Howdy. I found some old magazine cover CDs in a box and decided to run them. They have a "browser.exe" application that shows the contents of the CD. I ran them on a Windows XP installation. It ran. Everything ran. I am surprised these CDs still run. They're from the mid 90s. (So of course, all applications are made for Windows 9x and 3.11.)
I installed a bunch of applications just to shoot the breeze. Then I decided to remove them. None of them was listed in the Uninstall section of the Control Panel so I just deleted all their directories. That is when something went wrong. Multiple applications wouldn't run anymore. The cover CD browser.exe application wouldn't run anymore. I don't remember what the error message was, but that is not relevant anymore. I formatted and installed Windows XP again. More specifically, I used a CD image that is named "XP09 TinyXP Rev11 Without IE or WMP or Windows Update Unattended Install.iso." I am not sure this was the same Win XP I had before, probably not. I probably had my other XP CD, which is original and registered. I decided to use this TinyXP thing simply because it's smaller and presumably lighter.
So I had an entirely new XP installation to mess with. So I popped one of the CDs in again and... it won't run anymore. An error pop-up message says,
Director Player 4.0
Not enough memory to run BROWSER.EXE
I have 2GB of RAM. It was enough for the other installation. I also increased the virtual memory to 4096. Is there anything I can do to make it work? What other problems should I expect from this "TinyXP" installation?
I installed a bunch of applications just to shoot the breeze. Then I decided to remove them. None of them was listed in the Uninstall section of the Control Panel so I just deleted all their directories. That is when something went wrong. Multiple applications wouldn't run anymore. The cover CD browser.exe application wouldn't run anymore. I don't remember what the error message was, but that is not relevant anymore. I formatted and installed Windows XP again. More specifically, I used a CD image that is named "XP09 TinyXP Rev11 Without IE or WMP or Windows Update Unattended Install.iso." I am not sure this was the same Win XP I had before, probably not. I probably had my other XP CD, which is original and registered. I decided to use this TinyXP thing simply because it's smaller and presumably lighter.
So I had an entirely new XP installation to mess with. So I popped one of the CDs in again and... it won't run anymore. An error pop-up message says,
Director Player 4.0
Not enough memory to run BROWSER.EXE
I have 2GB of RAM. It was enough for the other installation. I also increased the virtual memory to 4096. Is there anything I can do to make it work? What other problems should I expect from this "TinyXP" installation?
