My pleasure, and thank you for considering others
and offering to post back what was successful so
that others may benefit.
Cheers,
Jimmy.
| Hi Jimmy!
|
| Thank you very kindly for your detailed and helpful
| post. I have not tried everything you mentioned yet, but
| I have tried a few of the ideas. The MUMG Deluxe Edition
| is a Windows game. If you try to run it in DOSBOX or a
| similar DOS emulator (I did try this), it reports "this
| program requires Windows". So that is out.
|
| None of the built-in XP compat patches will do it.
|
| The Sierraplanet web site has quite a few hints, but they
| seem mostly aimed at earlier versions of Windows and
| hardware, and particularly systems that were resource
| shy. None of them seem to help.
|
| But there is more to try. I will keep working on this at
| least for a while, and if I find something that does
| work, I will surely post it to this NG so that others can
| benefit. Right now, the best idea I can muster is to
| wipe the guy's system and reload it to dual boot 98 and
| XP.
|
| Many thanks for your polite and helpful response!
|
| Best regards,
|
| speedo_guy
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Speedo_guy,
| >
| >There are some patches and installation information
| available for that game at:
| >
http://www.sierraplanet.com/mothergoose/technical.html
| which also indicates
| >that it's a DOS game.
| >
| >When a game is a DOS 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 .
| >
| >With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP
| desktop:
| >
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php
| >
| >If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here
| are two of the best
| >tutorials I've found on the subject:
|
http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
| >and:
|
http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm
|
| >
| >--
| >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.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| | >| Has anyone had any luck getting this to run in XP? A
| >| friend at work asked for help... so far, compatibility
| >| mode hasn't done it. Working my way through the
| >| ACT fixes, but it's slow. Game runs fine in 95 and 98;
| >| crashes right after opening screens in XP (no, the MS
| >| patch doesn't fix it). "NTVDM.exe" error... Had the
| >| same results on every XP system I tried in on.
| >|
| >| Great kids game, btw...
| >|
| >| Thanks!
| >|
| >| Edgar
| >
| >
| >.
| >
