I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
liveasagoat
black screen and will eventually tell me that an error has occured and stoped
the game from running and will exit the game.
does anyone know what i can do
i tryed doom 2 as well and that wouldnt work either so i think its vista
because the games both work on other computers with xp
Andy [YaYa]
news:6242F8C1-E3E3-4DEA...@microsoft.com...
Well Doom 2 is a pretty old game, it probably won't just install and work on
your system. I'm not sure I've heard of Heroes 2, is that based on the TV
show Heroes, or are you talking about Heroes of Might and Magic, or maybe...
some other game?
For Doom 2, look around the Internet for a Windows 9x update. A lot of
people have taking the "now" open source game Doom 2 and made new programs
that are Windows compatible.
As for your other problems, sounds like you need to update your windows
video card drivers. Look up your computer online, find out which video card
you have and look for a driver update for it. You might also run Windows
Update (in the control panel) and see if there's an optional hardware driver
update listed, Vista usually installs a fairly recent version of nVidia and
ATi drivers.
Respond here if this doesn't help, include your computer make and model# as
well as which game specifically you are trying to run.
-A.
liveasagoat
im mostly worried about playing heroes more than doom
i have a gaming laptop asus and i think the modle # is G1 74N0AG004194
how do i go about updating my video card driver
thanks for the help
Mark
DOSBox and run the game from inside of it.
If you have troubles getting it working just post your questions.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
Andy [YaYa]
Yeah, old DOS games, not really easy to get going, but as someone just said,
look for a program called DOSBox, it emulates an older DOS computer and lets
you run old games (albiet poorly). Might let you get the game going.
Good luck,
Andy
liveasagoat
thanks guys
-phil
ronald....@gmail.com
<liveasag...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> ok ill give that a try and let you know how it went
> thanks guys
>
> -phil
>
> "Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
> >news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
> > > yeah the game is heroes of might and magic 2 and its my favorite
> > > im mostly worried about playing heroes more than doom
> > > i have a gaming laptop asus and i think the modle # is G1 74N0AG004194
>
> > > how do i go about updating my video card driver
>
> > > thanks for the help
>
> > > "Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
>
> > you run old games (albiet poorly). Might let you get the game going.
>
> > Good luck,
> > Andy
The only time DosBox emulates old games poorly is if you haven't
configured it correctly or your trying to run DosBox on a machine
where you'd be better off just running DOS. If I had a penny for every
time I've helped people with DosBox only to find out they are trying
to run it on 400/500mhz PC's then I'd be rich.
liveasagoat
dwlse05installer and then when i try to install it it says it requires the
.NET Framwork version 1.1.4322 and it gives me the option to be directed to
the website its located
so im at this website
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa731542.aspx
and there are like 20 different things and i dont know which one to download
but i tried downloading x86 version and x64 version
and then i tried to install one of those and i got an error that says error
creating process
<C:\Users\Phil\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Install.exe>.Reason:
C:\Windows\system32\advpack.dll
so im totally confused once again
any insite
thanks
phil
Andy [YaYa]
.NET Framework are a bunch of system files needed to run some programs
developed with Visual Studio. For future reference, you are probably running
Vista 32-bit version, so the files you want (if you have a choice between
x86 and x64) is x86 files, the X stands for 386, or 486 which was the call
numbers assigned to the old, but popular Intel chips upon which all current
home PCs are based. x64 was invented to indicate that you were using a
64-bit processor. Slightly different, but i digress.
The link above should take you to the Microsoft .NET Framwork 1.1 Service
Pack 1 download page. It's a 10 meg download, run that then try to play
around with DOSBox.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx
Link above is the page before the first link, if it doesn't work there's a
link to .NET Framework 1.1 under Popular Downloads.
If you can't find the file, try google, but only download it from
microsoft.com.
Andy [YaYa]
news:EAC79BC3-AEE3-41FD...@microsoft.com...
>
> .NET Framework are a bunch of system files needed to run some programs
> developed with Visual Studio. For future reference, you are probably
> running Vista 32-bit version, so the files you want (if you have a choice
> between x86 and x64) is x86 files, the X stands for 386, or 486 which was
> the call numbers assigned to the old, but popular Intel chips upon which
> all current home PCs are based. x64 was invented to indicate that you were
> using a 64-bit processor. Slightly different, but i digress.
Oh crap, and you CAN have a 64-bit processor, but still run a 32-bit
operating system. Most people are running 32-bit, so even if you have a
64-bit processor you are more than likely still going to want the 32-bit
(x86) version.
liveasagoat
guy was mounting doom with dosbox
but i have the cd for heroes so by chance does anyone know how i can run
dosbox with heroes 2
thanks
phil
Andy [YaYa]
> ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a
> guy was mounting doom with dosbox
> but i have the cd for heroes so by chance does anyone know how i can run
> dosbox with heroes 2
>
> thanks
> phil
At this point phil I would say something like RTM (Read the manual) for
dosbox, basically DOSBox isn't setup by default for CD-ROM access, but you
can tell DOSBox to mount your CDROM drive as a drive letter in DOSBOX.
If you want me to hand hold you through the entire process, I can. I just
have to look up the answers, I don't have them written down right now.
Basically if you setup DOSBOX to mount your CD-ROM drive, then you can just
follow the installation instructions from the manual for the game.
It's gonna be tough, your game is ancient and you're trying to run it on a
new system.
I went to google and typed in "how-to dosbox" and this is what it spit
out...
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?p=22825 - simple guide, might
help.
http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=index&FAQ=1 - more comprehensive
guide, takes you through installing flashback (great game), might be able to
figure out how to get heros going with this
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=DOSBoxWiki - The DOSBox
WIKI. Should be able to find answers to any questions you have here.
If you still want me to tell you how to get your game working, I can look up
your game and spell it out for you, but I think if you study these links a
little you should be able to get the game going and have a better
understanding of how dosbox works.
-A.
liveasagoat
ok i will go to these sites and try to figure this out
my only concern is i dont want to mess up any configurations with my computer
im not sure if that can happen just by using dosbox
but this is why im hesitant about using dosbox incorrectly
thanks again and ill let you know if i get it to work
phil
Andy [YaYa]
> hey thanks alot andy and to everyone else helping me
>
> ok i will go to these sites and try to figure this out
> my only concern is i dont want to mess up any configurations with my
> computer
> im not sure if that can happen just by using dosbox
> but this is why im hesitant about using dosbox incorrectly
>
> thanks again and ill let you know if i get it to work
>
> phil
>
not changing ANYTHING else on your system. It's not like DOSBox is taking
over things on your computer. For all Windows knows it's just another
program running stuff.
