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big surprise ("I told you so" -- Japheth) (Miscellaneous)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 25.03.2008, 16:17

> > Even Vista SP1 is out now ...
>
> Yes, I finally got the 66 MB download of it yesterday (BTW, Happy Easter,
> everyone!), and while the "ver" says "6.0.6001" now instead of "6.0.6000"
> (big upgrade, eh? heh), it still won't allow > 32 MB for DPMI apps!
> Argh! (Such a long wait for basically nothing. And they even supposedly
> swapped in a new kernel based on 2k8. Oh well.)

Too bad :crying:

There's hope, though. Wait for the next update. I've heard rumors ...

I'm also pretty sure that a fix is possible without relying on MS to "help" you ... if you know what you're doing ...

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MS-DOS forever!

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Complete thread:

Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 14.03.2008, 09:50 (Miscellaneous)
- Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - RayeR, 14.03.2008, 15:06
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 14.03.2008, 17:10
- Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Japheth, 14.03.2008, 15:14
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 14.03.2008, 17:10
- Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 16.03.2008, 19:13
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - sol, 16.03.2008, 19:30
    - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 16.03.2008, 20:23
      - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Steve, 17.03.2008, 03:35
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 17.03.2008, 10:10
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Japheth, 17.03.2008, 10:27
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 16.03.2008, 20:21
    - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 17.03.2008, 20:51
      - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - RayeR, 18.03.2008, 10:36
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 18.03.2008, 12:55
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - RayeR, 19.03.2008, 13:11
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 20.03.2008, 03:49
      - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 20.03.2008, 15:03
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 23.03.2008, 15:13
        big surprise ("I told you so" -- Japheth) - Rugxulo, 25.03.2008, 06:20
        big surprise ("I told you so" -- Japheth) - Japheth, 25.03.2008, 16:17
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 03:26
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 08:31
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 13:21
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 16:54
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 22:11
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 23:23
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Khusraw, 26.03.2008, 13:35
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 14:10
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Khusraw, 26.03.2008, 14:27
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 22:09
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 23:22
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 23:47
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 27.03.2008, 00:05
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 27.03.2008, 01:13
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Khusraw, 27.03.2008, 08:44
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 27.03.2008, 23:45
        You seem to be a bit lazy... - Japheth, 28.03.2008, 23:15
        You seem to be a bit lazy... - Rugxulo, 31.03.2008, 00:39
        You seem to be a bit lazy... - Japheth, 31.03.2008, 03:49
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI >32 MB (but latest HXNTVDM works) - Rugxulo, 28.05.2008, 11:22
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI >32 MB (but latest HXNTVDM works) - Japheth, 28.05.2008, 13:36
        random DOSBox / DOSEMU comments - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 02:21
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 02:43
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - DOS386, 04.06.2008, 02:46
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 03:13
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - rr, 04.06.2008, 09:38
        Vista all limits fixed - DOS386, 06.06.2008, 00:30
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Japheth, 04.06.2008, 19:12
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Rugxulo, 05.06.2008, 01:45
        HXNTVDM becomes NTDPMIX - Japheth, 23.09.2008, 09:35
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - marcov, 07.04.2008, 12:42
- Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 08.04.2008, 10:58
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Japheth, 08.04.2008, 12:55
    - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 08.04.2008, 13:45