AndyJack Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Have been using XP for a while just haven't ask for help on this subject. I have 2 programs I bought when I used Win 95. They installed and runfine on XP except for this:1. The program opens and runs but the desktop window only uses about1/2 of the screen. Since both these have a lot of graphics (photos) thatlimits the size of images and text.2. I've tried every version of Program Compatibility and I've changethe screen resolution but nothing changes. There are no corner tabsto stretch the desktop.3. I really like these programs and would like to be able to run themusing full screen. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhatcc Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 have you tried running them in 640x480 res? its an option under the program>properties>compatibility and should be a check box in there for 640x480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Any ideas?YES.http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollar...no-answers.html Expanding on the given proper answer above, I have one for the moment:why don't you post the name of those programs?Maybe some user has them working, or maybe there is a later version avialable that works on XP.You would take a lot of guessing work out of the equation, and probably get better answers.Check against "I'm ill, doctor. Help!":http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollar...ard-litany.htmljaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJack Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Follow up to problem.1. I have changed the screen setting both using Program Compatbility and also at the program properties. This doesn't help.2 The two programs are: (1) North American Birds-Peterson Multimedia Guide by Simon & Shuster (2) Wings Saigon to Persian Gulf by Discovery Channel Multimedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 These are likely DOS-based apps that use VESA resolutions that aren't supported in Windows anymore (this was a common problem when XP released). You will not be able to get these full screen without using a Win9x VM inside XP (maybe under Virtual PC 2007 or VMWare). XP doesn't support odd VESA resolutions like DOS/Win9x did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Use a Virtual Machine and install Win95 inside.VirtualPC or VirtualBox. Both freeware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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