Vortex Swirling wrote:
Is there anyway to run Fractint as a background process in XP? That is, when I minimize fractint, is there any way to make it not pause until I maximize it again?<<<
You are lucky that it runs in XP at all. I can run it in XP, but only at 320x200 or 360x480. Different people have reported better luck with different video cards, but the only way I know to do what you want is to run Virtual PC. Microsoft recently bought Virtual PC from Connectix and just released 'Microsoft Virtual PC 2004' (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/). I am running the last Connectix version and I don't know what Microsoft has changed. Anyway, Virtual PC emulates hardware in software (using DirectX) therefore allowing you to run other operating systems on top of Windows, e.g. DOS, OS/2, Linux, etc. I can run Fractint, as well as several DOS games, in a window or full screen on XP. There are 2 problems with it however. First, fractint runs quite a bit slower than in native DOS. Second, Virtual PC is expensive, about $120.00, although you can download a fully functional 45 day free trial. Actually, they lowered the price - Connectix charged $200. Nick