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lady_nightshade_i \(removethis\)

I recently bought a new computer a few months ago.
Currently, I'm trying to run some of my older games on
this computer. I never had so much problems running them
on my previous computer so I'm assuming it Windows XP.

In addition, I can't find help on these games because
there are discontinued.

1) Phantasmagoria II: A Puzzle of Flesh from Sierra -
Keep getting Error 105 even though I ran it under Windows
95 mode in the Properties box.

2) The 11th Hour: The Sequel to The 7th Guest by
Trilobyte - Keep geeting "Cannot find sound driver for
digital sound" even though I went SETSOUND.EXE or .BAT
and it says it is successfully configured.

3) The Vampire Diaries from Her Interactive - Won't let
me instaal the game whatsoever.

4) DOS Command Prompt from the Start menu won't even let
me change from one drive to another. I'm always in the
c:. It won't let me cd d:\

Help!
3) The Vampire
 
Hi Lady Nightshade,

When a game is a DOS game, it could* work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available.
*(Notice I said "could", as you've already found out it doesn't alway) ;-)

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm For sound
issues use: http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound Good Luck! :-)

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| I recently bought a new computer a few months ago.
| Currently, I'm trying to run some of my older games on
| this computer. I never had so much problems running them
| on my previous computer so I'm assuming it Windows XP.
|
| In addition, I can't find help on these games because
| there are discontinued.
|
| 1) Phantasmagoria II: A Puzzle of Flesh from Sierra -
| Keep getting Error 105 even though I ran it under Windows
| 95 mode in the Properties box.
|
| 2) The 11th Hour: The Sequel to The 7th Guest by
| Trilobyte - Keep geeting "Cannot find sound driver for
| digital sound" even though I went SETSOUND.EXE or .BAT
| and it says it is successfully configured.
|
| 3) The Vampire Diaries from Her Interactive - Won't let
| me instaal the game whatsoever.
|
| 4) DOS Command Prompt from the Start menu won't even let
| me change from one drive to another. I'm always in the
| c:. It won't let me cd d:\
|
| Help!
| 3) The Vampire
 
lady_nightshade_i \(removethis\) @yahoo.com said:
4) DOS Command Prompt from the Start menu won't even let
me change from one drive to another. I'm always in the
c:. It won't let me cd d:\
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That's because the command to change to drive D is "d:" not "cd d:\"

"cd d:\" just changes the directory you find yourself in when you do
"d:". AFAIK, it's always been this way from DOS 2 on up.
 
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