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I would like to know what changes as to be made in the dosbox.conf document for

1 - NOT be in full screen but change the size of the window !! I read everything but I cant manage to find this out.

and 2 - How can I raise time speed for a game that I find is running slow ?

Hold down the ALT key and press ENTER to switch between a window and full screen.
Hold down CTRL and press F12 to increase the cycles (speed up the game). Can be repeated as many times as needed.
Hold down CTRL and press F11 to decrease cycles (slow down the game). Can be repeated as many times as needed.



To change the dosbox.conf ...

[sdl]
# fullscreen -- Start dosbox directly in fullscreen.
# fulldouble -- Use double buffering in fullscreen.
# fullresolution -- What resolution to use for fullscreen: original or fixed size (e.g. 1024x768).
# windowresolution -- Scale the window to this size IF the output device supports hardware scaling.
# output -- What to use for output: surface,overlay,opengl,openglnb,ddraw.
# autolock -- Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen.
# sensitiviy -- Mouse sensitivity.
# waitonerror -- Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.
# priority -- Priority levels for dosbox: lowest,lower,normal,higher,highest.
# Second entry behind the comma is for when dosbox is not focused/minimized.
# mapperfile -- File used to load/save the key/event mappings from.
# usescancodes -- Avoid usage of symkeys, might not work on all operating systems.

fullscreen=false <= change to true to default to full screen
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=640x480
windowresolution=original
output=surface
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper.txt
usescancodes=true

[cpu]
# core -- CPU Core used in emulation: simple,normal,full,dynamic.
# cycles -- Amount of instructions dosbox tries to emulate each millisecond.
# Setting this higher than your machine can handle is bad!
# You can also let DOSBox guess the correct value by setting it to auto.
# Please note that this guessing feature is still experimental.
# cycleup -- Amount of cycles to increase/decrease with keycombo.
# cycledown Setting it lower than 100 will be a percentage.

core=normal
cycles=3000
cycleup=500 <= Determines increase in cycles for pressing CTRL-F12
cycledown=100 <= Determines decrease in cycles for pressing CTRL-F11

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MagusTheGreat @ May 16 2007, 05:31 AM) [snapback]290441[/snapback]</div>[sdl]
# fullscreen -- Start dosbox directly in fullscreen.
# fulldouble -- Use double buffering in fullscreen.
# fullresolution -- What resolution to use for fullscreen: original or fixed size (e.g. 1024x768).
# windowresolution -- Scale the window to this size IF the output device supports hardware scaling.
# output -- What to use for output: surface,overlay,opengl,openglnb,ddraw.
# autolock -- Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen.
# sensitiviy -- Mouse sensitivity.
# waitonerror -- Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.
# priority -- Priority levels for dosbox: lowest,lower,normal,higher,highest.
# Second entry behind the comma is for when dosbox is not focused/minimized.
# mapperfile -- File used to load/save the key/event mappings from.
# usescancodes -- Avoid usage of symkeys, might not work on all operating systems.

fullscreen=false
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=original
windowresolution=original < change to whatever size you prefer, i. e. 800x600 or 640x480, the higher the larger the window

core=dynamic

This will increase the emulation speed, altough if the game you're running acquires a sudden tendency to crash - switch it back to normal.

Also, I recommend the following cycle settings:
cycles=12000
cycleup=1000
cycledown=1000
This is more or less an optimum for most games on my Sempron 2500+, and can be easily adjusted.
Sometimes older games may need far lower cycle values, but in those cases even the default 3000 is typically too fast for them.