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28-01-09, 10:44
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Digiex Exclusive: Premade Windows 98 Virt ual Machine for use wit h older games
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Digiex Exclusive: Pr em ade Window s 98 Vir t ual M achine f or use w it h older gam es
J oin Date: Dec 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 415 Blog Entries: 1
A virtual m achine can be used to run another OS on your current OS (e.g. run Windows 98 on your Windows XP system ). Attached is Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and a Windows 98 Virtual Machine prem ade ready to use! You can use t his im age t o r un gam es w hich m ay not w or k on your m oder n com put er w it hout ef f ect ing your cur r ent oper at ing syst em .
Inst allat ion and Set up: Follow each st ep t o complet e t he inst allat ion of your Virt ualPC. First download Microsoft Virt ual PC, eit her t he 32bit or 64bit version: Download Microsoft Virt ual PC 2007 - 32 bit version Download Microsoft Virt ual PC 2007 - 64 bit version Also download t he Windows 98 Virt ual Machine and unpack it anywhere you like: Download Windows 98 Virt ual Machine
Aft er downloading, run t he set up program and inst all Virt ual PC. Aft er inst alling, run Virt ual PC and you should aut omat ically get t o t he New Virt ual Machine Wizard. Keep clicking next unt il you get t o t his screen:
Click t he Add an exist ing virt ual machine but t on like on t he screenshot above. Click Next and you will be able t o select t he Virt ual Machine you want t o add. Click Browse, go t o t he locat ion in which you unpacked t he Windows 98 Virt ual Machine and open it . Again, click next and you will get t o t he following screen:
Uncheck t he When I click Finish, open Set t ings but t on, as it is not necessary for it t o be opened. Click Finish and you will end up in t he Virt ual PC Console:
You can now click on t he Windows 98 machine and t he click t he St art but t on. Windows 98 will now boot in a window. You can go t o Full Screen mode by pressing t he right ALT but t on and ENTER at t he same t ime, or by clicking Act ion and t hen clicking Full-Screen Mode if you like. Once Windows 98 has boot ed you will get t his window:
Simply click t he OK but t on and you will get t o t he deskt op. As you can see, DOSBox 0.72 is also inst alled. It is already set up do you'll have no problem t rying t o mount your drives. For t he CD drive you can add your own CD drive, if it doesn't work already, by clicking CD and t hen click Use Physical Drive D: (or E: or what ever you use as your DVD drive). You can also use an ISO or anot her CD image, by clicking Capt ure ISO image... in t he CD menu. To remove t he image, click Release " * name of image* " in t he CD menu. If you want t o copy files from your comput er t o you Virt ual Machine, you can simply drag t hem from any folder ont o your Virt ual Machine and t hey will get copied t here. Hopefully it all works for you. If not , be sure t o ask quest ions as we will be happy t o help you out ! Enjoy!
Attached Files setup.rar (26.50 MB, 42320 views) setup64.rar (26.55 MB, 34983 views)
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cat 64, InsaneNut t er, lem_is_cool, LQQL, Mast erChief, zxrafa_3
14-02-09, 21:15
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ShockTheSystem
Stayed to Post J oin Date: Posts: Feb 2009 1
Thanks very much for t his! I can finally play all my old games again! I do have a quest ion t hough, t he Display Adapt er for t his virt ual machine is an S3 card of some sort wit h 4MB of VRAM. Will t his limit t he performance of t he games t hat can be played on t his machine? Thanks again!
14-02-09, 21:54
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InsaneNutter
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It will do for t he more demanding 3d games, but it should be fine for a lot of older games such as red alert . That can t really be changed as it s just what Virt ual PC emulat es.
J oin Date: May 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 8,413 Blog Entries: 11
Phone: Galaxy Nexus - 16gb - boot loader unlocked & root ed - running Android 4.2.2 Tablet : Asus Transformer Prime - 32gb - root ed - running Android 4.1.1 360: Jasper - 1t b drive - jt ag hacked running t he 16197 dash (t hanks t o XeBuild 1.05) 360: Falcon - 250gig drive hacked wit h hddhackr, not flashed Have a quest ion or need help? Post on t he forum, t hat s why it 's here. I will only reply t o Digiex relat ed issues via PM, not general help request s. If i helped you say t hanks by signing up for Dropbox wit h my referral link, we will bot h get an ext ra 500mb of space for free.
