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I have Win95b and the AD&D Masterpiece collection and the D&D/AD&D Fantasy
Fest collection. I would drop down to DOS mode, install from CD-ROM, and
sure as shit, couldn't get anything to run. It was one thing or another. One
game couldn't find my mouse, couple couldn't find my soundcard, several
games had memory problems.

The CURE for me which made all 10 games run without a hitch:

First, I did not drop to DOS to install. I let Win95 do it for me.  I used
the start button and run. I browsed to the CD drive and ran the install
command/batch file from there. Each of the game installs were pretty
similar. Some still had a problem locating my soundcard but I was able to
manually input the IRQ and DMA.

Second, I closed out the DOS window that Win95 created. I then created a
shortcut on the start menu. You do this by right-clicking on the task-bar,
left-clicking on properties, left-clicking on start menu programs,  and
left-clicking on the add button. From there, I just followed the directions.

No more memory problems, no more mouse problems, no more soundcard problems.
All games run great from the shortcut and no dual-booting. I have yet to try
Doom2 this way though. I also have not tried any modem games this way
either. So, take this with a grain of salt.

Graham Goring wrote:

> Windows 95 & 98 are loathe to give up any of the base memory and you'll
> find this is a real problem with older games, your best bet is to either
> set up a dual boot or (as I did) but an old 486DX66, which is brilliant
> as I can now play co-op Doom 2 and the like in my bedroom with a friend
> sitting next to me. Really makes it work because of the covering your
> friends back angle. Brilliant fun.
>
> However, back to the subject of dual-boots. I'm not sure how easy it
> is with Windows 98, tbh, but version B of W95 was a right bastard to
> try it on (hence my purchase of a 486).
>
> Graham Goring