Can't get an old educational game cd to play

[kidsgameplayer]

I recently purchased educational games for kids meant for
Windows 95/98 and the store personnel told me how to make
them compatible but so far I have tried:
- going into properties and setting it to Windows 98
compatibility.
- downloading a recent version of DirectX
but still when I try to play the game my media player
gives me an error message

Anyone have the same problem - any solution?

 

[Guest]

Media player doesnt run games on xp,although anythings possible,if you R
click on the game icon,is thier a,"open with" and wmp is the choice option
If so,try opening the player,tools,options,select,connect to the internet.

 

[Jym]

Even with Compatibility Mode running dos based games such as games that are
said to run under Win 95 or 98 , it is very hit and miss with XP. If these
games and other older Win programs are important to you , I would suggest
running a dual boot configuration which includes Win 98 . Jym