Changes between Version 60 and Version 61 of User_FAQ

Timestamp:

Jan 11, 2008 9:40:29 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Michael Thayer

Comment:

Added information about SciTech Display Doctor for Win98

User_FAQ

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 == High CPU load while running Windows 98 ==
- * That is a problem of Win98. This guest is not executing the 'hlt' instruction when idle. Download and install rain20 from
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+ * Windows 98 does not execute the 'hlt' instruction, which temporarily turns off the CPU, when it has no work to do. Download and install rain20 from
 http://www.benchtest.com/downloads/index.html.
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+== Poor graphical output in Windows 98 ==
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+ * Unlike more modern systems, Windows 98 does not come with a driver which will work with the !VirtualBox graphics card, so it falls back to using it as a 16 color VGA card.  While innotek do not provide Guest Additions for Windows 98, the Display Doctor suite, by the company !SciTech does contain a driver which will allow you to use higher color and resolution graphics modes.  Please note that neither innotek nor !SciTech support nor accept liability for the use of this suite.
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+ You can download the installation program for Display Doctor [http://www.scitechsoft.com/ftp/sdd/sdd653-w.exe here] and the activation codes [http://www.scitechsoft.com/ftp/sdd/regcodes.txt here].
 
 == Linux guests ==