DOS ain't dead - Vista SP1 still hates DPMI

Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB (Miscellaneous)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 26.03.2008, 23:23

> > > So technically, it's no longer a Vista-only problem. :(
> >
> > I'm confused about your intentions. Do you think that citing someone
> who
> > you apparently believe is a guru does prove that the hxntvdm thing
> CANNOT
> > work?
>
> Some people theorize that Microsoft is doing this as a security issue
> because some (badly-written) DOS programs can consume all available memory
> because they were written long ago (e.g. when 16 or 32 MB or less was the
> norm). If they implement it in more than one OS, don't you think they know
> about it by now?? And if it's not an accident, they probably won't fix it.
> (Bleh.)

Is this supposed to be an answer to my question?

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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
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