As long as you don't delete your C:\Windows folder you'll probably be OK. If
you're really worried about it... read before you do. Make a system Restore
point before you start, just in case. Same pre-cautions you should take when
you install any program onto your computer.
liveasagoat
to install the game with dosbox my (\) doesnt work which is really weird also
they only have tutorials for dosbox .60 and the only one i could download is
.72 so im guessing theirs a differents
im stuck once again
phil
Andy [YaYa]
> ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im
> trying
> to install the game with dosbox my (\) doesnt work which is really weird
> also
> they only have tutorials for dosbox .60 and the only one i could download
> is
> .72 so im guessing theirs a differents
>
> im stuck once again
>
> phil
OK .72 is just newer than .60 the commands haven't changed really, the
program is still pretty early in life so a lot of bug fixes go in often. Why
your \ key doesn't work could be something to do if you're not using a US
keyboard layout or something. Try to figure out which key it is on your
keyboard, try keys around enter, worse case, copy the \ character from
notepad into DOSBox. I'll try to do this without backslashes...
I just downloaded DOSBOX, lets begin the fun...
1. Make a folder on your C: Drive, call it DOS-HD. Path to this folder on
your HD is C:\DOS-HD
2. Find the DOSBox folder in Windows, look for an icon called DOSBOX.conf,
right-click and run as administrator. This brings up the config file in
notepad or whatever text editor you use.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of this file, after the [autoexec] line, enter
the following lines:
mount c c:\DOS-HD\
mount d d:\ -t cdrom
c:
Note: The d:\ is the letter of your CD-ROM drive on your computer
4. Save the .conf file and start up DOSBox
5. Assuming you have the CD for HOMM2 in your CD rom drive, type D: and
press enter. (You should get a D:\> prompt)
6. Now type the command used to install HOMM2, usually it's "INSTALL", and
sometimes it's "SETUP" If you're not sure, check the game manual, or simply
type "DIR" and see if you can find the install filename.exe.
Assuming this all goes as planned, you should be in the HOMM2 install
program, The program should copy any files it needs to the C: drive (which
is really the C:\DOS-HD folder on your computer), and if the program asks
which sound card you should use, choose Sound Blaster 16, with the default
settings wherever possible. DOSBox emulates several sound cards, SB16,
Gravis Ultrasound, etc.
Once the installer exits it should tell you what to type in to start the
game. Try it out.
If you're stuck again, let me know where I lost you.
--
If for some reason the HOMM2 CD just doesn't want to work, you can try this.
1. In Windows, Make a folder on your C: drive, lets call it HOMM2CD (So,
C:\HOMM2CD)
2. Copy all the files from the HOMM2CD into this folder (just drag and drop
from your CD-ROM drive)
3. Bring up the DOSBOX.CONF file again.
4. At the bottom of the file again, change the second mount command:
from:
mount d D:\ -t cdrom
to:
mount d C:\HOMM2CD -t cdrom
5. Restart DOSBox, type D: and attempt to setup the game again.
Basically DOSBox uses the copy of the CD on your HD to install the game.
If you manage to get the game going, Ctrl-F12 increases how many CPU Cycles
DOSBox uses, can be good to tap this a couple times if the game seems to
stutter a lot.
Good luck...
-A.
liveasagoat
instead of C:\> it doesnt show D:\> prompt
so then i still tried to setup up HOMM2 but it says this program cannot be
run in DOS mode
-phil
ronald....@gmail.com
<liveasag...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> ok so i got to step 5 and when i type D: it does nothing it just shows D:\>
> instead of C:\> it doesnt show D:\> prompt
> so then i still tried to setup up HOMM2 but it says this program cannot be
> run in DOS mode
>
> -phil
>
> "Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
> >news:3811FE38-0561-4A04...@microsoft.com...
> > > ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im
> > > trying
> > > also
> > > they only have tutorials fordosbox.60 and the only one i could download
> > > is
> > > .72 so im guessing theirs a differents
>
> > > im stuck once again
>
> > > phil
>
> > OK .72 is just newer than .60 the commands haven't changed really, the
> > program is still pretty early in life so a lot of bug fixes go in often. Why
> > your \ key doesn't work could be something to do if you're not using a US
> > keyboard layout or something. Try to figure out which key it is on your
> > keyboard, try keys around enter, worse case, copy the \ character from
>
> > I just downloadedDOSBOX, lets begin the fun...
>
> > 1. Make a folder on your C: Drive, call it DOS-HD. Path to this folder on
> > your HD is C:\DOS-HD
> > right-click and run as administrator. This brings up the config file in
> > notepad or whatever text editor you use.
> > 3. Scroll down to the bottom of this file, after the [autoexec] line, enter
> > the following lines:
>
> > mount c c:\DOS-HD\
> > mount d d:\ -t cdrom
> > c:
>
> > Note: The d:\ is the letter of your CD-ROM drive on your computer
>
> > 4. Save the .conf file and start upDOSBox
> > 5. Assuming you have the CD for HOMM2 in your CD rom drive, type D: and
> > press enter. (You should get a D:\> prompt)
> > 6. Now type the command used to install HOMM2, usually it's "INSTALL", and
> > sometimes it's "SETUP" If you're not sure, check the game manual, or simply
> > type "DIR" and see if you can find the install filename.exe.
>
> > Assuming this all goes as planned, you should be in the HOMM2 install
> > program, The program should copy any files it needs to the C: drive (which
> > is really the C:\DOS-HD folder on your computer), and if the program asks
> > which sound card you should use, choose Sound Blaster 16, with the default
> > Gravis Ultrasound, etc.
>
> > Once the installer exits it should tell you what to type in to start the
> > game. Try it out.
>
> > If you're stuck again, let me know where I lost you.
> > --
> > If for some reason the HOMM2 CD just doesn't want to work, you can try this.
>
> > 1. In Windows, Make a folder on your C: drive, lets call it HOMM2CD (So,
> > C:\HOMM2CD)
> > 2. Copy all the files from the HOMM2CD into this folder (just drag and drop
> > from your CD-ROM drive)
> > 4. At the bottom of the file again, change the second mount command:
>
> > from:
> > mount d D:\ -t cdrom
>
> > to:
> > mount d C:\HOMM2CD -t cdrom
>
>
> > BasicallyDOSBoxuses the copy of the CD on your HD to install the game.
>
> > If you manage to get the game going, Ctrl-F12 increases how many CPU Cycles
> > stutter a lot.
>
> > Good luck...
> > -A.
