Virtual PC Problem

[WeirdEars]

Whenever I try and load Windows 1.01 on Virtual PC 2004, there's a lot of beeping and the screen goes all weird. Then it goes back to DOS 6.22...Can anyone here help me?

[CptMurphy]

I'm pretty sure virtual pc doesn't support anything below win3.1

[WeirdEars]

I'm pretty sure virtual pc doesn't support anything below win3.1

I've heard that other people have done it though...

[TravisO]

Did you install SP1 for VPC2004? It's mandatory for proper Win 3.11 & DOS support. Obviously the DOS support is an important groundwork for Win 1/2/3

Edited February 15, 2006 by travisowens

[WeirdEars]

DOS 6.x causes Windows 1.01 to generate strange garbage.

I suppose that's why...I'm running Dos 6.22 on my Virtual machine

EDIT: Got it working without the beeping. Sadly, no mouse support

Edited February 15, 2006 by WeirdEars

[CptMurphy]

That's proabably your mouse that isn't supported. Try using an older PS2 mouse if you have one around. Or maybe even a COM mouse.

[LLXX]

Win 1.01 doesn't need to be run in a virtual PC, because it's a DOS program. It'll run under a DOSbox in 98 or XP.

Same thing with Win 2.03.

[TravisO]

Win 1.01 doesn't need to be run in a virtual PC, because it's a DOS program. It'll run under a DOSbox in 98 or XP.

I'm guessing you're not a VPC user, it's much cleaner to run these within VPC because VPC lets you use generic hardware, where as there might not be good video/sound/motherboard/NIC/etc support in Win 3.x/2.x etc. When it comes to true "playing" or software testing, you need a pure enviroment which is only something VPC will give you. VPC allows things like controlling the HD size, the ram size, etc. You can't do any of that in DosBox.

Dosbox and VPC have two TOTALLY DIFFERENT USES. Dosbox is great for playing your old games or apps with limited support of accessing your current NTFS drive. VPC is for using an OS in a true, self contained virtual session.

PS: I currently have a DOS 6.22 and Win 3.11 setup in VPC.