I am very new to Windows XP Pro and i have a few games that I cannot get to run even when i use the compatibility options
With my old favourite DOS games I can understand this and this is the reason why I kept my old P2x400 with Win98SE on it
Sorta like a glorified old DOS box you might say

However I do have three games that i would have thought XP Pro would have had no problems with
The first two are the Interstate 76 with the Arsenal pack, and also Interstate 82
The games both install fine but when i try to play the game it locks up as soon as i try to make selections at the main Menu

The other game I would like to get to work is Carmageddon II which will not even install as it tells me that the game is not comapatible with NT
The Strange thing though is that I also have Carmageddon TDR too and that works great

I realize these games are not Mocrosoft games but as i also have a large collection of MS games as well I am hoping i will find someone who is sympathetic to an old gamer (50yo) and help me get these three games to work

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ROM

Hi ROM,

When it's an old game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available,
or search at: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a :-)

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/v...oads/trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm For sound
issues use: http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound Good Luck! :-)

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"ROM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:056046C0-F1F4-4987-A3C7-(E-Mail Removed)...
|I am very new to Windows XP Pro and i have a few games that I cannot get to run even when i use the compatibility options.
| With my old favourite DOS games I can understand this and this is the reason why I kept my old P2x400 with Win98SE on it.
| Sorta like a glorified old DOS box you might say.
|
| However I do have three games that i would have thought XP Pro would have had no problems with.
| The first two are the Interstate 76 with the Arsenal pack, and also Interstate 82.
| The games both install fine but when i try to play the game it locks up as soon as i try to make selections at the main Menu.
|
|
| The other game I would like to get to work is Carmageddon II which will not even install as it tells me that the game is not
comapatible with NT.
| The Strange thing though is that I also have Carmageddon TDR too and that works great.
|
|
| I realize these games are not Mocrosoft games but as i also have a large collection of MS games as well I am hoping i will find
someone who is sympathetic to an old gamer (50yo) and help me get these three games to work.
|
| PC Powerplay magazine Official #1 Fan
| ROM

[Ace_of_tunes]

ok i can't answer your pleas sorry but i do have a plea of my own i got tdr a long while ago but i dont have a windows at home so it did not work but i thought w/e why not keep it for at my uncle's place so i brought it here and installed it turns out it doesnt contain the mss32.dll file do you know where i could get it preferably befor i leave thanks