Blair

I do have the game, and will admit to not getting it to run.. after
installing it onto a Win 98 machine, I completely lost the urge to go any
further re. installing on XP..

The game has less playability than some of the real oldies like Pong or
Pac-Man, in my opinion..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Blair" <faberman45@nospamyahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> Actually I have Command and Conquer Red Alert installed on my XP machine.
> I agree that Red Alert 2 is a superior game, but there are some who still
> like the older one. Here's detailed instructions for installing C&C Red
> Alert. Follow them closely.
>
>
> Here are the steps needed for installing Red Alert on Windows XP :
>
> a.. You must have Administrator Rights on Windows XP in order to install
> Red Alert. This is a Win2000 and Windows XP setting. Please contact your
> system administrator or Microsoft for instructions on setting your
> administrator privileges.
>
> a.. To find out if you are logged in as the Admin follow the following
> steps:
> 1.. Click on the Start button.
> 2.. Click on Settings.
> 3.. Then click on Control Panel
> 4.. Select User Accounts. Under the user tab you should see the user
> name as Administrator.
>
> b.. To install the game follow these steps:
> 1.. Insert the Red Alert disk into the CD-ROM drive. Close the
> installation window that appears if Autoplay is turned on.
> 2.. Click on the My Computer icon.
> 3.. Right click on the CD-ROM Drive with the game in it.
> 4.. In the drop down menu, select explore.
> 5.. Find the folder called Setup95. Double click on it to open the
> folder.
> 6.. Inside that folder find the file called install.exe.
> 7.. Right click on install.exe. Select send to.. then desktop, from
> the drop down menu.
> 8.. This will create a shortcut on the desktop. Right click on that
> shortcut and select properties.
> 9.. Select the Compatibility tab.
> 10.. Check the Run this program in compatibility mode for: box.
> 11.. Then select Windows 95 in the drop down window below.
> 12.. Click Apply then OK.
> 13.. Double click on the shortcut to install the game.
>
> c.. In order for the game to run properly you must install the latest
> patch.
> 1.. Locate the latest patch on our FTP site.
> a.. Click here to go to the latest Red Alert patch.
> 2.. Drag the patch to your desktop.
> 3.. After completing the download, copy the patch file into the Red
> Alert installation directory, by default this is located at
> C:\Westwood\RedAlert
> 4.. Double click on the patch to run the patch file, this will create
> three more files - Patch.exe, Patch.r
>
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mikehalll@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:ewwWJLc$FHA.344@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Command and Conquer Red Alert will not run in XP.. however, were you to
>> purchase Red Alert 2, a graphically superior game, encompassing way more
>> strategy, you would have no problems at all..
>>
>> I am still looking to find somebody who has Win 95 and a desire to play
>> antiquated strategy games..
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall
>> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "knightman5g" <knightman5g@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:657BD751-9ECF-4A31-92A9-7184586DFFA7@microsoft.com...
>>> The game is Command and Conquer, Red Alert. After running the
>>> compatibility
>>> wizard, I was able to install it, but then when I tried to run it, I got
>>> the
>>> following message: " The procedure entry point SMapLS_IP_EBP_12 could
>>> not be
>>> located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" Does this mean that
>>> maybe
>>> it is one of the games that makes direct calls to system hardware?
>>>
>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>>>
>>>> knightman5g wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Is there any way, aside from running two OS, to run this game?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What game? It depends entrely on which it is.
>>>>
>>>> Some older games will run under Windows XP without doing anything
>>>> special,
>>>> some will run if only you run them in compatility mode, others won't
>>>> run at
>>>> all.
>>>>
>>>> If the game tries to access the hardware directly (as many older games
>>>> did)
>>>> it won't run at all under Windows XP.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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