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Slaz
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Games t hat require more should be able t o run on your Vist a/ XP syst em anyway, some by using DOSBox if t hat really has t o be. However, t he 'real' DOS appears t o work much smoot her which is why I'm st art ing t o love Virt ualPC. Also, you can now finally t ry WindowsME wit hout dest roying your syst em!
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11-04-09, 13:52
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12-04-09, 19:32
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Axu285
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DannyDont
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Windows 98 VM
Thank you for providing t he MS PC Virt ual Machine and t he Windows 98 "Appliance" AND t he excellent st ep by st ep inst ruct ions. Everyt hing went well and I have it up and running. I do have a couple of quest ions if I might . 1. I would like t o increase t he memory size a bit . How would I go about t hat ? 2. I also need USB Port access. I know t hat was a bit more iffy in 98 t han in XP. Can I do t his or would I be bet t er off t o find an XP "Appliance"? 3. I also need t o have a print but I believe all I need t o do for t hat is t o simple inst all it under t he Windows 98 VM, correct ? Thanks again for helping me out . I had spend hours looking for somet hing like t his. I need t o run an old CAD applicat ion t hat is far t o expensive t o upgrade. It is running in t he Windows 98 VM. Dan
31-08-09, 13:01
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InsaneNutter
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J oin Date: May 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 8,413 Blog Entries: 11
I believe on Windows Virt ual PC you can share USB port s, however t hat only works on Windows 7 and your processor needs t o support Int el Virt ualizat ion Technology or AMD-V, my processor doesn t but if yours does it should be exact ly what your aft er. See here: Windows Virt ual PC: Download As for print ers share it on t he net work t hen find it in net work places on Windows 98 and inst all t he drivers for it under t he VM (t hat s if t hey exist for Windows 98)
Phone: Galaxy Nexus - 16gb - boot loader unlocked & root ed - running Android 4.2.2 Tablet : Asus Transformer Prime - 32gb - root ed - running Android 4.1.1 360: Jasper - 1t b drive - jt ag hacked running t he 16197 dash (t hanks t o XeBuild 1.05) 360: Falcon - 250gig drive hacked wit h hddhackr, not flashed Have a quest ion or need help? Post on t he forum, t hat s why it 's here. I will only reply t o Digiex relat ed issues via PM, not general help request s. If i helped you say t hanks by signing up for Dropbox wit h my referral link, we will bot h get an ext ra 500mb of space for free.
31-08-09, 13:20
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Titcher
Elite Member J oin Date: Posts: Oct 2008 267
I happen t o have a Windows 98 VMware image I've been using, would anyone like me t o upload t hat ? VMware performs a lit t le bet t er and works wit h some st uff Virt ual PC doesn't but also doesn't work wit h some st uff it does.
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blinkkid1000x
Stayed to Post J oin Date: Posts: J an 2010 1
great st uff, but t he 64 bit doesnt seem t o work or is corrupt . any suggest ions on what t o do or where i can get a working 64 bit version?
22-01-10, 07:18
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InsaneNutter
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You need t o be running a 64bit version of Windows t o make any use of t he 64bit .exe, it will not work on a 32bit version of windows.
J oin Date: May 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 8,413 Blog Entries: 11
Phone: Galaxy Nexus - 16gb - boot loader unlocked & root ed - running Android 4.2.2 Tablet : Asus Transformer Prime - 32gb - root ed - running Android 4.1.1 360: Jasper - 1t b drive - jt ag hacked running t he 16197 dash (t hanks t o XeBuild 1.05) 360: Falcon - 250gig drive hacked wit h hddhackr, not flashed Have a quest ion or need help? Post on t he forum, t hat s why it 's here. I will only reply t o Digiex relat ed issues via PM, not general help request s. If i helped you say t hanks by signing up for Dropbox wit h my referral link, we will bot h get an ext ra 500mb of space for free.
26-01-10, 01:16
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soupm an55
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28-01-10, 15:28
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Assassin
Weird, I also have Windows 7 and dragging and dropping works for me. It 's also st range you can't connect t o t he int ernet because t hat also works fine for me (also have a cable connect ion). I don't really underst and t he last part but I t hink t he set up.exe doesn't work under Windows 98 and needs XP or higher. Why exact ly can't you drag and drop? Do you get an error or...? Also what 's t he error when you t ry t o open t he int ernet ? Did you t ry clicking t he digiex short cut on t he deskt op? Does t hat work?
