Kaspersky: "Vista less secure than XP"

JKelley
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ZippyV wrote:

Xaero_Vincent wrote:

DarthVista wrote: Because then there will be millions of disappointed little children who can no longer play "DOS" games like Commander Keen.

Umm.. you must have not tried playing any DOS games on Vista. NTVDM is totally crap now that it won't even lock video memory properly for full-screen DOS games.

No King's Quest VI, Hero's Quest, Fifa Soccer w/ sweet intro music...

FreeDOS? I dunno... I'll guess I'll try when Vista comes; two months shipping period is awesome!

Or Stunts.

I've had good luck with DOSBox on Vista so far. The recently re-released Space Quest collection runs fine as long as I set the compatibility information correctly. I haven't tried Quest for Glory (Hero's Quest) again but I can give it a shot later.

Bas
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JKelley wrote:
I've had good luck with DOSBox on Vista so far. The recently re-released Space Quest collection runs fine as long as I set the compatibility information correctly. I haven't tried Quest for Glory (Hero's Quest) again but I can give it a shot later.

I can run all 5 QFG's in DOSBox on Vista. QFG5 still gives some trouble at times, but at least it runs most of the time.

Jhaks

JKelley wrote:

ZippyV wrote:

Xaero_Vincent wrote:

DarthVista wrote: Because then there will be millions of disappointed little children who can no longer play "DOS" games like Commander Keen.

Umm.. you must have not tried playing any DOS games on Vista. NTVDM is totally crap now that it won't even lock video memory properly for full-screen DOS games.

No King's Quest VI, Hero's Quest, Fifa Soccer w/ sweet intro music...

FreeDOS? I dunno... I'll guess I'll try when Vista comes; two months shipping period is awesome!

Or Stunts.

I've had good luck with DOSBox on Vista so far. The recently re-released Space Quest collection runs fine as long as I set the compatibility information correctly. I haven't tried Quest for Glory (Hero's Quest) again but I can give it a shot later.

I LOVE SPACE QUEST. BEST GAME SERIES EVER.

the_sombrero_kid

I'd say you're compleatly right there, but the old code hasn't been rewritten for a reason it's been in the public domain for a long time and no cost worthy problems have been associated to it, so even though the coding practices applied where bad it stands to reason that it doesn't need to be rewritten until someone finds an exploit or it breaks something.