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Topic: DOS "Case of the Serrated Scalpel" on Windows XP?

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23 FEB 2006 at 7:59am

Byzantine

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Status : Online		Can you run the old DOS game "Sherlock Holmes:  The Case of the Serrated Sclapel" in Windows XP?  I installed it just fine, but keep getting an error message "unable to install drivers for some reason" when I try to play the game.  It happened on both the CD-ROM and floppy disk version of the game that I tried.

I've tried loading some DOS drivers on an old CD-ROM for Windows 3.1 to see if that would work, but it didn't.  I also tried to use DosBOX but I got so confused trying to edit the DOS commands that I got a headache and deleted it.

I was told by my local computer store that you cannot run DOS games in Windows XP, but I have the Case of the Rose Tattoo game which runs just fine, so I thought someone might know how to get the Serrated Scalpel case to run.

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23 FEB 2006 at 9:56pm

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Status : Offline		If it a DOS game, try running it on DosBox. Runs most DOS games on XP.

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25 FEB 2006 at 8:24am

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Status : Online		Hi Byzantine,

are you still having trouble with the game??  I thought you told me that you have it running.

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25 FEB 2006 at 6:49pm

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Status : Online		Sorry for the confusion, Inferno.  I had just posted here at JA also, just in case someone here had some extra help or hints that I could use.  The game is still running fine.

Thanks for posting,
Byzantine

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