Running DOS-based Programs in Vista

Submitted by rahul on September 14, 2009 - 4:41pm

A very common requirement of Students, is running 16-bit DOS-based programs in Windows Vista (For professionals, 16-bit DOS has been long obsolete).

Although, I do not recommend the 2 methods I am mentioning below for running 16-bit DOS-based programs in Vista in full screen mode, still you can safely use them if you need to.

  1. Use DOS box - DOS box setup is attached with this Post below. You can find instructions on how to use it here.
  2. Tweak Vista itself without needing any add-on installation. Instructions are available here.

You can find the setup of DOS Box attached with this Post.

Downloads: 
Software
AttachmentSize
File DOSBox0.72-win32-installer.exe1.2 MB
  • Share this
  • Email this page

Comments

Tamouh (not verified)

June 6, 2010 - 9:21am

This is a great tip, but two things to add:

1. 16-bit apps do not work on 64-bit Vista/7

2. In some DOS applications you can only get Full Screen to work by changing the Video Adapter type in Device Manager to the Standard VGA driver from Microsoft.

barcelona (not verified)

July 23, 2014 - 12:59am

Hello there, I found your site via Google whilst looking for a similar subject, your site came up, it appears to be like great. I've bookmarked it in my google bookmarks. Hi there, simply turned into aware of your weblog thru Google, and found that it's truly informative. I'm going to watch out for brussels. I will be grateful when you proceed this in future. Numerous other folks shall be benefited from your writing. Cheers!

Wikipedia has m... (not verified)

August 4, 2014 - 6:00am

Way cool! Some extremely valid points! I appreciate you writing this article and also the rest of the website iis lso really good.

Detroit Michigan law (not verified)

September 2, 2014 - 4:17pm

Whenn I originally left a comment I seem tto have clicked on the -Notify mme wheen new comments are added- checkbox and now whenever a comment is added I receivee 4 emaios with tthe exact same comment. Is there an easy method you are able to remove me from that service? Thanks!

rahul's picture

rahul

September 2, 2014 - 6:15pm

Can you try registering on the site with the same email id, you should have that option in your user panel.

Get (not verified)

July 26, 2014 - 8:00pm

Hmm iis anyone else experiencing problems with the images on this blog loading? I'm trying to find out if its a problem on my end or iif it's the blog. Anny suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

rahul's picture

rahul

July 27, 2014 - 7:06pm

Hmmm.. I just checked, images are loading fine on the site. Can you please re-verify.

vidyoubank.com (not verified)

September 2, 2014 - 5:08am

I was wondering if you ever considered changing the structure of your blog? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say. But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having one or two pictures. Maybe you could space it out better?

rahul's picture

rahul

September 2, 2014 - 10:10am

Hi there.. thanks for your feedback but I think I would keep it as is for now :)
The quantum of text and images I see in a blog post depends upon the context of the post and I do try to use images wherever feasible for better visualization. 

keystone (not verified)

August 4, 2014 - 3:54am

Great article, exactly what I needed.

Vicky (not verified)

August 5, 2014 - 10:29am

Thanks on your marvelous posting! I truhly enjoyed reaqding it, you could be a great author.I will ensure that I bookmark yolur blo and may come back down thhe road. I want to encourage you to continue your great writing, have a nice day!

Toronto contractors (not verified)

September 4, 2014 - 5:23pm

Hey this is kinda of off topic but I was wondering if blogs
use WYSIWYG editors or if you have to manually
code with HTML. I'm starting a blog soon but have
no coding know-how so I wanted to get advice from someone with experience.
Any help would be enormously appreciated!

Here is my web-site ... Toronto contractors