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Assunto:  Running 16bit Doors on Windows 11 Pro 64bit setup
De:       Sabre
Data:     Thu, 2 Apr 2026 08:27:53 -0500
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Hello Jas!

17 Jul 70 03:45, you wrote to me:

 JH>   To: Sabre
 JH>   Re: Running 16bit Doors on Windows 11 Pro 64bit setup
 JH>   By: Sabre to All on Wed Apr 01 2026 04:33 pm

 >> From Newsgroup: FidoNet.DOORGAMES

 >> Hello everybody!

 >> I've been running 16 bit bbs doors on my Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
 >> system for 2-3 years now, and just setup a new PC that came with
 >> Windows 11pro 64bit again. I thought I'd share my process to get it
 >> working.

 >> REQUIRED FIRST STEP (DO THIS BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE) Follow this
 >> guide completely BEFORE installing NTVDMx64 or making any other
 >> changes:
 >> https://peter0x44.github.io/posts/windows11-legacy-console/

 >> This step forces Windows back to the correct console environment.
 >> If you skip this or do it later, NTVDMx64 may fail with errors
 >> such as 4001h. Remaining Setup Steps (in order) 1 Enable Developer

 JH> dont you think it would be better to run a 32bit windows os in a vm
 JH> instead?

On my Intel NUC with lots on space and memory I have had that PC running 16 bit doors for about 4 years now, I've update Windows all the time without a problem. Now I have a new PC, Ryzen 7, also lots of mem and space. I got it update to also run 16 bit doors on my Synchronet BBS system. Works fine.

 JH> i just feel safer doing that because a software update or whatever
 JH> could break that ntvmd hack

It's possible, just have to wait and see if that creates a problem.

RickV



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