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by MadWolf
Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: BOOT
Replies: 3
Views: 3312

Re: BOOT

are you trying ReactOS on a laptop or a pc?? what make of laptop or pc are you trying ReactOS what are the laptop / pc specifications CPU, GPU, HD type, expansion connector USB/PS2/HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort/VGA a link to the laptop / pc product page for the laptop have a look at this https://reactos.org/...
by MadWolf
Fri Jun 16, 2023 11:58 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: live cd
Replies: 4
Views: 3470

Re: live cd

hi what is the model number of the Toshiba laptop? you are trying to test ReactOS on you will need to go into the bios/UEFI setting of the laptop and enable Legacy Boot the setting may be on the boot tab what are the laptop specifications CPU, GPU, HD type, expansion connector USB/PS2/HDMI/DVI/Displ...
by MadWolf
Sat Jun 03, 2023 1:12 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: x86S
Replies: 4
Views: 3850

Re: x86S

Simplification of instructions, faster execution and cheaper chips. Itanium is incomparable - Intel sought "to force the industry" (and previously with the Intel iAPX 432, originally called 8800 in reference to 8080 and 8008, the "stopgap" to which being the 8086, and the rest i...
by MadWolf
Thu May 18, 2023 9:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: ReactOS Web Hosting
Replies: 10
Views: 9073

Re: ReactOS Web Hosting

hi Code of Conduct 5. Do not resurrect threads that are years old. https://reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3709 but if the op is still interested in running a web server on ReactOS as long as it is a local server and not acceptable from the web and the OP backup any data and can get the so...
by MadWolf
Wed May 10, 2023 10:06 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Unable to boot in VirtualBox.
Replies: 5
Views: 3682

Re: Unable to boot in VirtualBox.

These are the VirtualBox settings I use Name: ReactOS Note this can be whatever you want to name the VM Type: Microsoft Windows Version: Windows 2003 (32-bit) base Memory: 512 MB Processors: 1 Hard Disk Size min 4GB Note Reactos takes up about 2GB of hard drive space it is a bit less than 2GB the bi...
by MadWolf
Sat May 06, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: reactos and modern windows?
Replies: 12
Views: 4842

Re: reactos and modern windows?

when windowsxp expired, reactos lost a big chance by being not ready. seems that win10 is about to expire. Windows 10 will reach the end of support on October 14, 2025, but this may get extended according to the Steam hardware survey of April 2023 windows 10 has a market share of 61.21%, and Window...
by MadWolf
Thu May 04, 2023 12:26 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Software testing requests.
Replies: 3
Views: 3861

Re: Software testing requests.

hi
I have a spreadsheet with information on Software I have tested but the information is old and out-of-date and I need to update it and find a way to make it simpler to read
by MadWolf
Wed May 03, 2023 11:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Run Dragon Naturally Speaking ver 9
Replies: 2
Views: 2970

Re: Run Dragon Naturally Speaking ver 9

Hi All.... I can't run my DNS for Windows on W10 so I wondered if anyone has enjoyed success it on ReactOS? Thank you. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 https://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5139/~/system-requirements-for-dragon-naturallyspeaking-9 it looks like it may run on ReactOS but it ...
by MadWolf
Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:29 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Unable to boot in VirtualBox.
Replies: 5
Views: 3682

Re: Unable to boot in VirtualBox.

hi what version of VirtualBox are you using what is the VirtualBox configuration for the VM what operating system is your host system running what version of ReactOS are you testing ReactOS is still in the alpha stage, meaning it is not feature-complete and is recommended only for evaluation and tes...
by MadWolf
Fri Apr 21, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Black screen of death
Replies: 13
Views: 6126

Re: Black screen of death

If your computer can run XP, then it has a fighting chance of being able to run ReactOS. A lot of generation 6 processors don't really want to run Win 7 let alone XP. The hardware might be too new. What is your reason for selecting ReactOS? I just want to use it. It sounds like a good OS to run! I ...
by MadWolf
Fri Apr 07, 2023 1:32 am
Forum: Support
Topic: QEMU and seamless mouse support
Replies: 2
Views: 4656

Re: QEMU and seamless mouse support

hi
what os are you using? there may be a frontend for Qemu that has this option but I do not know I do not use Qemu
by MadWolf
Fri Apr 07, 2023 1:19 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Black screen of death
Replies: 13
Views: 6126

Re: Black screen of death

hi have you tested Nightly builds on this computer? https://reactos.org/getbuilds/ the problem may be the GPU is not supported or the computer is too new for Reactos to run on you will have better look with a computer released roundabout the same time as xp you can try creating a USB RAM) boot and u...
by MadWolf
Fri Apr 07, 2023 12:53 am
Forum: Support
Topic: video driver failed to initialize blue screen?
Replies: 11
Views: 6750

Re: video driver failed to initialize blue screen?

hi ReactOS 0.4.14 is out of date build you will be better off testing Nightly builds
by MadWolf
Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Replacement installation
Replies: 4
Views: 4409

Re: Replacement installation

hi if you were trying to upgrade a Windows XP install to ReactOS then you may have more luck but not all software may work
ReactOS is still in the alpha stage, meaning it is not feature-complete and is recommended only for evaluation and testing purposes
by MadWolf
Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: [Printers] Please add CUPS server to ReactOS
Replies: 4
Views: 4014

Re: [Printers] Please add CUPS server to ReactOS

hi this may be of interest https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2844819/cups-server-compiled-for-windows Is there a version of the CUPS server available for Windows? Since some time there is a project called ippsample on GitHub. It's slowly approaching a mature version 1.0 release. Here are the first...