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| Thread ID: 62135 | 2005-09-27 22:55:00 | Installing Old Games on XP | Ali_C (8971) | Press F1 |
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| 391412 | 2005-09-27 22:55:00 | I'm 15 Years old and I was looking through my old games I had and my little brother found Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? and he really wanted to play it! So I went to install it and a window popped up saying: 16 Bit Windows Subsystem (Title of WIndow) C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\S32EVNT1.DLL An Installable virtual Device Driver failed DLL initialization. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. I press 'Ignore' then another window pops up saying: 16 Bit Windows Subsystem (Title of Window) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT The system file is not suitable for running applications. Choose 'Close to terminate the application. What do I do? Is there a solution? :confused: Thanks for the help! P.S Also I have Windows XP |
Ali_C (8971) | ||
| 391413 | 2005-09-27 23:28:00 | A quick Google turned up the following: You get a DOS Virtual Device Driver failure after you install a program which generates one of the following error messages . If you ignore the message, the program may or may not run . The problem is caused by the program corrupting the VDD value . 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem drive:\program path XXXX . An installable Virtual Device Driver failed DLL initialization . Choose 'Close' to terminate the application . -or- 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem drive:\program path SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\VirtualDeviceDriv ers . VDD . Virtual Device Driver format in the registry is invalid . Choose 'Close' to terminate the application . You can resolve the problem by deleting the value, followed by readding the value . Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Key: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\VirtualDeviceDriv ers Name: VDD Type: REG_MULTI_SZ Delete the value . When you re-add VDD, when the multi-string editor appears with a blank entry . Leave the entry blank and click OK This should resolve the problem . The problem shows up on Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems . It can occur in Windows NT if someone (or some program) deletes the VDD value . Edited - Cos I spose I should ask if you know how to edit the registry :) |
pixeldust (6619) | ||
| 391414 | 2005-09-27 23:46:00 | Go and get DOSbox (dosbox.sourceforge.net) it a DOS emulator which supports Carmen Sandeigo. See Here. (dosbox.sourceforge.net) FAQ for it is Here (dosbox.sourceforge.net) P.S Mods, am I allowed to post the above? |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 391415 | 2005-09-28 00:29:00 | Thanks for the help but I am not sure on how to work the DOSbox software! Could someone explain it to me? Thanks | Ali_C (8971) | ||
| 391416 | 2005-09-28 00:43:00 | Oops, I forgot. Go get the DFend front end... members.home.nl ... It gives you a gui to work. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 391417 | 2005-09-28 00:47:00 | The Installation instructions are here (dosbox.sourceforge.net Box) | Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 391418 | 2005-10-14 00:39:00 | I am having similar problems, however with a different game. I already got DOSBox and set it up as instructed. However, it refuses to install from a cd rom, always saying that it is an illegal command. Does DOSBox only work with downloaded games or something? :badpc: |
Enoch (8972) | ||
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