Re: Question on old programs

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Getting Older Games to Run on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/expert/durham_og.mspx

Run Older Programs on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspx

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292533

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301911

Getting older programs to run on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/compatibility_tab_and_wizard.mspx

Make old software work on a new Windows XP machine
By Kim Komando
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/technology/business_software/make_old_software_work_on_a_new_windows_xp_machine.mspx

Using the Compatibility Tab
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/lgcyapps.mspx#EHAA
from...
How to Run Legacy Applications Using Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/lgcyapps.mspx

Troubleshooting MS-DOS-based programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314106

How to Troubleshoot 16-Bit Windows Programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314495

Not everything in the following article will apply. The article was written
for Windows 2000. However most of it does.
Troubleshooting NTVDM and WOW Startup Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;196453

Lots of good 16-bit info here...
Appendix D - Running Nonnative Applications in Windows 2000 Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/Windows2000Pro/reskit/part8/proch36.mspx


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:rea56.26rw2h@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
rea56 <rea56.26rw2h@xxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
As usual I have a bunch of older programs, which still have some serious
gaming action on them. However, the XP will not install them on my
machine. I am getting an Autorun error which says" error installing
process: install\setup.exe (null). For me this is tad amount to
jibberish and I have searched the help catagories to no avail. What if
anything can cure my issue? Surely I have not lost my games to "digital
heaven".lol...........Since I have a boat load of them.
All was fine until SP2 came along and that pretty well fixed installing
older games or did it? If anyone has a cure for this I as a gamer would
be most thankfull.

thanks in advance


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rea56

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