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Difficulty viewing Media programs
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I have a media program on five CDs which I find I cannot view.
I'm running Windows XP Professional.
When I run the first CD it installs several files after making changes to config.sys and win.ini files.
When I click 'open' I get the message "Can't run 16 bit Windows program----- an application has attempted to directly access the hard disk, which cannot be supported. This may cause the application to function incorrectly. Choose close to terminate.
I have 256 Mb of memory.
My system directory says I'm running windows 32.
Can anyone help.
I'm running Windows XP Professional.
When I run the first CD it installs several files after making changes to config.sys and win.ini files.
When I click 'open' I get the message "Can't run 16 bit Windows program----- an application has attempted to directly access the hard disk, which cannot be supported. This may cause the application to function incorrectly. Choose close to terminate.
I have 256 Mb of memory.
My system directory says I'm running windows 32.
Can anyone help.
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Originally Posted by Jim Sharpe
... I get the message "Can't run 16 bit Windows program ... I'm running windows 32...
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You can't run a 16 program in a 32 enviroment. You probably can, but try to google it.
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So if I can't run A 16 bit prog in a 32 bit environment is there any way I can change the environment. Sorry if this sounds naive.
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You can change the environment ... by changing the operating system. If it's that important to you, dual boot Windows XP with an older version of Windows that has 16-bit support.
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Originally Posted by Jim Sharpe
I have a media program on five CDs which I find I cannot view.
I'm running Windows XP Professional.
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Originally Posted by Jim Sharpe
When I run the first CD it installs several files after making changes to config.sys and win.ini files.
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