I keep receiving this application error message whem I
try to play games. How do I correct it ? Thanks

Hi Mark,

That's usually caused by games that need to be installed or played
using Windows XP Compatibility mode. Here's how that works..

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.

For more details please review the source at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533

Watch this Application Compatibility Troubleshooter (Power Point
Presentation):
http://support.microsoft.com/service...2/WC112202.ppt

--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.

Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk
Microsoft Online Tech Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

"mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:06f701c33f85$170cc920$(E-Mail Removed)...
| I keep receiving this application error message whem I
| try to play games. How do I correct it ? Thanks

Thanks Jimmy,
I tried everything that you suggested but I still keep
getting that same error message. The game is XP
compatible. Thanks again! Mark

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Mark,
>
>That's usually caused by games that need to be installed
or played
>using Windows XP Compatibility mode. Here's how that
works..
>
>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.
>
>For more details please review the source at:
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533
>
>Watch this Application Compatibility Troubleshooter
(Power Point
>Presentation):
>http://support.microsoft.com/service...ebcasts/wc1122
02/WC112202.ppt
>
>--
>Cheers,
>Jimmy S.
>
>Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk
>Microsoft Online Tech Support:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
>Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
scid=FH;[LN];gms
>My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
confer any rights.
>_________________________________________________________
>
>"mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:06f701c33f85$170cc920$(E-Mail Removed)...
>| I keep receiving this application error message whem I
>| try to play games. How do I correct it ? Thanks
>
>
>.
>

Mark, you may want to take a look at this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314495 One of the
kickers included is if that game is attempting to use files written in a vxd
format, they flat won't work under Windows XP.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2bc001c33f90$73e8c120$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Jimmy,
> I tried everything that you suggested but I still keep
> getting that same error message. The game is XP
> compatible. Thanks again! Mark
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Mark,
> >
> >That's usually caused by games that need to be installed
> or played
> >using Windows XP Compatibility mode. Here's how that
> works..
> >
> >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.
> >
> >For more details please review the source at:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533
> >
> >Watch this Application Compatibility Troubleshooter
> (Power Point
> >Presentation):
> >http://support.microsoft.com/service...ebcasts/wc1122
> 02/WC112202.ppt
> >
> >--
> >Cheers,
> >Jimmy S.
> >
> >Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
> http://nibblesnbits.tk
> >Microsoft Online Tech Support:
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
> >Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
> scid=FH;[LN];gms
> >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
> confer any rights.
> >_________________________________________________________
> >
> >"mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:06f701c33f85$170cc920$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >| I keep receiving this application error message whem I
> >| try to play games. How do I correct it ? Thanks
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Glad to be of service! :-)

"Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| Hi Mark,
|
| That's usually caused by games that need to be installed or played
| using Windows XP Compatibility mode. Here's how that works..
|
| 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.
|
| For more details please review the source at:
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533
|
| Watch this Application Compatibility Troubleshooter (Power Point
| Presentation):
| http://support.microsoft.com/service...2/WC112202.ppt
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Jimmy S.
|
| Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk
| Microsoft Online Tech Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| _________________________________________________________
|
| "mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:06f701c33f85$170cc920$(E-Mail Removed)...
| | I keep receiving this application error message whem I
| | try to play games. How do I correct it ? Thanks
|
|