computer experts: ntkern

[PokerPacker]

i'm running on windows ME :shot: and i've been trying to get a fairly old game to run properly on it. its an MSDOS game, and about 15-20 seconds into the game, either it flashes black, and then back to the game, or a series of blue error screens come up. either way, when it comes back the sound does not work. i have the set up on the correct IRQ (otherwise it wouldn't work in the first place)

the error messages (blue screen of death) i get are as follows

ERROR:06:0028:0000000B

NTkern(01) + 0000EECC error OE:0028:C002EFDC

OE:0028:EF6FF000

any help?

[Leonard Washington]

i don't think you have a real ms dos shell so i think its ever going to work correctly.

i'm no expert but your best bet would be to get win95 dual boot.

[SkinsNumberOne]

Are you sure the error is ERROR:06:0028:0000000B?

And not ERROR:06:0028:0000000C?

just kidding. Actually the main things I can suggest are:

1 - getting a new OS since Windows ME sucks. I think in terms of DOS emulation, though, it's supposed to be better than purely NT-based OSes (NT versions, Win2k)

2 - updating drivers on your hardware (video cards, sound cards, etc)

[oriolesfan93p]

You could always set up a Dos dual boot... if you are that into it. The other thing would be to load Win 98, ME was just total crap.....

[ntotoro]

What's the game? Most likely, there may be sites out there discussing how to deal with possible compatibility issue among the different versions of Windows. Like a few others have said, you may be best off trying to play the game in DOS.

[PokerPacker]

yeah, i thought that would be the suggestions. i was just hoping that someone actually knew how to correct it. and yes, ME is complete crap.

[PokerPacker]

What's the game? Most likely, there may be sites out there discussing how to deal with possible compatibility issue among the different versions of Windows. Like a few others have said, you may be best off trying to play the game in DOS.

i already checked for a way to fix it, but i guess no one else has been dumb enough to try to run it on ME.

[herrmag]

Sorry dude, no help here. IF I get the blue screen of death, it's usually a severe driver issue, but it doesn't sound like that's a possibility. And you're absolutely sure you haven't installed any new hardware or software just prior to installing this game?

EDIT: If I get some free time later, I'll try to look up those specific error codes, and post anything that I find out.

[PokerPacker]

Sorry dude, no help here. IF I get the blue screen of death, it's usually a severe driver issue, but it doesn't sound like that's a possibility. And you're absolutely sure you haven't installed any new hardware or software just prior to installing this game?

EDIT: If I get some free time later, I'll try to look up those specific error codes, and post anything that I find out.

i've played around with video cards, but i doubt that has anything to do with it. i installed this game before on another computer, and sound never worked. i read somewhere that NTKERN is a VxD file located in VMM32.