The software is not available in a Windows version. >>> > >>> > On my old pc, an Acer which had an Intel 2.8Ghz CPU, the >>> > software ran without problem. Now, my new PC has an AMD Dual >>> > Core (1.6 64bit) cpu installed. And, when trying to run the >>> > software now, I get the following message: >>> > 16-bit msdos subsystem. >>> > And then two buttons, CLOSE and IGNORE. >>> > >>> > What can I do? Why, did it run smoothly on my old PC, and not >>> > on the new one? Both PCs have been running WinXP PRO SP3. >>> > >>> > You tech guys, thanks for all help! >>> > >>> > >>> > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>> > sender only. 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