Dos/4gw

Hello all
My brother has the following message come up when his PC starts up.

Finnished Dos4gw
Dos/4gw protected mode runtime version 1.97
copyright (c) rational systems,Inc 1990-1994
Dos/4gw fatal error(1004):syntaxisDos4gw
<executable.xxx>
Runtime error

His PC is also running extreemly slow which may be related to the error message. he has a P-III celron win 98

Thanks for any help that might come.

 

I assume he is getting this on boot in DOS before windows.

This is a DOS extender used for running older dos programs. Mostly games.

Cleanup the autoexec.bat and config.sys of all references to this to rid yourself of it.

Then in windows uninstall any games or programs that needed it because they will no longer run and are appearently not running now as evidenced by the error.

Look at windows startups and remove anything pertaining to Dos4gw.

Mike

 

Thanks flynn
I'll check it out in the next couple of days when i get over his place
I never thought of those files i just looked in the win.ini
But i think he may have bigger problems after it has booted
i run system monitor and it's using 100% straight after bootup
guess that explains why it's super slow, Now thinking of a format
to clean the **** out.
thanks again

 

Format!!

That is a little drastic for somthing like this!

Cleanup the Windows startups. Uninstall unused or troublesome programs especially games.

Mike

 

In particular, clean up autoexec.bat - it seems there is a load
to a non-existent DOS Legacy sound card driver.
regards

 

Thanks Guys
Ill let you know how i go.

Another question you might be able to help my with
A different friend is having trouble with the windows
game solitair only a green board comes up without
any cards. All other win games are ok
I uninstalled all the games using the windows cd
and reistalled them but only get the same result.
carn't figure it out. only change recently is a new
video card. everthing else works ok.

Thanks again guys

 

keats,
I vaguely remember an MS file called cards.exe that might solve this - see if you can find it.
regards