Re: Installing game for win98 to winxp

From a long time ago.

I finally found the information I was looking for. On the W2000 disk is a
set of tools called the Windows Support Tools. In there is a utility called
the Application Compatibility Tool. This tool allows greater control over
the W95 software, and got me up and running. The information detailing this
is found in KB251062 and KB301423.

Thanks for putting me on the track to find what I needed,
Dan Hacker

"Jimmy S." <nosp@xxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi rubyjack,

The game manufacturer would have to provide a patch
to override the Windows version check when the game
installs, otherwise the game would install just fine.

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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
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rights.
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rubyjack Wrote:
=================
| Alas, alas! I followed the directions and got the message: "This
program
| requires Windows 95" <ok> "Initialization Failed."
|
| I do appreciate the reply,
| Dan Hacker
|
| "Jimmy S." <nosp@xxxxx> wrote in message
| news:uNz0KRhdHHA.3272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| Hi rubyjack,
||
|| How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows 2000
SP2 and SP3:
|| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279792
||
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| 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.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| rubyjack Wrote:
|| =================
||| Will this work for W2000 and W95 games? If not, is there a way to
play W95
||| games on a W2000 computer.
|||
||| Switching from W98SE to W2000,
||| Dan Hacker
|||
|||
||| "Jimmy S." <nosp@xxxxx> wrote in message
||| news:OtH6y8nSHHA.4252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|||| Hi thomasbayer,
||||
|||| 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 Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|||| 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.
|||| _________________________________________________________
||||
||||
|||| thomasbayer Wrote:
|||| =================
||||| When i try to install Dracula2 the last Sanctuary to my pc with XP i
have
||||| these message E:\install\unwise.ini could not be opened! But when i
try to
||||| install the game in pc with win98 i have no problems!Please help me
what i
||||| need to install the game in XP!




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