Re: trouble installing the 7th guest

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Hi Chris!

Being a packrat helps. d:^)

Cheers,
JimmyTheRodent

Chris H. Wrote:
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| 8-) And I was going to answer this originally, and couldn't find my link
| the proper files. Good job, Jimmy!
|
| "Jimmy S." <nosp@xxxxx> wrote in message
| news:uV2bMo3$FHA.3064@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| Hi emmsy25 via WindowsKB.com,
||
|| 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
||
|| 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.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
||
|| emmsy25 via WindowsKB.com Wrote:
|| =================
||| hi jimmy, thanks for your help, it is now letting see the installation screen
||| and do the settings then ascreen comes up saying "setup is now copying
||| files" and thats it . it wont finish it.
||| any other ideas please


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