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Fixing a broken NTVDM
Problem:
About a week ago, the NTVDM on an XP installation broke.
Symptoms:
The first symptom was that a 16-bit executable that is run during an auto-run batch file would hang and peg the CPU at ...
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How can I run a (16-bit) .COM executable that has been renamed to .COS?
I'm trying to run a couple of 16-bit legacy DOS programs from a standard windows XP dos prompt. The problem is that the file extensions have been renamed from .COM to .COS and they are stored on ...
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How can I use the German keyboard layout for 16 bit applications per default on Windows 7?
When I use a German Version of Windows XP and run a 16 bit application on it, the German keyboard layout is used per default.
But when I use a German Version of Windows 7 (32 Bit), the American ...
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Unable to type brackets [] in a 16bit application running in Win7 with in Spanish keyboard
I need to run a 16bits application (rhide.exe) in Windows 7, with a Spanish keyboard, but the default keyboard is the English version.
I changed the “autoexec.nt” (kb16 sp ...) and “config.nt” ...
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I have a modern 64-bit CPU. Does my BIOS still operate in 16-bit REAL mode?
Since it is still required to boot, I am wondering, on a x64/AMD64 64-bit system, does the BIOS still use 16-bit instructions? Also does it operate in REAL MODE?
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How do I get 16-bit programs to work on a 64-bit Windows?
When trying to play an old game, Skyroads for instance, I get the following error message:
The version of this file is not
compatible with the version of Windows
you're running. Check your ...
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Vague ntvdm message on XP: The Win 16 Subsystem has insufficent resources to continue running. […]
What does the ntvdm error message "The Win 16 Subsystem has insufficent resources to continue running. Click on OK, close your applications, and restart your machine." mean, and how can it be ...
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Windows complains on boot that GoogleCrashHelper is a 16-bit application
Whenever I start Windows, it complains that it cannot start Google Crash Helper, because it's a 16-bit application. Quite apart from the fact that I find that ludicrously unlikely, I also can't find ...
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Would TurboC run on windows7 and the executables generated by TurboC compilations run on Windows7?
For some reason i have TurboC compiler (Dos version). I believe both the TurboC executable and the C programs compiled into executables are 16 bit versions. I have a Windows7 system. Would like to ...
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Why 64 bit OS can't run a 16 bit application?
Why is it that a 32 bit OS that is installed on a 64 bit CPU can run old DOS 16 bit applications, but if you install a 64 bit OS it cant run those applications directly and need some sort of emulation ...
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What is SMSISTUB (Win 16 Subsystem)?
This morning when I logged on to my work computer, I got the following "Application: SMSISTUB" message:
The Win 16 Subsystem has insufficient
resources to continue running. Click
on OK, close ...
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A scripting language for legacy hardware
I want to pick up a scripting language for real legacy hardware. It must be compilable for 16-bit. What may suffice?
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How To Test If a Program Is 16-Bit Compatible?
I'm creating a GUI for soPDF written in Delphi, but I want to know if soPDF is 16-Bit compatible, because I need to run it in MS-DOS 6.22
Also, can I do this test with DOSBox?
