Topic: Has anyone ever got the Winxp compatability thingy to

[Khalee]

 work correctly, If so what is the secret, I have a few old games that I want to play again, but When I try to use the compatablity mode thing the games still do not work.

[Sirgod]

It Depends, If It's Windows 95-98 then Yes, However, Old DOS games are alot harder to get to run, I tried one awhile back, and eventually got It to go, But I forgot how.

Sometimes, what you need to do Is actually Do The Install in Compatibility mode.

For Example, You load up the CD for Game, and Go to D:\Game setup.

rright click on the setup, and run the Install in compatibility mode.

Then of course, Run everything else after the Game installs in the same Mode IE. The actual Exe file that starts the game, Not the shortcut itself.

BTW, What game are you trying, That might help abit.

Stephen

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

Why not cheat?  Get Freedos and boot off the CD to play the games.  

[Sirgod]

 

thanks for the link.
That's Pretty Cool Nemesis.  

sirgod start's eyeing Leisure suit Larry.  

Stephen

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

I found it some time ago and have been passing the link and CD copies around ever since.    It has a lot of stuff on the CD beyond standard DOS.  I have not done more than "play" with it a little myself.

A friend of mine is now using it to play some DOS games that won't work with WIn98.  He boots from the CD and runs the game(s) from the HD.  His wife was mad the first time he got it working and stayed up all night playing old computer games.    Next weekend he installs Linux, I gave him the CDs for Fedora as well.  

 

[Kmelew]

You might want to check out  DOSBox  

[JMM]

sh*te, I cannot get my webcam to work with the P4 and WinXP, can't those guys get it right the first time? Duh!  

[Khalee]

 work correctly, If so what is the secret, I have a few old games that I want to play again, but When I try to use the compatablity mode thing the games still do not work.

[Sirgod]

It Depends, If It's Windows 95-98 then Yes, However, Old DOS games are alot harder to get to run, I tried one awhile back, and eventually got It to go, But I forgot how.

Sometimes, what you need to do Is actually Do The Install in Compatibility mode.

For Example, You load up the CD for Game, and Go to D:\Game setup.

rright click on the setup, and run the Install in compatibility mode.

Then of course, Run everything else after the Game installs in the same Mode IE. The actual Exe file that starts the game, Not the shortcut itself.

BTW, What game are you trying, That might help abit.

Stephen

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

Why not cheat?  Get Freedos and boot off the CD to play the games.  

[Sirgod]

 

thanks for the link.
That's Pretty Cool Nemesis.  

sirgod start's eyeing Leisure suit Larry.  

Stephen

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

I found it some time ago and have been passing the link and CD copies around ever since.    It has a lot of stuff on the CD beyond standard DOS.  I have not done more than "play" with it a little myself.

A friend of mine is now using it to play some DOS games that won't work with WIn98.  He boots from the CD and runs the game(s) from the HD.  His wife was mad the first time he got it working and stayed up all night playing old computer games.    Next weekend he installs Linux, I gave him the CDs for Fedora as well.  

 

[Kmelew]

You might want to check out  DOSBox  

[JMM]

sh*te, I cannot get my webcam to work with the P4 and WinXP, can't those guys get it right the first time? Duh!  

[Khalee]

 work correctly, If so what is the secret, I have a few old games that I want to play again, but When I try to use the compatablity mode thing the games still do not work.

[Sirgod]

It Depends, If It's Windows 95-98 then Yes, However, Old DOS games are alot harder to get to run, I tried one awhile back, and eventually got It to go, But I forgot how.

Sometimes, what you need to do Is actually Do The Install in Compatibility mode.

For Example, You load up the CD for Game, and Go to D:\Game setup.

rright click on the setup, and run the Install in compatibility mode.

Then of course, Run everything else after the Game installs in the same Mode IE. The actual Exe file that starts the game, Not the shortcut itself.

BTW, What game are you trying, That might help abit.

Stephen

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

Why not cheat?  Get Freedos and boot off the CD to play the games.  

[Sirgod]

 

thanks for the link.
That's Pretty Cool Nemesis.  

sirgod start's eyeing Leisure suit Larry.  

Stephen

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

I found it some time ago and have been passing the link and CD copies around ever since.    It has a lot of stuff on the CD beyond standard DOS.  I have not done more than "play" with it a little myself.

A friend of mine is now using it to play some DOS games that won't work with WIn98.  He boots from the CD and runs the game(s) from the HD.  His wife was mad the first time he got it working and stayed up all night playing old computer games.    Next weekend he installs Linux, I gave him the CDs for Fedora as well.  

 

[Kmelew]

You might want to check out  DOSBox