Expert Zone Chat: Gaming with Windows XP, 4 p.m. PST, today, April 22

[Chris Norred [msft]]

Please join us for this afternoon's chat on the Windows XP Expert Zone site:

The Expert Zone Community chat room is at
http://communities2.microsoft.com/home/chatroom.aspx?siteid=34000077

Playing Games with Windows XP
Windows XP includes many features to make it an excellent platform for
computer game playing. Microsoft Software Test Engineer Dave Anfinrud and
Technical Evangelists Steve Willett and Leo Artalejo will discuss gaming
compatibility and performance in Windows XP.
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Time:
4 P.M. Pacific time
7 P.M. Eastern time


The Expert Zone Community chat room is at
http://communities2.microsoft.com/home/chatroom.aspx?siteid=34000077

To find more upcoming Windows XP related chats, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/default.asp
Thanks,
Chris Norred
Tech Editor--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

[JimC]

One nuisance prevents Win XP from being the best gaming platform, even for
legacy games that run in NTVDM.

This glitch impacts many PC systems, including new ones that have earned the
"Designed for Windows XP" logo.

NTVDM errors ensue after systems emerge from Standby mode and users start
legacy programs that run in NTVDM. The subtle aspect of this anomaly is
that users can run Windows Command Line programs from the NT Command Prompt.
NTVDM errors occur only when users start actual DOS-platform programs/games
(or such a program was running when the system entered Standby).

On some systems, NTVDM errors are captured and sent to Microsoft (unless
user cancels error reporting). On other systems, everything slows to a
crawl, and restarting Win XP can take up to 30 minutes.

Once NTVDM errors start, the only foolproof recourse is to restart Windows
XP.

The net effect is that users mistrust games/programs that would otherwise be
very comfortable in Windows XP.

Should Gateway, Dell, and others earn the "Designed for Windows XP" logo
when Standby causes such problems, or is this simply a hardware
certification test that Microsoft has overlooked?

Jim

"Chris Norred [msft]" > wrote in message
...
> Please join us for this afternoon's chat on the Windows XP Expert Zone
site:
>
> The Expert Zone Community chat room is at
> http://communities2.microsoft.com/home/chatroom.aspx?siteid=34000077
>
> Playing Games with Windows XP
> Windows XP includes many features to make it an excellent platform for
> computer game playing. Microsoft Software Test Engineer Dave Anfinrud and
> Technical Evangelists Steve Willett and Leo Artalejo will discuss gaming
> compatibility and performance in Windows XP.
> Tuesday, April 22, 2003
> Time:
> 4 P.M. Pacific time
> 7 P.M. Eastern time
>
>
> The Expert Zone Community chat room is at
> http://communities2.microsoft.com/home/chatroom.aspx?siteid=34000077
>
> To find more upcoming Windows XP related chats, visit
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/default.asp
> Thanks,
> Chris Norred
> Tech Editor--
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
>

[JimC]

One nuisance prevents Win XP from being the best gaming platform, even for
legacy games that run in NTVDM.

This glitch impacts many PC systems, including new ones that have earned the
"Designed for Windows XP" logo.

NTVDM errors ensue after systems emerge from Standby mode and users start
legacy programs that run in NTVDM. The subtle aspect of this anomaly is
that users can run Windows Command Line programs from the NT Command Prompt.
NTVDM errors occur only when users start actual DOS-platform programs/games
(or such a program was running when the system entered Standby).

On some systems, NTVDM errors are captured and sent to Microsoft (unless
user cancels error reporting). On other systems, everything slows to a
crawl, and restarting Win XP can take up to 30 minutes.

Once NTVDM errors start, the only foolproof recourse is to restart Windows
XP.

The net effect is that users mistrust games/programs that would otherwise be
very comfortable in Windows XP.

Should Gateway, Dell, and others earn the "Designed for Windows XP" logo
when Standby causes such problems, or is this simply a hardware
certification test that Microsoft has overlooked?

Jim

"Chris Norred [msft]" > wrote in message
...
> Please join us for this afternoon's chat on the Windows XP Expert Zone
site:
>
> The Expert Zone Community chat room is at
> http://communities2.microsoft.com/home/chatroom.aspx?siteid=34000077
>
> Playing Games with Windows XP
> Windows XP includes many features to make it an excellent platform for
> computer game playing. Microsoft Software Test Engineer Dave Anfinrud and
> Technical Evangelists Steve Willett and Leo Artalejo will discuss gaming
> compatibility and performance in Windows XP.
> Tuesday, April 22, 2003
> Time:
> 4 P.M. Pacific time
> 7 P.M. Eastern time
>
>
> The Expert Zone Community chat room is at
> http://communities2.microsoft.com/home/chatroom.aspx?siteid=34000077
>
> To find more upcoming Windows XP related chats, visit
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/default.asp
> Thanks,
> Chris Norred
> Tech Editor--
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
>