Re: Game problems

Hi Slemmenes,

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.

Here's the complete setup walkthrough as written by "inferno":
http://home.earthlink.net/~infernofilecabinet1/XpSetUpWalkthroughsA_E/7thGuest_Setup.htm

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 :-)


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Slemmenes Wrote:
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| Ok I have Windows XP and the game I have, "the 11th Hour", was made a few
| years ago and I believe can only be played with DOS or 95/98. So I tried to
| start this game and obviously I can't. Is there a way I can? It's starting
| to frustrate me. I've read some things about patches. Do I need to find
| one? How do I do it? I've looked on lists and my game isn't on them. What
| else can I try?


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