Now I cannot play old games under windows xp professional
such as premier manager 98, hero armagedon blade and
more..

Go into Help and Support and look for the information on Compatibility Mode.
The older type games usually run quite well when you use it. There's also
detailed information on the TechNet site here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...n/lgcyapps.asp
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"pga" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Now I cannot play old games under windows xp professional
> such as premier manager 98, hero armagedon blade and
> more..

New install of Unreal Tournament G.O.T.Y edition seems to have a problem
with DX9b. Takes forever to load up and then only the default
640x480. Used to work fine until I installed Call of Duty and Max Payne
2 along with the DX version that came with COD. When I try to change
resolution in UT, system freezes. Any thoughts? BTW, COD and Payne run fine.

Chris H. wrote:
> Go into Help and Support and look for the information on Compatibility Mode.
> The older type games usually run quite well when you use it. There's also
> detailed information on the TechNet site here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...n/lgcyapps.asp

Have you sought out updates for the game?
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"whoever9262(sickoffakeMSmessages)"
<"whoever9262(sickoffakeMSmessages)"@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> New install of Unreal Tournament G.O.T.Y edition seems to have a problem
> with DX9b. Takes forever to load up and then only the default
> 640x480. Used to work fine until I installed Call of Duty and Max Payne
> 2 along with the DX version that came with COD. When I try to change
> resolution in UT, system freezes. Any thoughts? BTW, COD and Payne run
fine.
>
> Chris H. wrote:
> > Go into Help and Support and look for the information on Compatibility
Mode.
> > The older type games usually run quite well when you use it. There's
also
> > detailed information on the TechNet site here:
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...n/lgcyapps.asp
>

I had a big problem playing old dos games, actually it
was playing 16bit games. I even bought a shell program
to run 16bit games in WinXP because they wouldn't work,
even with the compatiblity wizard.

The ultimate culprit was WinXP had compressed some files
in the System32 folder that WinXP needed to run 16bit
games. I uncompressed all the files in the Windows
folder and have never had a problem with that since.

Josh
>-----Original Message-----
>Have you sought out updates for the game?
>--
>Chris H.
>Microsoft Windows MVP
>Associate Expert
>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>"whoever9262(sickoffakeMSmessages)"
><"whoever9262(sickoffakeMSmessages)"@yahoo.com> wrote in
message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> New install of Unreal Tournament G.O.T.Y edition seems
to have a problem
>> with DX9b. Takes forever to load up and then only
the default
>> 640x480. Used to work fine until I installed Call of
Duty and Max Payne
>> 2 along with the DX version that came with COD. When I
try to change
>> resolution in UT, system freezes. Any thoughts? BTW,
COD and Payne run
>fine.
>>
>> Chris H. wrote:
>> > Go into Help and Support and look for the
information on Compatibility
>Mode.
>> > The older type games usually run quite well when you
use it. There's
>also
>> > detailed information on the TechNet site here:
>> >
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp
url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/lgcyapps.asp
>>
>
>
>.
>