Bill:
Here's a possible "tweak" that might
help Fractint in WXP.
There's a very interesting setting that I found on
my Win95/98 Fractint Dos Box "Properties" window. Right click your Fractint Dos
Box, click Properties > Program (tab) > Advanced (radial
button). Check out all the different Dos Modes and configurations that you can
set your Dos box to. I partuclarily like
the "Prevent MS-DOS-based programs from detecting Windows".
There are also other specific custom DOS configurations that can also be
set.
Hmmmm methinks this is the area to really look
into......
All the best,
Tony
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Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:09
PM
Subject: [Fractint] Re: Fractint and
Windows XP
Dave/Tony,
I just wanted to clear up some confusion
in case others are trying to solve problems following this
discussion.
Tony, you had asked me:
What are your default desktop video settings when in Windows XP?
You can determine that by right-clicking your mouse on a blank part of your
standard desktop and then clicking your "settings" tab. Is there a
possibility in XP that you can't exceed the default video settings of your
desktop? i.e. if your default video settings are at 640x480 you can't access
800x600, also check the settings of your Fractint.exe "Dos
box".
I replied:
My screen resolution in XP is set
at 800 x 600 so that can't be it. I looked at the settings of the DOS
box. The only setting I can see that directly addresses resolution is on
the Compatability tab. There is a box to check off that says "Run in 640 x 480
screen resolution." I have it unchecked. (I've tried it both ways
and it doesn't change anything.)
The memory settings of the DOS box are
set at the defaults. Per Steven Hessler's info posted here last week,
these shouldn't matter.
My screen colors are set to 32 bit, btw.
I'm still playing around with the DOS box settings, but I haven't found any
that make a difference.
Bill