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Old 01-05-2006, 07:52 AM
Lars-Erik Østerud
 
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Default Re: game won't install on XP

Chris H.:

> Most of the "older" games will run perfectly well on Windows XP. Some need
> to use Compatibility Mode (details are in Help and Support), and this
> TechNet article will help you:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../lgcyapps.mspx


Also, for some old games there are official AND unoffical patches.

I found these pathces:

- NFS5 Enhanced patch
- NFS Porsche Unleashed XP patch
- Red Alert and CNC Gold XP patch
- cli2nop (fixed crashes in DOS games)
- nolfb (enables 640x480 VESA)
- DOSbox (DOS emulator)
- VDMSound (XP DOS sound emulator)
- SoundFX 2000 (XP DOS sound emulator)

With these I got almost ALL old DOS and Windows games working

For "Quake" get the "GLQuake" update, it works with XP

VDMSound made these DOS games run nice WITH sound on XP:

- Descent II
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Leisure Suit Larry 5
- Leisure Suit Larry 2
- Leisure Suit Larry 3
- Leisure Suit Larry 1
- Settlers 2
- Terminal Velocity
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