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in windows xp, why does QB freeze so much??? is there anything i can do to fix it?

Windows XP takes out core DOS functionality--commands that originally ran using DOS no longer work--as such some Q(uick)Basic programs will not work, or the IDE (development screen) will freeze. You could fix this by getting a version of DOS called FreeDOS, but you have to reinstall Windows XP, along with any programs you have. Not exactly a good option. Or you can get a PC Emulator and use FreeDOS on it...doing that will allow you to run QBasic flawlessly, although you will notice a substantial speed difference, as it uses emulation to get the job done...especially with screen drawing.

Anyway, here's a little help getting a PC Emulator:
Bochs: http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
Bochs also has (on the site above) a FreeDOS Disk Image, which you can use with Bochs in order to install QBasic.

PLEASE NOTE: You may have to install Q(uick)Basic yourself, or find a program to open disk images! You can NOT drag and drop from Windows to Bochs (at least that I know of).

Anyway, hope this helps, and sorry for such a long post. Truth be known, I'm talkative.

thanks
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Go to properties of QBX.exe, click memory, set EMS to None, everything else to Auto and check uses HMA. You don't set compatibility to windows 95 or 98, and you can check the "close on exit" (optional), and then click OK. The system automatically creates the qbx.pif file that has the same attributes.

You can double click on either qbx.exe or qbx.pif and it will load any size file, which is a problem some of us have had causing it to freeze. Does it work on your machine?

Because the XP is freak!