Dec 2007 The Netherlands 415
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Maybe you should t ry reinst alling t he whole virt ual drive soft ware and t he virt ual drive it self and t ry again.
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30-01-10, 13:25
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soupm an55
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My basic sit uat ion is ident ical t o t his: "A number of people have report ed t hat when t hey t ry t o inst all Virt ual PC 2007 t hey receive a compat ibilit y warning ... What you need t o know is t hat you will only receive t his warning if you have inst alled Windows Virt ual PC. If you get t his, and you want t o use Virt ual PC 2007 inst ead of Windows Virt ual PC, you will need t o uninst all Windows Virt ual PC." Virt ual PC Guy's WebLog : Running Virt ual PC 2007 on Windows 7 So t he "Virt ual PC Guy" is suggest ing t hat I will have t o unist all my Windows VPC in order t o get VPC 2007 t o run. In t he comment s sect ion of t he Virt ual PC Guy's Blog t here is a link t o an alt ernat ive suggest ion: Windows Virt ual PC and t he Microsoft Device Emulat or - Brian's Blog - BrianPeek.com I could not get t his suggest ion t o work. So it looks like I will have t o work out which jobs I need Windows XP and Windows 98 for, and t hen inst all only Windows VPC and VPC 2007, respect ively, (having first uninst alled t he ot her). I assume t hat you haven't inst alled Windows VPC and Windows XP mode and t his is why you aren't having t hese problems(?). I am open t o any furt her comment s and suggest ions.
02-02-10, 03:17
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Wtrgzr7
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amost t here - i loaded riven on t he virt ual pc, and sound comes from monit or speakers during riven set =up, but not while playing. Any help? Thx,wt rgzr
10-02-10, 12:33
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MSST8DOG
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I would like t he vmware if it works bet t er, but I don't know anyt hing about eit her of t hese. I have a couple of old games and programs t hat won't work on t he Vist a machine but do on t he xp. I am t rying t o consolidat e everyt hing t o one so I can get rid of somet hing t o make some more space in my office. Thanks Lee
15-02-10, 17:52
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InsaneNutter
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Originally Post ed by soupman55 I assume t hat you haven't inst alled Windows VPC and Windows XP mode and t his is why you aren't having t hese problems(?). I am open t o any furt her comment s and suggest ions.
J oin Date: May 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 8,413 Blog Entries: 11
This was creat ed before Windows VPC even exist ed, I can confirm everyt hing works perfect ly on Windows 7 wit h Virt ual PC 2007 wit hout Windows Virt ual PC inst alled. Here is an example of t he net work set t ings I have in an XP VM, t he net work adapt er on t he Virt ual PC is set t o t he one my PC uses for it s int ernet access.
Phone: Galaxy Nexus - 16gb - boot loader unlocked & root ed - running Android 4.2.2 Tablet : Asus Transformer Prime - 32gb - root ed - running Android 4.1.1 360: Jasper - 1t b drive - jt ag hacked running t he 16197 dash (t hanks t o XeBuild 1.05) 360: Falcon - 250gig drive hacked wit h hddhackr, not flashed Have a quest ion or need help? Post on t he forum, t hat s why it 's here. I will only reply t o Digiex relat ed issues via PM, not general help request s. If i helped you say t hanks by signing up for Dropbox wit h my referral link, we will bot h get an ext ra 500mb of space for free.
15-02-10, 17:57
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InsaneNutter
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Originally Post ed by MSST8DOG I have a couple of old games and programs t hat won't work on t he Vist a machine but do on t he xp. I am t rying t o consolidat e everyt hing t o one so I can get rid of somet hing t o make some more space in my office. Thanks Lee
J oin Date: May 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 8,413 Blog Entries: 11
Have a look at Windows XP Mode, it works wit h Windows Virt ual PC and allows applicat ions running in t he virt ual machine t o appear on your Windows 7 dekt op just like t hey were running on Windows 7.