Sounds like you have the Windows ver of HOMM 2.
liveasagoat
im lost and confused
Andy [YaYa]
>>
>> Sounds like you have the Windows ver of HOMM 2.
Me too, my bad for just assuming you were on a DOS game, I mean Heros of
Might and Magic 2, didn't that come out like "a while back"?
Any reason why you aren't playing HOMM5 or 3? I heard 4 sucked ass, or maybe
it was 3, I can't remember.
DOS Box won't work for you if it's a Windows application, if it is for
Windows then you can just delete DOSBox I guess.
I'll let someone else take over, I have no idea what's going on with this
game.
Mark
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
jennifer maryon
sorry im new to this.. i have the HoMM2 cd
and i did all of your guy's steps.. i mounted the drive..
the went
D:
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE....
my computer will only let me run a trial multiplayer game.. not install at all..
if i do the OTHER WAY..
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
then it says its not compatible... im STUCK!!
i hope you understand what im saying :(
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
08-Oct-07
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:22 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
I can install the game but once i click on it to load it just stays on a
black screen and will eventually tell me that an error has occured and stoped
the game from running and will exit the game.
does anyone know what i can do
i tryed doom 2 as well and that wouldnt work either so i think its vista
because the games both work on other computers with xp
On Friday, September 21, 2007 4:14 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6242F8C1-E3E3-4DEA...@microsoft.com...
Well Doom 2 is a pretty old game, it probably won't just install and work on
your system. I'm not sure I've heard of Heroes 2, is that based on the TV
show Heroes, or are you talking about Heroes of Might and Magic, or maybe...
some other game?
For Doom 2, look around the Internet for a Windows 9x update. A lot of
people have taking the "now" open source game Doom 2 and made new programs
that are Windows compatible.
As for your other problems, sounds like you need to update your windows
video card drivers. Look up your computer online, find out which video card
you have and look for a driver update for it. You might also run Windows
Update (in the control panel) and see if there's an optional hardware driver
update listed, Vista usually installs a fairly recent version of nVidia and
ATi drivers.
Respond here if this doesn't help, include your computer make and model# as
well as which game specifically you are trying to run.
-A.
On Friday, September 21, 2007 5:28 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
yeah the game is heroes of might and magic 2 and its my favorite im mostly
yeah the game is heroes of might and magic 2 and its my favorite
im mostly worried about playing heroes more than doom
i have a gaming laptop asus and i think the modle # is G1 74N0AG004194
how do i go about updating my video card driver
thanks for the help
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Monday, September 24, 2007 7:40 PM
Mark wrote:
I think HOMM2 is a full-screen dos game.
I think HOMM2 is a full-screen dos game. If so, you will need to download
DOSBox and run the game from inside of it.
If you have troubles getting it working just post your questions.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
On Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
Yeah, old DOS games, not really easy to get going, but as someone just said,
look for a program called DOSBox, it emulates an older DOS computer and lets
you run old games (albiet poorly). Might let you get the game going.
Good luck,
Andy
On Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:08 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok ill give that a try and let you know how it went thanks guys-phil"Andy
ok ill give that a try and let you know how it went
thanks guys
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:33 AM
ronald.phillip wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
On Sep 26, 2:08 pm, liveasagoat
<liveasag...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
The only time DosBox emulates old games poorly is if you haven't
configured it correctly or your trying to run DosBox on a machine
where you'd be better off just running DOS. If I had a penny for every
time I've helped people with DosBox only to find out they are trying
to run it on 400/500mhz PC's then I'd be rich.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 10:30 AM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i went to download.
ok so i went to download.com and i looked for dosbox and i downloaded
dwlse05installer and then when i try to install it it says it requires the
..NET Framwork version 1.1.4322 and it gives me the option to be directed to
the website its located
so im at this website
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa731542.aspx
and there are like 20 different things and i dont know which one to download
but i tried downloading x86 version and x64 version
and then i tried to install one of those and i got an error that says error
creating process
<C:\Users\Phil\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Install.exe>.Reason:
C:\Windows\system32\advpack.dll
so im totally confused once again
any insite
thanks
phil
"ronald....@gmail.com" wrote:
On Friday, September 28, 2007 12:25 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFB97237-364D-4377...@microsoft.com...
..NET Framework are a bunch of system files needed to run some programs
developed with Visual Studio. For future reference, you are probably running
Vista 32-bit version, so the files you want (if you have a choice between
x86 and x64) is x86 files, the X stands for 386, or 486 which was the call
numbers assigned to the old, but popular Intel chips upon which all current
home PCs are based. x64 was invented to indicate that you were using a
64-bit processor. Slightly different, but i digress.
The link above should take you to the Microsoft .NET Framwork 1.1 Service
Pack 1 download page. It's a 10 meg download, run that then try to play
around with DOSBox.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx
Link above is the page before the first link, if it doesn't work there's a
link to .NET Framework 1.1 under Popular Downloads.
If you can't find the file, try google, but only download it from
microsoft.com.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 1:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:EAC79BC3-AEE3-41FD...@microsoft.com...
Oh crap, and you CAN have a 64-bit processor, but still run a 32-bit
operating system. Most people are running 32-bit, so even if you have a
64-bit processor you are more than likely still going to want the 32-bit
(x86) version.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 3:32 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a guy
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a
guy was mounting doom with dosbox
but i have the cd for heroes so by chance does anyone know how i can run
dosbox with heroes 2
thanks
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Monday, October 01, 2007 3:10 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F1B603E-272E-4C90...@microsoft.com...
At this point phil I would say something like RTM (Read the manual) for
dosbox, basically DOSBox isn't setup by default for CD-ROM access, but you
can tell DOSBox to mount your CDROM drive as a drive letter in DOSBOX.
If you want me to hand hold you through the entire process, I can. I just
have to look up the answers, I don't have them written down right now.
Basically if you setup DOSBOX to mount your CD-ROM drive, then you can just
follow the installation instructions from the manual for the game.
It's gonna be tough, your game is ancient and you're trying to run it on a
new system.
I went to google and typed in "how-to dosbox" and this is what it spit
out...
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?p=22825 - simple guide, might
help.
http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=index&FAQ=1 - more comprehensive
guide, takes you through installing flashback (great game), might be able to
figure out how to get heros going with this
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=DOSBoxWiki - The DOSBox
WIKI. Should be able to find answers to any questions you have here.
If you still want me to tell you how to get your game working, I can look up
your game and spell it out for you, but I think if you study these links a
little you should be able to get the game going and have a better
understanding of how dosbox works.
-A.
