Hi sandor,
You're most welcome! Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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sandor Wrote:
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| Hey Jimmy just thanks a million for your help and ceep it up you are tops
|
| seeya Sandor
|
|| Hi sandor,
||
|| Hellbender has a custom installation command you can use when
|| installing that game on Windows XP, which is documented here:
||
http://www.ntcompatible.com/microsoft_hellbender_installation_help_t26789.html
||
|| In general though ...
||
|| Try installing and playing that using 95/98 Compatibility mode.
||
|| To install a program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode, hold
|| down SHIFT as you insert the game CD, use My Computer to browse
|| to the setup program, and then skip down to step 1 in the list below:
||
|| To run an installed program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode,
|| first right click the program and "Send To..." / Desktop (create shortcut).
||
|| 1.. Right click on the shortcut to the program.
|| 2.. Click on Properties.
|| 3.. Click on the Compatibility tab.
|| 4.. Click on Run this program in compatibility mode and select one of
|| these:
|| a.. Windows 95
|| b.. Windows 98
|| c.. Windows NT 4
|| d.. Windows 2000
|| 5.. Under Display settings, check mark the mode that you think that is
|| best:
|| a.. Run in 256 colors.
|| b.. Run in 640 X 480 screen resolution.
|| c.. Disable visual themes.
||
|| Click on Apply.Click on Ok.Double click on the program.
||
|| Of course, let's not forget to check for any patches or updates for that
|| game.
|| A good place to find them is:
www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
||
|| If you'd like to learn more information about compatibility mode, you can
|| click the
|| link in the Compatibility tab that reads "Learn more about program
|| compatibility",
|| or watch this Application Compatibility Power Point Presentation:
||
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc112202/WC112202.ppt
||
|| --
|| Cheers, Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User
|| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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|| sandor Wrote:
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||| Hallo from Australia
|||
||| I have a range of old games that I cant play on xp windows like
||| Hellbender,dig etc.
||| Is there some way to over come this problem.
|||
||| Thanks alot