Does QuickView Pro for DOS run under Windows XP and NT?
Only with limitations. You must open a DOS full screen session. Some video drivers have bugs with the VESA support. If you only see color garbage or a black screen (because the monitor doesn’t synchronize any more) then use a fixed screen resolution that works either by using the -Rx parameter (look at qv.txt for details) or by choosing the resolution in the menu with the “+” key. Example: QV -R2 will use 640×480 as screen resolution which works with many graphics chips. Sound however is still a problem under Windows XP and NT. You can try VDMSound, a soundcard emulator for MS Windows NT/2000 DOS boxes. The DOSBox project might also be worth to check. I have an ATI RAGE PRO graphics card. Images look distorted in any higher resolution than 320×200. Videos are only affected if hardware acceleration is not used. This problem is caused by a buggy ATI driver which only has effect on VESA modes. Its Windows installer was named “w98rpro4122632.exe”, the version number (can be checked under W