On Monday, October 01, 2007 5:19 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
hey thanks alot andy and to everyone else helping meok i will go to these
hey thanks alot andy and to everyone else helping me
ok i will go to these sites and try to figure this out
my only concern is i dont want to mess up any configurations with my computer
im not sure if that can happen just by using dosbox
but this is why im hesitant about using dosbox incorrectly
thanks again and ill let you know if i get it to work
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Monday, October 01, 2007 6:38 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:979EE24F-8CAC-4D1C...@microsoft.com...
DOSBox is a self contained application, when you do things to DOSBox you're
not changing ANYTHING else on your system. It's not like DOSBox is taking
over things on your computer. For all Windows knows it's just another
program running stuff.
As long as you don't delete your C:\Windows folder you'll probably be OK. If
you're really worried about it... read before you do. Make a system Restore
point before you start, just in case. Same pre-cautions you should take when
you install any program onto your computer.
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:15 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
to install the game with dosbox my (\) doesnt work which is really weird also
they only have tutorials for dosbox .60 and the only one i could download is
..72 so im guessing theirs a differents
im stuck once again
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:51 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3811FE38-0561-4A04...@microsoft.com...
OK .72 is just newer than .60 the commands haven't changed really, the
program is still pretty early in life so a lot of bug fixes go in often. Why
your \ key doesn't work could be something to do if you're not using a US
keyboard layout or something. Try to figure out which key it is on your
keyboard, try keys around enter, worse case, copy the \ character from
notepad into DOSBox. I'll try to do this without backslashes...
I just downloaded DOSBOX, lets begin the fun...
1. Make a folder on your C: Drive, call it DOS-HD. Path to this folder on
your HD is C:\DOS-HD
2. Find the DOSBox folder in Windows, look for an icon called DOSBOX.conf,
right-click and run as administrator. This brings up the config file in
notepad or whatever text editor you use.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of this file, after the [autoexec] line, enter
the following lines:
mount c c:\DOS-HD\
mount d d:\ -t cdrom
c:
Note: The d:\ is the letter of your CD-ROM drive on your computer
4. Save the .conf file and start up DOSBox
5. Assuming you have the CD for HOMM2 in your CD rom drive, type D: and
press enter. (You should get a D:\> prompt)
6. Now type the command used to install HOMM2, usually it's "INSTALL", and
sometimes it's "SETUP" If you're not sure, check the game manual, or simply
type "DIR" and see if you can find the install filename.exe.
Assuming this all goes as planned, you should be in the HOMM2 install
program, The program should copy any files it needs to the C: drive (which
is really the C:\DOS-HD folder on your computer), and if the program asks
which sound card you should use, choose Sound Blaster 16, with the default
settings wherever possible. DOSBox emulates several sound cards, SB16,
Gravis Ultrasound, etc.
Once the installer exits it should tell you what to type in to start the
game. Try it out.
If you're stuck again, let me know where I lost you.
--
If for some reason the HOMM2 CD just doesn't want to work, you can try this.
1. In Windows, Make a folder on your C: drive, lets call it HOMM2CD (So,
C:\HOMM2CD)
2. Copy all the files from the HOMM2CD into this folder (just drag and drop
from your CD-ROM drive)
3. Bring up the DOSBOX.CONF file again.
4. At the bottom of the file again, change the second mount command:
from:
mount d D:\ -t cdrom
to:
mount d C:\HOMM2CD -t cdrom
5. Restart DOSBox, type D: and attempt to setup the game again.
Basically DOSBox uses the copy of the CD on your HD to install the game.
If you manage to get the game going, Ctrl-F12 increases how many CPU Cycles
DOSBox uses, can be good to tap this a couple times if the game seems to
stutter a lot.
Good luck...
-A.
On Friday, October 05, 2007 11:16 AM
liveasagoa wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
ok so i got to step 5 and when i type D: it does nothing it just shows D:\>
instead of C:\> it doesnt show D:\> prompt
so then i still tried to setup up HOMM2 but it says this program cannot be
run in DOS mode
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:14 AM
ronald.phillip wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
Sounds like you have the Windows ver of HOMM 2.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:01 AM
liveasagoa wrote:
if thats the case then how come i cant play it im lost and confused"ronald.
if thats the case then how come i cant play it
im lost and confused
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:40 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8049FD3F-572F-48FF...@microsoft.com...
(--snip--)
Me too, my bad for just assuming you were on a DOS game, I mean Heros of
Might and Magic 2, didn't that come out like "a while back"?
Any reason why you aren't playing HOMM5 or 3? I heard 4 sucked ass, or maybe
it was 3, I can't remember.
DOS Box won't work for you if it's a Windows application, if it is for
Windows then you can just delete DOSBox I guess.
I'll let someone else take over, I have no idea what's going on with this
game.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 6:45 PM
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
Make The WebClient Class follow redirects and get Target Url
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/70511872-c3aa-4e92-a7d7-dd4b09881af5/make-the-webclient-class-follow-redirects-and-get-target-url.aspx
jennifer maryon
sorry if this sounds confusing.. im new.. OK i bought the HoMM2 cd... supposed to run for DOS/windows 95
... i did all your guys's steps..
if i mount the drive.. then go
D:/
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE.. it'll let me play a trial multiplayer game bc/ it says i dont have the cd in the disk drive.. which is a load of crap.. it'll try installing but says i have too much space....
so i tried the other way.. i copied the files to a folder in c..
then went
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
d:INSTALL HOMM2CD.. but then it says the file cant be run in DOS..
im stuck is there any help for me?
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
08-Oct-07
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:22 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
I can install the game but once i click on it to load it just stays on a
black screen and will eventually tell me that an error has occured and stoped
the game from running and will exit the game.
does anyone know what i can do
i tryed doom 2 as well and that wouldnt work either so i think its vista
because the games both work on other computers with xp
On Friday, September 21, 2007 4:14 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6242F8C1-E3E3-4DEA...@microsoft.com...
-A.
thanks for the help
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
Hope that helps!
Mark
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
On Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
Good luck,
Andy
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
thanks
phil
"ronald....@gmail.com" wrote:
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFB97237-364D-4377...@microsoft.com...
..NET Framework are a bunch of system files needed to run some programs
developed with Visual Studio. For future reference, you are probably running
Vista 32-bit version, so the files you want (if you have a choice between
x86 and x64) is x86 files, the X stands for 386, or 486 which was the call
numbers assigned to the old, but popular Intel chips upon which all current
home PCs are based. x64 was invented to indicate that you were using a
64-bit processor. Slightly different, but i digress.
