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jkemp@cts.com (James E. Kemp) wrote:

>hlamuth@infinet.com (Henry LaMuth) wrote:

>>Jim----I think its Jim: the headers on the messages and replies are
>>confusing, but it seem that Jim is the poster I am replying to
>><G>....Thanks for the quick response. .I will be a day or so getting
>>to the suggestions you gave me. I have replaced the autoexec and
>>config in the new dos configuration windows and I thought I set the
>>switches. Seems as if the pif is not being seen. It exists, because I
>>found it in the correct windows subdirectory, but the program doesn't
>>seem to be accessing it through the shortcut. That's why I am sure I
>>have missed a step somewhere.

>>Henry

>Hi Henry,

>You may want to check that "MS DOS MODE" is check and NOT "suggest"
>and also specify new config and autoexec is selected or the system
>will not look at the files you just created, but instead look at yout
>orginal configuration files, or if the program can run in a window or
>full screen it could be trying to load the dosstart file. You call
>tell when it is using the new configuration files because your system
>will restart. Not just go out to a DOS session. 

>Tell which driver won't load when selecting this porgram and what is
>the name of the dos program you are tring to start?

>If it's the CD-ROM Creative Labs has, they have written a new file
>name CTLOAD on the new drivers disk that will allow you to load .SYS
>drivers from the dosstart.bat file.

>It would look something like this:

>(THIS IS ALL ONE LINE, THE MAIL READER MAY WRAP IT===>)
>C:\PROGRA~1\SBCD\DOSDRV\CTLOAD.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\SBCD\DOSDRV\SBIDE.SYS
>/D:MSCD001 /P:170,15
>C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /D:MSCD001 /M:10 /V 
>C:\SYNTOUCH\SYNTOUCH.EXE

>Both these lines have to be in the DOSSTART.BAT file. You loose
>conventional memory this way though. Also, Henry i only use custom
>config.sys and autoexec.bat when I run into a program that gives me a
>warning message that the program has to run in real DOS mode.    

>James


James, I will look into the creative labs file you mentioned. Also, I
may be the culprit in my system not acting correctly. If I look at the
properties for the programs in question....and right now there are two
games I am trying to set up for my daughter that are pure dos mode
programs.....I have to set a command line. What should it be? It
cannot be the custom pif. What do I put in there?

Here is the real problem: in order for the sound to work, I have to
use a utility from Creative Labs to actually get the game to recognize
the settings. For some reason, it will not see the settings I put in
the autoexec.bat, but the little utility resets things. It is part of
my bat file for involking the game executable, in this case, the beast
within. This must be a common problem or the utility wouldn't exist. 

Henry