For every day use t hat might be a lot bet t er for you. ht t p:/ / www.microsoft .com/ windows/ vir.../ download.aspx
Phone: Galaxy Nexus - 16gb - boot loader unlocked & root ed - running Android 4.2.2 Tablet : Asus Transformer Prime - 32gb - root ed - running Android 4.1.1 360: Jasper - 1t b drive - jt ag hacked running t he 16197 dash (t hanks t o XeBuild 1.05) 360: Falcon - 250gig drive hacked wit h hddhackr, not flashed Have a quest ion or need help? Post on t he forum, t hat s why it 's here. I will only reply t o Digiex relat ed issues via PM, not general help request s. If i helped you say t hanks by signing up for Dropbox wit h my referral link, we will bot h get an ext ra 500mb of space for free.
02-03-10, 00:52
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m ikeram 1971
Stayed to Post J oin Date: Posts: Mar 2010 1
Thanks for t his, made quick work of get t ing W98 VM inst alled. Couple t hings I keep observing t hough, t he VM will not st art or rest art on t he first at t empt , I go t hrough a process of Turn Off, Turn On, Scan Disk, t hen it works. Also, Diablo 2 and Expansion inst alled, will not launch. Vid Test suggest s t he direct draw 2d set t ing, which is fine for t his. Anyone t ried t his game under t his VM? Here's my syst em: Windows 7 64 bit , AMD Phenom II, 4GB RAM, 2x640GB WD mirror. Inst alled lat est host W VPC (not VPC 2007), used provided Win98 archive. appreciat e it PS: Det ermined t hat launching D2 was somet hing relat ed t o det ect ing t he CD drive, once I inst alled IE6, and t he D2 pat ches, which now D2 does not require Play CD in drive, it launched fine. However, game runs wit h st range art ifact s popping up disappearing on screen, and t hen t he game crashed wit h some vmsound blue screen error. My configurat ion wit h Windows VPC just does not seem st able at all. Will t ry t o remove t he Int egrat ion pieces as t hat is probably what is not support ed when using Win 98 as WVPC is only support ed wit h XP and up.
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13-03-10, 21:08
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Entaru
Stayed to Post J oin Date: Posts: Mar 2010 1
Help please
The virt ual pc works great but when I st art a game it says "A required .DLL file, DINPUT8.DLL, was not found." When i copy t he windows vist a dll file in t he virut al pc it doesnt work eit her please help
18-03-10, 19:26
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InsaneNutter
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Try inst alling Direct X 8.1 - ht t p:/ / www.microsoft .com/ downloads/ d...displaylang=en Im not sure if it s inst alled or not in t his virt ual machine.
J oin Date: May 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 8,413 Blog Entries: 11
Phone: Galaxy Nexus - 16gb - boot loader unlocked & root ed - running Android 4.2.2
Tablet : Asus Transformer Prime - 32gb - root ed - running Android 4.1.1 360: Jasper - 1t b drive - jt ag hacked running t he 16197 dash (t hanks t o XeBuild 1.05) 360: Falcon - 250gig drive hacked wit h hddhackr, not flashed Have a quest ion or need help? Post on t he forum, t hat s why it 's here. I will only reply t o Digiex relat ed issues via PM, not general help request s. If i helped you say t hanks by signing up for Dropbox wit h my referral link, we will bot h get an ext ra 500mb of space for free.
30-06-10, 21:37
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em eraldfox
Stayed to Post J oin Date: Posts: J un 2010 1
Hello! I've been looking all over for one of t hese, t hanks for post ing it ! I have an issue t hough. I got t his t o play an old game I have on CD. It mount ed fine, and when I went t o double click t he Set up.exe, it gave me an error: "Set up.exe is not a valid Win32 applicat ion". I have Vist a 64bit , and I had t ried inst alling t he game on t here first , but it didn't like any of t he compat ibilit y modes. =( This game used t o work perfect ly for me on Windows 2000 and ME, despit e being from 1995, so I have no idea what 's up. Any advice?
28-07-10, 15:30
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TrevorP
Stayed to Post J oin Date: Posts: J ul 2010 1
Thank you for t he upload i am using Vmware! Wit ch Display driver did you use in your VM i have only been able t o get 2-3mb of vram i want at least 4 mb
11-09-10, 02:55
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andrul
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I appreciat e t his but t he 64 bit version isn't unpacking. I get t he following error: Ext ract ing Windows 98.vmc OK Ext ract ing Windows 98 Hard Disk.vhd Error: CRC mismat ch in file "Windows 98 Hard Disk.vhd" in t he archive "C:\ Downloads\ VM\ win98.rar" When unpacking set up64.rar I get t he message: Ext ract ing set up64.exe Error: CRC mismat ch in file "set up64.exe" in t he archive "C:\ Downloads\ VM\ set up64.rar" But it appears t o have unpacked successfully, however when I t ry t o run t he execut able I get an error message t hat it 's a 16-bit program which is incompat ible wit h t he 64-bit OS. I'm running Windows 7 Home 64 bit and ext ract ing using Winzip 14.0 Pro. Any help would be great ly appreciat ed as my only alt ernat ive is t o t ry t o find a funct ional disk wit h Win98 and t rying t o revive my old pent ium pro.
