I have recently found one of my older Windows 95 games,
Sonic CD. I would like to play this game on with XP but
it says I need a DCI Compliant video card/ driver. Is
there anyway I can play this game on my XP machine with a
Ge-Force FX 5700 Ultra GPU?

Hi,
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:1418c01c4137a$efab8630$(E-Mail Removed)...
|I have recently found one of my older Windows 95 games,
| Sonic CD. I would like to play this game on with XP but
| it says I need a DCI Compliant video card/ driver. Is
| there anyway I can play this game on my XP machine with a
| Ge-Force FX 5700 Ultra GPU?

Have you tried using Compatibility mode? If not, here's how...

To install a program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode, hold
down SHIFT as you insert the game CD, use My Computer to browse
to the setup program, and then skip down to step 1 in the list below:

To run an installed program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode,
first right click the program and "Send To..." / Desktop (create shortcut).

1.. Right click on the shortcut to the program.
2.. Click on Properties.
3.. Click on the Compatibility tab.
4.. Click on Run this program in compatibility mode and select one of these:
a.. Windows 95
b.. Windows 98
c.. Windows NT 4
d.. Windows 2000
5.. Under Display settings, check mark the mode that you think that is best:
a.. Run in 256 colors.
b.. Run in 640 X 480 screen resolution.
c.. Disable visual themes.

Click on Apply.Click on Ok.Double click on the program.

Of course, let's not forget to check for any patches or updates for that game.
A good place to find them is: www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a

If you'd like to learn more information about compatibility mode, you can click the
link in the Compatibility tab that reads "Learn more about program compatibility",
or watch this Application Compatibility Power Point Presentation:
http://support.microsoft.com/service...2/WC112202.ppt

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If you have an FX 5700 you should have no probs. MAy it be that the
game doesn't see that card for what it s and thinks the card is older
than what it wants. One of the Need for Speeds won't play for me
because the card is newr than the game. Don't remember off hand which
one.



>Hi,
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:1418c01c4137a$efab8630$(E-Mail Removed)...
>|I have recently found one of my older Windows 95 games,
>| Sonic CD. I would like to play this game on with XP but
>| it says I need a DCI Compliant video card/ driver. Is
>| there anyway I can play this game on my XP machine with a
>| Ge-Force FX 5700 Ultra GPU?
>
>Have you tried using Compatibility mode? If not, here's how...
>
>To install a program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode, hold
>down SHIFT as you insert the game CD, use My Computer to browse
>to the setup program, and then skip down to step 1 in the list below:
>
>To run an installed program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode,
>first right click the program and "Send To..." / Desktop (create shortcut).
>
> 1.. Right click on the shortcut to the program.
> 2.. Click on Properties.
> 3.. Click on the Compatibility tab.
> 4.. Click on Run this program in compatibility mode and select one of these:
> a.. Windows 95
> b.. Windows 98
> c.. Windows NT 4
> d.. Windows 2000
> 5.. Under Display settings, check mark the mode that you think that is best:
> a.. Run in 256 colors.
> b.. Run in 640 X 480 screen resolution.
> c.. Disable visual themes.
>
> Click on Apply.Click on Ok.Double click on the program.
>
>Of course, let's not forget to check for any patches or updates for that game.
>A good place to find them is: www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
>
>If you'd like to learn more information about compatibility mode, you can click the
>link in the Compatibility tab that reads "Learn more about program compatibility",
>or watch this Application Compatibility Power Point Presentation:
>http://support.microsoft.com/service...2/WC112202.ppt