The link above should take you to the Microsoft .NET Framwork 1.1 Service
Pack 1 download page. It's a 10 meg download, run that then try to play
around with DOSBox.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx
Link above is the page before the first link, if it doesn't work there's a
link to .NET Framework 1.1 under Popular Downloads.
If you can't find the file, try google, but only download it from
microsoft.com.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 1:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:EAC79BC3-AEE3-41FD...@microsoft.com...
Oh crap, and you CAN have a 64-bit processor, but still run a 32-bit
operating system. Most people are running 32-bit, so even if you have a
64-bit processor you are more than likely still going to want the 32-bit
(x86) version.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 3:32 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a guy
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a
guy was mounting doom with dosbox
but i have the cd for heroes so by chance does anyone know how i can run
dosbox with heroes 2
thanks
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Monday, October 01, 2007 3:10 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F1B603E-272E-4C90...@microsoft.com...
-A.
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:979EE24F-8CAC-4D1C...@microsoft.com...
DOSBox is a self contained application, when you do things to DOSBox you're
not changing ANYTHING else on your system. It's not like DOSBox is taking
over things on your computer. For all Windows knows it's just another
program running stuff.
As long as you don't delete your C:\Windows folder you'll probably be OK. If
you're really worried about it... read before you do. Make a system Restore
point before you start, just in case. Same pre-cautions you should take when
you install any program onto your computer.
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:15 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
to install the game with dosbox my (\) doesnt work which is really weird also
they only have tutorials for dosbox .60 and the only one i could download is
..72 so im guessing theirs a differents
im stuck once again
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:51 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3811FE38-0561-4A04...@microsoft.com...
OK .72 is just newer than .60 the commands haven't changed really, the
program is still pretty early in life so a lot of bug fixes go in often. Why
your \ key doesn't work could be something to do if you're not using a US
keyboard layout or something. Try to figure out which key it is on your
keyboard, try keys around enter, worse case, copy the \ character from
Good luck...
-A.
ok so i got to step 5 and when i type D: it does nothing it just shows D:\>
instead of C:\> it doesnt show D:\> prompt
so then i still tried to setup up HOMM2 but it says this program cannot be
run in DOS mode
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:14 AM
ronald.phillip wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
Sounds like you have the Windows ver of HOMM 2.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:01 AM
liveasagoa wrote:
if thats the case then how come i cant play it im lost and confused"ronald.
if thats the case then how come i cant play it
im lost and confused
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:40 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8049FD3F-572F-48FF...@microsoft.com...
(--snip--)
Me too, my bad for just assuming you were on a DOS game, I mean Heros of
Might and Magic 2, didn't that come out like "a while back"?
Any reason why you aren't playing HOMM5 or 3? I heard 4 sucked ass, or maybe
it was 3, I can't remember.
DOS Box won't work for you if it's a Windows application, if it is for
Windows then you can just delete DOSBox I guess.
I'll let someone else take over, I have no idea what's going on with this
game.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 6:45 PM
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 9:13 PM
jennifer maryon wrote:
im new to this
hi,
sorry im new to this.. i have the HoMM2 cd
and i did all of your guy's steps.. i mounted the drive..
the went
D:
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE....
my computer will only let me run a trial multiplayer game.. not install at all..
if i do the OTHER WAY..
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
then it says its not compatible... im STUCK!!
i hope you understand what im saying :(
Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
BizTalk: Parallel Processing with Correlation
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/6b1df1e9-e8fc-4dc1-a810-1245a8ef0208/biztalk-parallel-processing-with-correlation.aspx
jennifer maryon
sorry if this sounds confusing.. im new.. OK i bought the HoMM2 cd... supposed to run for DOS/windows 95
... i did all your guys's steps..
if i mount the drive.. then go
D:/
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE.. it'll let me play a trial multiplayer game bc/ it says i dont have the cd in the disk drive.. which is a load of crap.. it'll try installing but says i have too much space....
so i tried the other way.. i copied the files to a folder in c..
then went
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
d:INSTALL HOMM2CD.. but then it says the file cant be run in DOS..
im stuck is there any help for me?
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
08-Oct-07
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:22 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
I can install the game but once i click on it to load it just stays on a
black screen and will eventually tell me that an error has occured and stoped
the game from running and will exit the game.
does anyone know what i can do
i tryed doom 2 as well and that wouldnt work either so i think its vista
because the games both work on other computers with xp
On Friday, September 21, 2007 4:14 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6242F8C1-E3E3-4DEA...@microsoft.com...
-A.
thanks for the help
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
Hope that helps!
Mark
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
On Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
Good luck,
Andy
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
thanks
phil
"ronald....@gmail.com" wrote:
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFB97237-364D-4377...@microsoft.com...
..NET Framework are a bunch of system files needed to run some programs
developed with Visual Studio. For future reference, you are probably running
Vista 32-bit version, so the files you want (if you have a choice between
x86 and x64) is x86 files, the X stands for 386, or 486 which was the call
numbers assigned to the old, but popular Intel chips upon which all current
home PCs are based. x64 was invented to indicate that you were using a
64-bit processor. Slightly different, but i digress.
The link above should take you to the Microsoft .NET Framwork 1.1 Service
Pack 1 download page. It's a 10 meg download, run that then try to play
around with DOSBox.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx
Link above is the page before the first link, if it doesn't work there's a
link to .NET Framework 1.1 under Popular Downloads.
If you can't find the file, try google, but only download it from
microsoft.com.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 1:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:EAC79BC3-AEE3-41FD...@microsoft.com...
Oh crap, and you CAN have a 64-bit processor, but still run a 32-bit
operating system. Most people are running 32-bit, so even if you have a
64-bit processor you are more than likely still going to want the 32-bit
(x86) version.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 3:32 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a guy
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a
guy was mounting doom with dosbox
but i have the cd for heroes so by chance does anyone know how i can run
dosbox with heroes 2
thanks
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Monday, October 01, 2007 3:10 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F1B603E-272E-4C90...@microsoft.com...
-A.
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:979EE24F-8CAC-4D1C...@microsoft.com...
DOSBox is a self contained application, when you do things to DOSBox you're
not changing ANYTHING else on your system. It's not like DOSBox is taking
over things on your computer. For all Windows knows it's just another
program running stuff.
As long as you don't delete your C:\Windows folder you'll probably be OK. If
you're really worried about it... read before you do. Make a system Restore
point before you start, just in case. Same pre-cautions you should take when
you install any program onto your computer.
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:15 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
to install the game with dosbox my (\) doesnt work which is really weird also
they only have tutorials for dosbox .60 and the only one i could download is
..72 so im guessing theirs a differents
im stuck once again
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:51 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3811FE38-0561-4A04...@microsoft.com...
