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Re: Windows 7 64bit |
Mon, 30 May 2011 14:38 |
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Xolarix | | Civilian | Messages: 1
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Greetings,
I'm new to this forum, and I signed up as I had a little question about Stars on my Win7 64bit Professional laptop.
I put in the cdrom, and get a little screen with my serial key and a button for the setup... but I get an error when clicking on that button.
Now I've done some research and found this forum and thread, and found that this is because the 64 bit version of windows doesn't support 16 bit stuff anymore. Too bad, but not very surprising (keep on movin' forward.)
So I've downloaded the DOSbox and got it to work. I can play Stars! now, but unfortunately, it's the old version of Stars that I got for DOSbox.
My cdrom has the newer version of the game, which is a little bit more pleasing to the eye. So I'd like to know if it's perhaps possible to replace the old game that I currently run on DOSbox with the new version that I have myself.
I also heard something about virtual PC with windows XP mode or something... I hope that if I download that, I only get a windows XP version running on my computer, and not replace my windows 7 operating system with windows XP, right?
And then if I'm right and I can safely use it without endangering my 64 bit programs; can I use this virtual PC with windows XP to install Stars! from the cdrom?
I hope someone's still active here to answer my question XD
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Re: Windows 7 64bit |
Mon, 30 May 2011 14:49 |
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Xolarix wrote on Tue, 31 May 2011 00:08 |
So I've downloaded the DOSbox and got it to work. I can play Stars! now, but unfortunately, it's the old version of Stars that I got for DOSbox.
My cdrom has the newer version of the game, which is a little bit more pleasing to the eye. So I'd like to know if it's perhaps possible to replace the old game that I currently run on DOSbox with the new version that I have myself.
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Xolarix wrote on Tue, 31 May 2011 00:08 |
I also heard something about virtual PC with windows XP mode or something... I hope that if I download that, I only get a windows XP version running on my computer, and not replace my windows 7 operating system with windows XP, right?
And then if I'm right and I can safely use it without endangering my 64 bit programs; can I use this virtual PC with windows XP to install Stars! from the cdrom?
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Greetings Xolarix, plenty of oldtimers still around and plenty of fresh blood too
1. The cdrom might just look like a new version, but I'm sure dosbox has 2.7jrc4 as well.
Dosbox's star version does feel "uncomfortable" to use though.. if you've gotten used to playing stars on Win XP etc.
2. Virtual Pc works fantastic, but you need to get a rip/cd-clone of Win XP along with a serial key (Genuine or ripped) for it to boot.
Let me explain it this ways.
The virtual Pc is your desktop without an operating system.
You need to have an install CD of WIN 95 / ME / Xp or even Vista to play stars on it.
3. I'm sure you'll get more help from other users.
Regards,
Nmid.
I know my minefields.. but I'm a chaff sweeper.
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Re: Windows 7 64bit |
Mon, 12 December 2011 20:41 |
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beanspoon | | Chief Warrant Officer 3 | Messages: 182
Registered: June 2008 | |
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If anyone's still having problems with this, I've started a topic here that explains how I got around the problem and hopefully will help you too.
[Updated on: Sat, 14 January 2012 21:52] by Moderator
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Re: Windows 7 64bit |
Wed, 29 February 2012 10:20 |
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I have Windos 7 64bit Home basic. I tried DosBox and it worked. However I took nmid's advice and tried Oracle Virtual Machine
(Thanks nmid for the links)..much better for UI and playing stars.
But you will need a copy of windows xp and serial number.
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Re: Windows 7 64bit |
Wed, 29 August 2012 11:10 |
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Pordy | | Crewman 3rd Class | Messages: 4
Registered: August 2012 | |
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I know the dropbox, but i dont talk from dropbox:)
I tried the DOSbox emulator, to start the 16 bit Stars in 64 bit ultimate windows 7.
I want ask from you a detailed guide to play this game in win64 (whit multiplayer) from the beginning.
How can i use the virtualmachine etc. im not a stupid technical impotent:) (but my friends are:D ) and i want play whit those:)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit |
Wed, 29 August 2012 12:36 |
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BeeKeeper | | Officer Cadet 1st Year | Messages: 214
Registered: December 2007 Location: Devon, UK, GMT | |
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Sorry, must get new glasses - I read it as DropBox not DosBox.
Hopefully someone will come along to answer your question but there is an alternative to getting Stars! running on Win7 although it does not work on all versions. However, you have a one of the right versions. What you could do is install virtual XP, which is a free download from Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
It is a big download but after you have installed it you can open a window which is just like XP and install Stars! as you would with an XP computer. The screen will look a bit like this: [img] http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8030/7888289904_9c158b71ef_c.j pg[/img] Which is a screen shot of my PC with the XP window running.
Many players with Win7 are using the virtual XP instead of DosBox.
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Re: Windows 7 64bit |
Sun, 25 November 2012 09:03 |
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craebild | | Lieutenant | Messages: 568
Registered: December 2003 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark | |
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Hi,
I just got myself a new PC with Windows 7 Pro (no sense trying to play with Windows 8, that is only a month old), and got Stars! to run fine in Windows Virtual Machine XP mode
But that brings me to the next problem, how do I make sure the Stars! turns are backed up ?
I don't want to back up the entire virtual machine, that is 20 GB now and may grow larger, I just want to back up the new/changed files of ongoing games.
XP mode can see the drives of the Windows 7 environment, so I could just copy the files manually before making the backup, but I would prefer an automated process.
Do any of you have any ideas for that ?
Med venlig hilsen / Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Christian Ræbild / Christian Raebild
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