Re: XP compatability issues.. Having trouble~

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From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:01:43 -0500

Hi Lulach,

We read and respond in the newsgroups, I hope you'll read this. :-)

7th Guest and 11th Hour have a lot of fans who play it using XP. This article:
http://pub44.ezboard.com/ftheseventhguestandeleventhhourfrm1.showMessage?topicID=236.topic shares some of the techniques they use
to run it successfully.

Chris H recommends "going to www.google.com and doing a search for files
t7g*.zip and 11h242.zip. These are updates for 7th Guest and 11th Hour which
are quite helpful.".

Here's some general supplemental information which you should find useful ;-) ...
11th Hour has been made to work using Windows 2000 compatibility mode:
How to use Compatibility Mode: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533

or try using the Multiboot bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html .

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
 http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two of the best
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and: http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm :-) 

-- 
Cheers,                                 Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S.                               http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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"Lulach" <Lulach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:268FA905-3F3D-4AC3-9007-AFDEBC4DCD59@microsoft.com...
>I just found some old, old games in a closet, and after blowing the dust off,
> decided to put them to use.. The game in question is 'The 11th Hour'.. Some
> old horror game I realize I've never played.. Well, after the cheesy,
> dos-style install, I can't seem to get it to work.. I changed the file
> properties to be 95/98 compatable and such, and still, no dice..
> Any solutions?
> Even trying to play it in dos doesn't help..
>
> If anyone has any answers at all, please, email the solution to me.
> *@hotmail.com
> Thanks

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