OK .72 is just newer than .60 the commands haven't changed really, the
program is still pretty early in life so a lot of bug fixes go in often. Why
your \ key doesn't work could be something to do if you're not using a US
keyboard layout or something. Try to figure out which key it is on your
keyboard, try keys around enter, worse case, copy the \ character from
Good luck...
-A.
ok so i got to step 5 and when i type D: it does nothing it just shows D:\>
instead of C:\> it doesnt show D:\> prompt
so then i still tried to setup up HOMM2 but it says this program cannot be
run in DOS mode
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:14 AM
ronald.phillip wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
Sounds like you have the Windows ver of HOMM 2.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:01 AM
liveasagoa wrote:
if thats the case then how come i cant play it im lost and confused"ronald.
if thats the case then how come i cant play it
im lost and confused
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:40 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8049FD3F-572F-48FF...@microsoft.com...
(--snip--)
Me too, my bad for just assuming you were on a DOS game, I mean Heros of
Might and Magic 2, didn't that come out like "a while back"?
Any reason why you aren't playing HOMM5 or 3? I heard 4 sucked ass, or maybe
it was 3, I can't remember.
DOS Box won't work for you if it's a Windows application, if it is for
Windows then you can just delete DOSBox I guess.
I'll let someone else take over, I have no idea what's going on with this
game.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 6:45 PM
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 9:13 PM
jennifer maryon wrote:
im new to this
hi,
sorry im new to this.. i have the HoMM2 cd
and i did all of your guy's steps.. i mounted the drive..
the went
D:
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE....
my computer will only let me run a trial multiplayer game.. not install at all..
if i do the OTHER WAY..
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
then it says its not compatible... im STUCK!!
i hope you understand what im saying :(
On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 9:19 PM
jennifer maryon wrote:
im new to this
hi,
sorry if this sounds confusing.. im new.. OK i bought the HoMM2 cd... supposed to run for DOS/windows 95
... i did all your guys's steps..
if i mount the drive.. then go
D:/
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE.. it'll let me play a trial multiplayer game bc/ it says i dont have the cd in the disk drive.. which is a load of crap.. it'll try installing but says i have too much space....
so i tried the other way.. i copied the files to a folder in c..
then went
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
d:INSTALL HOMM2CD.. but then it says the file cant be run in DOS..
im stuck is there any help for me?
Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
Scrolling in WPF Toolkit?s Column Chart
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/0939d60c-8e17-4a27-b898-1fc772d2d6f6/scrolling-in-wpf-toolkits-column-chart.aspx
jennifer maryon
sorry if this sounds confusing.. im new.. OK i bought the HoMM2 cd... supposed to run for DOS/windows 95
... i did all your guys's steps..
if i mount the drive.. then go
D:/
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE.. it'll let me play a trial multiplayer game bc/ it says i dont have the cd in the disk drive.. which is a load of crap.. it'll try installing but says i have too much space....
so i tried the other way.. i copied the files to a folder in c..
then went
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
d:INSTALL HOMM2CD.. but then it says the file cant be run in DOS..
im stuck is there any help for me?
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
08-Oct-07
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:22 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
I can install the game but once i click on it to load it just stays on a
black screen and will eventually tell me that an error has occured and stoped
the game from running and will exit the game.
does anyone know what i can do
i tryed doom 2 as well and that wouldnt work either so i think its vista
because the games both work on other computers with xp
On Friday, September 21, 2007 4:14 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6242F8C1-E3E3-4DEA...@microsoft.com...
-A.
thanks for the help
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
Hope that helps!
Mark
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
On Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
Good luck,
Andy
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
thanks
phil
"ronald....@gmail.com" wrote:
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFB97237-364D-4377...@microsoft.com...
..NET Framework are a bunch of system files needed to run some programs
developed with Visual Studio. For future reference, you are probably running
Vista 32-bit version, so the files you want (if you have a choice between
x86 and x64) is x86 files, the X stands for 386, or 486 which was the call
numbers assigned to the old, but popular Intel chips upon which all current
home PCs are based. x64 was invented to indicate that you were using a
64-bit processor. Slightly different, but i digress.
The link above should take you to the Microsoft .NET Framwork 1.1 Service
Pack 1 download page. It's a 10 meg download, run that then try to play
around with DOSBox.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx
Link above is the page before the first link, if it doesn't work there's a
link to .NET Framework 1.1 under Popular Downloads.
If you can't find the file, try google, but only download it from
microsoft.com.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 1:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:EAC79BC3-AEE3-41FD...@microsoft.com...
Oh crap, and you CAN have a 64-bit processor, but still run a 32-bit
operating system. Most people are running 32-bit, so even if you have a
64-bit processor you are more than likely still going to want the 32-bit
(x86) version.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 3:32 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a guy
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a
guy was mounting doom with dosbox
but i have the cd for heroes so by chance does anyone know how i can run
dosbox with heroes 2
thanks
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Monday, October 01, 2007 3:10 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F1B603E-272E-4C90...@microsoft.com...
-A.
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:979EE24F-8CAC-4D1C...@microsoft.com...
DOSBox is a self contained application, when you do things to DOSBox you're
not changing ANYTHING else on your system. It's not like DOSBox is taking
over things on your computer. For all Windows knows it's just another
program running stuff.
As long as you don't delete your C:\Windows folder you'll probably be OK. If
you're really worried about it... read before you do. Make a system Restore
point before you start, just in case. Same pre-cautions you should take when
you install any program onto your computer.
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:15 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
to install the game with dosbox my (\) doesnt work which is really weird also
they only have tutorials for dosbox .60 and the only one i could download is
..72 so im guessing theirs a differents
im stuck once again
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:51 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3811FE38-0561-4A04...@microsoft.com...
OK .72 is just newer than .60 the commands haven't changed really, the
program is still pretty early in life so a lot of bug fixes go in often. Why
your \ key doesn't work could be something to do if you're not using a US
keyboard layout or something. Try to figure out which key it is on your
keyboard, try keys around enter, worse case, copy the \ character from
Good luck...
-A.
ok so i got to step 5 and when i type D: it does nothing it just shows D:\>
instead of C:\> it doesnt show D:\> prompt
so then i still tried to setup up HOMM2 but it says this program cannot be
run in DOS mode
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:14 AM
ronald.phillip wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
Sounds like you have the Windows ver of HOMM 2.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:01 AM
liveasagoa wrote:
if thats the case then how come i cant play it im lost and confused"ronald.
if thats the case then how come i cant play it
im lost and confused
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:40 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8049FD3F-572F-48FF...@microsoft.com...
