W2003 & Server Citrix:problems with ntvdm.exe with clien

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Hello,
we have, in our company, this problem:
we use a Citrix Server based on W2003 OS. There are many clients who
connect and launch old DOS 16bit applications.
Now, we have tested that this applications, with windows 2003 OS and
its new NTVDM.EXE, only runs correctly with full screen mode(!).
But when a client connects to the Citrix server, no one window can be
expanded in full screen mode!! So, the result is that a DOS
application freezes! Please don’t suggest me to convert the old
applications... I can’t!

Thanks in advance for the answers &
Best regards.

Davide Zambelli
system analyst
CAD IT spa
ITALY

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You cannot really run a DOS session in full screen, but there is a
way around this. You can simulate a full screen DOS session by
installing a special font.

http://thethin.net/dosfullscreen.cfm

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davestd <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in
news:8fe4727739ec3b402e00089f7975d5a4@news.teranews.com:

> Hello,
> we have, in our company, this problem:
> we use a Citrix Server based on W2003 OS. There are many clients
> who connect and launch old DOS 16bit applications.
> Now, we have tested that this applications, with windows 2003 OS
> and its new NTVDM.EXE, only runs correctly with full screen
> mode(!). But when a client connects to the Citrix server, no one
> window can be expanded in full screen mode!! So, the result is
> that a DOS application freezes! Please don’t suggest me to
> convert the old applications... I can’t!
>
> Thanks in advance for the answers &
> Best regards.
>
> Davide Zambelli
> system analyst
> CAD IT spa
> ITALY

 

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Another thing to be aware of is that many 16-bit & DOS Apps dominate the CPU while they poll for keyboard strokes. There are some freeware & 3rd party applications that can control this activity so a few (or one) users don't saturate the CPUs.

3rd Party Add-ons (like WMSoftware Relevos, Appsense Performance Manager, TAME DOS, TMULimit, TSCale...)
http://www.workthin.com/tsao.htm

Free Downloads (like threadmaster)
http://www.workthin.com/tsdown.htm

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com

----- Vera Noest [MVP] wrote: -----

You cannot really run a DOS session in full screen, but there is a
way around this. You can simulate a full screen DOS session by
installing a special font.

http://thethin.net/dosfullscreen.cfm

--
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
--- please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ---

davestd <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in
news:8fe4727739ec3b402e00089f7975d5a4@news.teranews.com:

> Hello,
> we have, in our company, this problem:
> we use a Citrix Server based on W2003 OS. There are many clients
> who connect and launch old DOS 16bit applications.
> Now, we have tested that this applications, with windows 2003 OS
> and its new NTVDM.EXE, only runs correctly with full screen
> mode(!). But when a client connects to the Citrix server, no one
> window can be expanded in full screen mode!! So, the result is
> that a DOS application freezes! Please don’t suggest me to
> convert the old applications... I can’t!
>> Thanks in advance for the answers &> Best regards.
>> Davide Zambelli
> system analyst
> CAD IT spa
> ITALY