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The Vistaapro demo uses several state of the art technologies that have not
been fully standardized in the PC industry. There are a few hardware
and software configurations that can cause problems with this Vistapro demo.
This trouble-shooting guide may help you if you are having problems
installing or running the Vistapro demo.
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Symptom:
You are running QEMM's memory manager. When you try to start
Vistapro demo you get a message saying that "Previously installed
software is neither VCPI nor DPMI compatible".
Fix:
In your CONFIG.SYS file, on the line that loads QEMM, there is
probably the NOEMS switch. If you replace this switch with
FRAME=NONE. The Vistapro demo will now run properly.
You might consider upgrading to Microsoft's DOS 6.0. DOS's new
memory manager has most of the benefits of QEMM, has many other
enhancements, and no conflicts with Vistapro or the demo.
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Symptom:
You are running an old version of 386MAX. When you try to
start Vistapro demo you get a message saying that "Previously
installed software is neither VCPI nor DPMI compatible". or
your computer crashes.
Fix:
Old versions of 386MAX are not compatible with programs that
run in protected mode. You will have to upgrade to a newer
version of 386MAX.
You might consider upgrading to Microsoft's DOS 6.0 instead.
DOS's new memory manager has most of the benefits of 386MAX,
has many other enhancements, and no conflicts with Vistapro or the
demo.
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Symptom:
You are running a recent version of 386MAX. When you try to
start Vistapro demo you get a message saying that "Previously
installed software is neither VCPI nor DPMI compatible", or
your computer crashes.
Fix:
You may have 386MAX configured with the NOFRAME switch. If you
change NOFRAME to EMS=0 Vistapro demo will run properly.
You might consider upgrading to Microsoft's DOS 6.0 instead.
DOS's new memory manager has most of the benefits of 386MAX,
has many other enhancements, and no conflicts with Vistapro or the
demo.
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Symptom:
When you start the Vistapro demo you get a message that says something
similar to "Not ready reading drive X, Abort, Retry, Fail?"
Fix:
When Vistapro demo starts up, the virtual memory manager searches
all drives for free space. It places it's virtual memory swap
file on the drive with the most free space in order to provide
you with as much virtual memory as possible. If you have a
CD-ROM or other removable media drive (Syquest cartridges,
Bernoulli box, etc) and there is no media present in the drive,
DOS prints this error message when Vistapro demo tries to examine
it. You can force Vistapro demo to create the swap file in a
particular place rather than search through the drives by
setting environmental variable VTMP. Before running the Vistapro demo
you should type:
SET VTMP=C:\
or
SET VTMP=D:\
or
SET VTMP=C:\TEMP
This will force the Vistapro demo to create it's temporary swap file in
the root directory of drive C, the root of drive D, or in the
subdirectory C:\TEMP, respectively. Once you have done this
Vistapro demo will not search through all your drives and you wont
get the "Abort, Retry, Fail" message. You may set VTMP to any
valid hard disk/directory although we recommend using the disk
with the most free space. You may want to add the assignment
to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, or Vistapro demo's GO.BAT file so it is
done automatically.
Alternatively you can simply select the "Fail" option (with
some versions of DOS it's "Continue" instead) and Vistapro demo will
continue to run.
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Symptom:
When you run Vistapro demo, you cannot access ANY of the VESA
graphics modes. You can only render to VGA 320x200. Please note
that the demo is intentionally limited to 640x480.
Fix:
You don't have a VESA driver loaded. Vistapro demo requires a VESA
driver for anything other than 320x200. Contact the
manufacturer of your SVGA card, or the dealer who sold you
your computer. They should be able to supply you a VESA
driver. VESA drivers are also available on-line from
Compuserve and VRLI's BBS system. On VRLI's BBS system look
in the section entitled "IBM drivers and utilities". You
will need a comm program that supports on of the popular
file transfer protocols -- XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM, etc.
Different cards require different VESA drivers. You need to
know the manufacturer and model number of your SVGA card to
determine which VESA driver you need. For detailed information on
the VESA modes supported by your card, download the file: VESAINFO.LZH.
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Symptom:
Vistapro demo lets you select a VESA mode but rendering to that
mode results in garbage or otherwise incorrect images.
Fix:
Some VESA drivers improperly indicate to Vistapro demo that they
support certain of the VESA modes even though the hardware
doesn't. You simply will not be able to use those modes.
Sometimes a newer VESA driver will fix the problem. It may
also be possible that your monitor does not support some of
the higher resolution modes.
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Symptom:
Vistapro demo runs out of memory while running in a DOS session
under OS/2. It aborts.
Fix:
Default DOS sessions under OS/2 are only allowed 2MB of DPMI
memory. Many settings of VP3 require more than this. You need
to increase the DPMI memory limit of the DOS session.
1) From the OS/2 program manager, right-click on the full screen
DOS session icon from which you will be starting
Vistapro demo.
2) Select the Open-->Settings menu item.
3) Select the Session tab.
4) Press the DOS Settings button.
4) Scroll down the settings list until you locate the.
DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT option. Left-click on it.
5) Set the value slider to 128 (megabytes). This assures that
Vistapro demo will always be able to get as much memory as
it needs -- assuming your hardware has enough memory
and/or hard disk space. Setting this value too high
won't hurt.
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Symptom:
Vistapro demo crashes while running under OS/2 2.0.
Fix:
There are some bugs in OS/2 2.0 when running protected mode
programs like Vistapro demo. You may need to install IBM's
"service pack" upgrade. Or you can upgrade to OS/2 2.1 if it
is shipping by the time you read this.
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