(--snip--)
Me too, my bad for just assuming you were on a DOS game, I mean Heros of
Might and Magic 2, didn't that come out like "a while back"?
Any reason why you aren't playing HOMM5 or 3? I heard 4 sucked ass, or maybe
it was 3, I can't remember.
DOS Box won't work for you if it's a Windows application, if it is for
Windows then you can just delete DOSBox I guess.
I'll let someone else take over, I have no idea what's going on with this
game.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 6:45 PM
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 9:13 PM
jennifer maryon wrote:
On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 9:20 PM
jennifer maryon wrote:
..
hi,
sorry if this sounds confusing.. im new.. OK i bought the HoMM2 cd... supposed to run for DOS/windows 95
... i did all your guys's steps..
if i mount the drive.. then go
D:/
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE.. it'll let me play a trial multiplayer game bc/ it says i dont have the cd in the disk drive.. which is a load of crap.. it'll try installing but says i have too much space....
so i tried the other way.. i copied the files to a folder in c..
then went
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
d:INSTALL HOMM2CD.. but then it says the file cant be run in DOS..
im stuck is there any help for me?
Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
Composite UI Pattern and RAD Development for Data Entry Applications, Part 1
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/a119aebe-7478-4aaa-b415-12786ec5cf90/composite-ui-pattern-and-rad-development-for-data-entry-applications-part-1.aspx
jennifer maryon
sorry if this sounds confusing.. im new.. OK i bought the HoMM2 cd... supposed to run for DOS/windows 95
... i did all your guys's steps..
if i mount the drive.. then go
D:/
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE.. it'll let me play a trial multiplayer game bc/ it says i dont have the cd in the disk drive.. which is a load of crap.. it'll try installing but says i have too much space....
so i tried the other way.. i copied the files to a folder in c..
then went
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
d:INSTALL HOMM2CD.. but then it says the file cant be run in DOS..
im stuck is there any help for me?
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
08-Oct-07
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:22 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
I can install the game but once i click on it to load it just stays on a
black screen and will eventually tell me that an error has occured and stoped
the game from running and will exit the game.
does anyone know what i can do
i tryed doom 2 as well and that wouldnt work either so i think its vista
because the games both work on other computers with xp
On Friday, September 21, 2007 4:14 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6242F8C1-E3E3-4DEA...@microsoft.com...
-A.
thanks for the help
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
Hope that helps!
Mark
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
On Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
Good luck,
Andy
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
thanks
phil
"ronald....@gmail.com" wrote:
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFB97237-364D-4377...@microsoft.com...
..NET Framework are a bunch of system files needed to run some programs
developed with Visual Studio. For future reference, you are probably running
Vista 32-bit version, so the files you want (if you have a choice between
x86 and x64) is x86 files, the X stands for 386, or 486 which was the call
numbers assigned to the old, but popular Intel chips upon which all current
home PCs are based. x64 was invented to indicate that you were using a
64-bit processor. Slightly different, but i digress.
The link above should take you to the Microsoft .NET Framwork 1.1 Service
Pack 1 download page. It's a 10 meg download, run that then try to play
around with DOSBox.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx
Link above is the page before the first link, if it doesn't work there's a
link to .NET Framework 1.1 under Popular Downloads.
If you can't find the file, try google, but only download it from
microsoft.com.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 1:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:EAC79BC3-AEE3-41FD...@microsoft.com...
Oh crap, and you CAN have a 64-bit processor, but still run a 32-bit
operating system. Most people are running 32-bit, so even if you have a
64-bit processor you are more than likely still going to want the 32-bit
(x86) version.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 3:32 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a guy
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a
guy was mounting doom with dosbox
but i have the cd for heroes so by chance does anyone know how i can run
dosbox with heroes 2
thanks
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Monday, October 01, 2007 3:10 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F1B603E-272E-4C90...@microsoft.com...
-A.
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:979EE24F-8CAC-4D1C...@microsoft.com...
DOSBox is a self contained application, when you do things to DOSBox you're
not changing ANYTHING else on your system. It's not like DOSBox is taking
over things on your computer. For all Windows knows it's just another
program running stuff.
As long as you don't delete your C:\Windows folder you'll probably be OK. If
you're really worried about it... read before you do. Make a system Restore
point before you start, just in case. Same pre-cautions you should take when
you install any program onto your computer.
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:15 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
to install the game with dosbox my (\) doesnt work which is really weird also
they only have tutorials for dosbox .60 and the only one i could download is
..72 so im guessing theirs a differents
im stuck once again
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:51 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3811FE38-0561-4A04...@microsoft.com...
OK .72 is just newer than .60 the commands haven't changed really, the
program is still pretty early in life so a lot of bug fixes go in often. Why
your \ key doesn't work could be something to do if you're not using a US
keyboard layout or something. Try to figure out which key it is on your
keyboard, try keys around enter, worse case, copy the \ character from
Good luck...
-A.
ok so i got to step 5 and when i type D: it does nothing it just shows D:\>
instead of C:\> it doesnt show D:\> prompt
so then i still tried to setup up HOMM2 but it says this program cannot be
run in DOS mode
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:14 AM
ronald.phillip wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
Sounds like you have the Windows ver of HOMM 2.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:01 AM
liveasagoa wrote:
if thats the case then how come i cant play it im lost and confused"ronald.
if thats the case then how come i cant play it
im lost and confused
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:40 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8049FD3F-572F-48FF...@microsoft.com...
(--snip--)
Me too, my bad for just assuming you were on a DOS game, I mean Heros of
Might and Magic 2, didn't that come out like "a while back"?
Any reason why you aren't playing HOMM5 or 3? I heard 4 sucked ass, or maybe
it was 3, I can't remember.
DOS Box won't work for you if it's a Windows application, if it is for
Windows then you can just delete DOSBox I guess.
I'll let someone else take over, I have no idea what's going on with this
game.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 6:45 PM
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 9:13 PM
jennifer maryon wrote:
..
hi,
..
hi,
ASP.NET Providerless Custom Forms Authentication, Roles and Profile with MongoDb
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/27f836b7-2c9e-4942-9712-1c7b901cadcc/aspnet-providerless-custom-forms-authentication-roles-and-profile-with-mongodb.aspx
jennifer maryon
sorry if this sounds confusing.. im new.. OK i bought the HoMM2 cd... supposed to run for DOS/windows 95
... i did all your guys's steps..
if i mount the drive.. then go
D:/
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE.. it'll let me play a trial multiplayer game bc/ it says i dont have the cd in the disk drive.. which is a load of crap.. it'll try installing but says i have too much space....
so i tried the other way.. i copied the files to a folder in c..
then went
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
d:INSTALL HOMM2CD.. but then it says the file cant be run in DOS..
im stuck is there any help for me?