11-09-10, 19:30
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lolitsflip
Stayed to Post J oin Date: Posts: Sep 2010 1
Hi, I got t his VHD t o work on Virt ual PC, but wit h a small problem. Whenever I t ry t o t ype a cert ain few keys, t hey come up as ot her random numbers and such. Those keys being "i, j, k, l, m, o, p, and u". Any way t o fix t his?
29-11-10, 19:25
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J onathan
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Nov 2010 1
backup number funct ions when Num Lock is act ivat ed? I am having a problem get t ing my physical CD drive t o mesh wit h t he virt ual one. I inst alled Lego Creat or just fine by "Use Physical Drive E:" but now when I t ry t o run t he program (wit h t he disc in t he drive, det ect ed as Creat or (D in t he virt ual My Comput er) it says t hat t he disc is not in t he drive. Any t hought s on silly t hings I am overlooking? Thanks!
15-12-10, 09:16
#27
Originally Post ed by Ent ar u The virt ual pc works great but when I st art a game it says "A required .DLL file, DINPUT8.DLL, was not found." When i copy t he windows vist a dll file in t he virut al pc it doesnt work eit her please help
19-12-10, 14:47
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J ohnnyNight
Stayed to Post J oin Date: Posts: Dec 2010 1
Hello First t ime here Was wondering if by inst alling Windows 98 Virt ual, t here is any way t o get a screen resolut ion of 640 x 480 if your comput er doesn't go t hat low. Trying t o get a full screen on an older game t hat needs 640 x 480. I guess I'm kind of doubt ing it , but wondered if t here is any way t o get an older game t o go full screen if it needs 640 x 480. Thanks
30-12-10, 19:40
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ranm a8
Stayed to Post J oin Date: Posts: Dec 2010 1
Hey, t hanks for making t his! However, I have a problem wit h it . When inst alling t he Virt ual PC, a message comes up saying t hat it 's not compat ible wit h my PC and t o check t he help sect ion. Regardless, I t ried inst alling everyt hing and it works. Everyt hing works fine, except t hat t he games I boot now have really fuzzy sound. It sounds like half t he music file is missing when I play games on t he virt ual windows 98... I checked t he help file, but saw not hing. I am running Windows XP. Can you help?
22-01-11, 23:50
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J areth43
Stayed to Post J oin Date: Posts: J an 2011 1
Hey Thanks for t he set up int sruct ions. My issue is t hat when i press st art a pop up window appears saying t hat t he virt ual disk could no be locat ed and t hat i need t o specify a new virt ual hard disk. I followed all of your inst ruct ion up t o t his point and evert hing seems t o have worked okay. Can you help?
26-02-11, 00:01
#31
Darknightkc
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I'm having t he same problem as J aret h43. Won't st art Windows 98 Virt ual PC. When I inst alled I was inst alling Virt ual PC 2007 a pop-up window came up saying t hat my OS was not compat ible, but everyt hing seemed t o inst all fine. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium
08-03-11, 03:03
#32
Denizen
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Hey I saw in an early post you showing how t o change t he ram allocat ion for t he VM on windows 98, alt hough for me t he bar is greyed out as well as t he field imput . I'm running it as an administ rat or (i t hink) so I don't know why I cannot change t his. I definit ely need t o increase it t hough, as it keeps crashing when I open up any major applicat ions. Any advise would be appreciat ed...
08-03-11, 03:10
#33
Denizen
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Bt w, I should probably say t hanks for t he great download worked easy peasy mac 'n cheesy, and has saved me a lot of t ime get t ing it all organized myself, not t o ment ion saved me t he t rouble of finding a bazillion pat ches, and updat es nonsuch for old games in t he longrun of not having a VM (and eliminat ed my need for dosbox almost ent irely) Thanks again ^_^
14-03-11, 19:39
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DreC32
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14-03-11, 20:14
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InsaneNutter
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Re download t he file, it likely did not finish downloading 100% or got corrupt ed doing so.
J oin Date: May 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 8,413 Blog Entries: 11
Phone: Galaxy Nexus - 16gb - boot loader unlocked & root ed - running Android 4.2.2 Tablet : Asus Transformer Prime - 32gb - root ed - running Android 4.1.1 360: Jasper - 1t b drive - jt ag hacked running t he 16197 dash (t hanks t o XeBuild 1.05) 360: Falcon - 250gig drive hacked wit h hddhackr, not flashed Have a quest ion or need help? Post on t he forum, t hat s why it 's here. I will only reply t o Digiex relat ed issues via PM, not general help request s. If i helped you say t hanks by signing up for Dropbox wit h my referral link, we will bot h get an ext ra 500mb of space for free.
14-03-11, 21:56
#36
LordDaMan
Forum Regular J oin Date: Posts: Feb 2010 43
Originally Post ed by emer aldf ox Hello! I've been looking all over for one of t hese, t hanks for post ing it ! I have an issue t hough. I got t his t o play an old game I have on CD. It mount ed fine, and when I went t o double click t he Set up.exe, it gave me an error: "Set up.exe is not a valid Win32 applicat ion". I have Vist a 64bit , and I had t ried inst alling t he game on t here first , but it didn't like any of t he compat ibilit y modes. =( This game used t o work perfect ly for me on Windows 2000 and ME, despit e being from 1995, so I have no idea what 's up. Any advice?
Some old games used a 16bit inst aller t hat will simply not work under 64 bit version of windows
15-03-11, 15:40
#37
DreC32
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Mast er Of Orion
I got t he VM up and running and t he reason for doing t his was t o play Mast er of Orion. However aft er put t he files for t he game in t he proper direct ory which should replace t he inst all st ep I believe . . . when I t ry t o run t he game it just freezes up t he VM and I have t o reset it . I got it working last night but now no dice. I t ired t o bring it up in dosbox but now bringing up dosbox seems t o crash t he vm. I t ired clicking on t he exe file from in windows and t ried t o key it in from dos and I get t he same result . When I t ry t o f8 t he st art up and go st raight t o a command prompt and st art it from t here I get an error saying you need 1024k of expanded memory. I t ired t o adjust t he memory of t he vm as shown above but I don't have enough ram available for t he vm. Any helpful t hought s and solut ions would be much appreciat ed.
12-05-11, 13:12
#38
sph95
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helppp!!! i've just inst alled t his brilliant creat ion aft er t rying t o play silver on my xp for days, downloading all sort s of st uff, and t he game runs fine in t he virt ual pc but t he mouse calibrat ion's complet ely off so you can't click on anyt hing! I t hink it might be t o do wit h live resolut ion swit ching being disabled, is t here a workaround for t his? I can't find anyt hing anywhere. Thank you so much
17-05-11, 20:40
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asro
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hey, i just made an account for t his, all because i need t o get d3d working on win98SE for your virt ual machine, i can get it t o work t hus far, however, i cant click on opt ions(have t o do some click-ent er combo...bit wierd) and when i st art an act ual mission and it s on t he loading screen, it says "cannot load d3d" or somet hing...sorry if im not specific, oh i almost forgot , i am current ly running t his on windows XP proffessional, however, st at es it is not compat ible wit h my syst em, and is only compat ible wit h 2000 and XP pro(makes no sense, right ?)
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Originally Post ed by asr o hey, i just made an account for t his, all because i need t o get d3d working on win98SE for your virt ual machine, i can get it t o work t hus far, however, i cant click on opt ions(have t o do some clickent er combo...bit wierd) and when i st art an act ual mission and it s on t he loading screen, it says " cannot load d3d" or somet hing...sorry if im not specific, oh i almost forgot , i am current ly running t his on windows XP proffessional, however, st at es it is not compat ible wit h my syst em, and is only compat ible wit h 2000 and XP pro(makes no sense, right ?)
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Virt ual PC does not really emulat e a very powerful graphics card, t hat s likely why it doesn't work. VM Ware apparent ly has much bet t er 3d accelerat ion performance, t hat might be somet hing t o t ry: 3D accelerat ion in virt ual machines - Part 1: VMware & Direct X - Tut orial
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