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Himem.sys, a 1999 version from Win98, *is* loaded, though... :( I have a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 card. I'll check their site to see if they have a any DOS joystick drivers, but I seriously doubt they will.

Well, I managed to get a copy of emm386.exe and himem.sys from a Win98 machine, as well as create a bootdisk from a Win98 machine. Now when I boot up the disk, everything works except it says this: "Cannot load emm386 -- XMS manager not present":confused:

Hi all. Yes, XP does have a boot disk creator. When I type "ver", it says "Windows XP Professional Edition". :confused: So I don't need drivers for my joystick? Strange, because I downloaded calibration software for it designed to work in DOS, and it couldn't find the joystick -- and the...

I have a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 card. I searched Creative Lab's site and they outright say there are no DOS sound drivers for it. I'm planning on picking up a Sound Blaster 16 card for about $5. As for emm386.exe, I've had the file on-hand for a while now. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find...

I already tried himem, but purposely removed it: When I loaded himem, it told me that my version of emm386.exe doesn't like it and that himem.sys will do absolutely nothing except take up memory. Secondly, I need no path because the files are all on my floppy disk. I've already tested...

Hi all. I've managed to get my mouse and CD-ROM working in DOS. I might have the sound and memory working, but I can't test the theory until I can actually get Privateer or Wing Commander III started! Everytime I try to run wc3.exe or priv.exe, it says: "VCPI server has reprogrammed the...

Autoexec.bat: set blaster=a220 I5 D1 T4 prompt $p$g path=c:\dos lh c:\amouse\amouse.com Config.sys: device=c:\dos\himem.sys device=c:\dos\emm386.exe dos=high,umb files=30 buffers=30 I didn't need to load any CD stuff since Privateer isn't running off a CD. Also, it said that...

Well, on my XP Pro machine, WC I and II run well except for the fact that there is no music in either one. As you can imagine, this takes some of the drama out of the games. :( I can see the music files in the game data directories... but, alas, no music.

Hi all. I used the boot disk solution presented at the top of the forum to try and run Privateer, but alas, it did not work. At all. Here is what is told me after I ran priv.exe: "VCPI server has reprogrammed the interrupt controller." When I don't do all the boot disk stuff, it just...

Finally had a chance to test Prophecy on my XP Pro machine. I used dxdiag.exe and cut sound acceleration to none, and turned on Win98 and ME compatibility. The video runs smooth for the first few minutes, but after that things get a little skippy. Not unwatchable, mind you, the skips only...

Just like with Prophecy, XP will have to wait until tomorrow evening, when I head back to college. I'll post saying what happens at that point.

Hi. I've recently gotten my hands on a copy of Wing Commander: Kilrathi Saga, and here are my problems: Wing Commander I runs with no music, and it crashes when the sim or missions start. I've followed all th installation intructions. Wing Commander II doesn't start at all. Keep in mind...

Thanks! I'll give it a try!

I haven't had a chance to try any fixes on my XP machine yet -- I'll have that opportunity on Monday. However, I haven't had much luck with those modes in the past. Here's to hoping they do something for once! :)

It does something extremely similiar on XP. The video skips, but the sound doesn't.

None of the sound acceleration settings helped. :confused: Any other ideas? I also messed around with my video acceleration settings, but that didn't do anything either.

No, I didn't... I'll try it out and get back to you. Thanks for the quick reply!

Hi all. Just like many of you, I've had problems with video skipping every 10 seconds or so in Prophecy. The suggestion given was to run dxdiag.exe and cut sound acceleration. However, when I did this, the problem magnified by a factor of about x10... The video skipped literally every...