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
08-Oct-07
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:22 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
I can install the game but once i click on it to load it just stays on a
black screen and will eventually tell me that an error has occured and stoped
the game from running and will exit the game.
does anyone know what i can do
i tryed doom 2 as well and that wouldnt work either so i think its vista
because the games both work on other computers with xp
On Friday, September 21, 2007 4:14 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6242F8C1-E3E3-4DEA...@microsoft.com...
-A.
thanks for the help
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
Hope that helps!
Mark
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
On Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7151626-164A-4BC6...@microsoft.com...
Good luck,
Andy
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
thanks
phil
"ronald....@gmail.com" wrote:
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFB97237-364D-4377...@microsoft.com...
..NET Framework are a bunch of system files needed to run some programs
developed with Visual Studio. For future reference, you are probably running
Vista 32-bit version, so the files you want (if you have a choice between
x86 and x64) is x86 files, the X stands for 386, or 486 which was the call
numbers assigned to the old, but popular Intel chips upon which all current
home PCs are based. x64 was invented to indicate that you were using a
64-bit processor. Slightly different, but i digress.
The link above should take you to the Microsoft .NET Framwork 1.1 Service
Pack 1 download page. It's a 10 meg download, run that then try to play
around with DOSBox.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx
Link above is the page before the first link, if it doesn't work there's a
link to .NET Framework 1.1 under Popular Downloads.
If you can't find the file, try google, but only download it from
microsoft.com.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 1:08 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:EAC79BC3-AEE3-41FD...@microsoft.com...
Oh crap, and you CAN have a 64-bit processor, but still run a 32-bit
operating system. Most people are running 32-bit, so even if you have a
64-bit processor you are more than likely still going to want the 32-bit
(x86) version.
On Friday, September 28, 2007 3:32 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a guy
ok so i have dosbox now but how to i run it with heroes i saw a vid were a
guy was mounting doom with dosbox
but i have the cd for heroes so by chance does anyone know how i can run
dosbox with heroes 2
thanks
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Monday, October 01, 2007 3:10 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F1B603E-272E-4C90...@microsoft.com...
-A.
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:979EE24F-8CAC-4D1C...@microsoft.com...
DOSBox is a self contained application, when you do things to DOSBox you're
not changing ANYTHING else on your system. It's not like DOSBox is taking
over things on your computer. For all Windows knows it's just another
program running stuff.
As long as you don't delete your C:\Windows folder you'll probably be OK. If
you're really worried about it... read before you do. Make a system Restore
point before you start, just in case. Same pre-cautions you should take when
you install any program onto your computer.
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:15 PM
liveasagoa wrote:
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
ok so i went to those tutorials which were pretty awesome but when im trying
to install the game with dosbox my (\) doesnt work which is really weird also
they only have tutorials for dosbox .60 and the only one i could download is
..72 so im guessing theirs a differents
im stuck once again
phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:51 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3811FE38-0561-4A04...@microsoft.com...
OK .72 is just newer than .60 the commands haven't changed really, the
program is still pretty early in life so a lot of bug fixes go in often. Why
your \ key doesn't work could be something to do if you're not using a US
keyboard layout or something. Try to figure out which key it is on your
keyboard, try keys around enter, worse case, copy the \ character from
Good luck...
-A.
ok so i got to step 5 and when i type D: it does nothing it just shows D:\>
instead of C:\> it doesnt show D:\> prompt
so then i still tried to setup up HOMM2 but it says this program cannot be
run in DOS mode
-phil
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
On Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:14 AM
ronald.phillip wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
Sounds like you have the Windows ver of HOMM 2.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:01 AM
liveasagoa wrote:
if thats the case then how come i cant play it im lost and confused"ronald.
if thats the case then how come i cant play it
im lost and confused
On Monday, October 08, 2007 12:40 PM
Andy [YaYa] wrote:
Re: I can't play Heroes 2 on vista
"liveasagoat" <livea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8049FD3F-572F-48FF...@microsoft.com...
(--snip--)
Me too, my bad for just assuming you were on a DOS game, I mean Heros of
Might and Magic 2, didn't that come out like "a while back"?
Any reason why you aren't playing HOMM5 or 3? I heard 4 sucked ass, or maybe
it was 3, I can't remember.
DOS Box won't work for you if it's a Windows application, if it is for
Windows then you can just delete DOSBox I guess.
I'll let someone else take over, I have no idea what's going on with this
game.
On Monday, October 08, 2007 6:45 PM
Mark wrote:
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
"Andy [YaYa]" <andro...@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6FAA47AE-0C42-41CF...@microsoft.com...
On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 9:13 PM
jennifer maryon wrote:
..
hi,
..
hi,
..
hi,
Win a free Professional license of CodeSmith Generator 5.2!
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/32aeed64-8518-4bd0-9614-e82b5d3ab3a4/win-a-free-professional-license-of-codesmith-generator-52.aspx
jennifer maryon
so after some tinkering with directx im able to PLAY heroes 2 from cd... but how do i get it to actually install for me?.. you think if itd play it's compatible.. meaning i can install it hahahah
jennifer maryon wrote:
..
04-Aug-10
hi,
sorry if this sounds confusing.. im new.. OK i bought the HoMM2 cd... supposed to run for DOS/windows 95
... i did all your guys's steps..
if i mount the drive.. then go
D:/
HEROES2 SETUP.EXE.. it'll let me play a trial multiplayer game bc/ it says i dont have the cd in the disk drive.. which is a load of crap.. it'll try installing but says i have too much space....
so i tried the other way.. i copied the files to a folder in c..
then went
mount c c:/HOMM2CD
mount d c:/HOMM2CD
d:INSTALL HOMM2CD.. but then it says the file cant be run in DOS..
im stuck is there any help for me?
Previous Posts In This Thread:
Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
AJAX Web Service Driven Customers Table With Customer Details
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/4c3d2726-d99e-4f83-9e49-0d4867b6271a/ajax-web-service-driven-customers-table-with-customer-details.aspx
jennifer maryon
jennifer maryon wrote:
sorry..
05-Aug-10
hey sorry for the six posts... my computer is button happy.
so after some tinkering with directx im able to PLAY heroes 2 from cd... but how do i get it to actually install for me?.. you think if itd play it's compatible.. meaning i can install it hahahah
Previous Posts In This Thread:
Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice