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Cannot play game on XP that worked on Win98
I have a game "Hodj-n'Podj" that worked great on Win98
but the video won't play on my brand new Win XP machine. I change the compatibility to play in 256 colors and 640x480 screen resolution. The sound works but the vidoe doesn't play. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. |
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Cannot play game on XP that worked on Win98
Go to the game's program file, the exe file in the program
folder. Right click on the file and select compatibility mode. Set the program to see XP as W98. It might run, might not. Check with the game publisher [their website] to see if there are updates, patches or an FAQ on the game. You can get Virtual PC and run W98 inside of XP and then run the game. It can be that the new PC and video card are too fast for the game, you might try setting a slower acceleration on the video. "Tom Higgins" wrote in message ... |I have a game "Hodj-n'Podj" that worked great on Win98 | but the video won't play on my brand new Win XP machine. | I change the compatibility to play in 256 colors and | 640x480 screen resolution. The sound works but the vidoe doesn't play. | Any ideas? | | Thanks in advance. |
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Cannot play game on XP that worked on Win98
Tom Higgins wrote:
I have a game "Hodj-n'Podj" that worked great on Win98 but the video won't play on my brand new Win XP machine. I change the compatibility to play in 256 colors and 640x480 screen resolution. The sound works but the vidoe doesn't play. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Microsoft broke a lot of old Windows 3.x games with some of the updates to XP. I have games that worked originally with XP but later quit working after patching. |
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Cannot play game on XP that worked on Win98
How do you set a slower acceleration on the video?
Jim Macklin wrote: Go to the game's program file, the exe file in the program folder. Right click on the file and select compatibility mode. Set the program to see XP as W98. It might run, might not. Check with the game publisher [their website] to see if there are updates, patches or an FAQ on the game. You can get Virtual PC and run W98 inside of XP and then run the game. It can be that the new PC and video card are too fast for the game, you might try setting a slower acceleration on the video. "Tom Higgins" wrote in message ... |I have a game "Hodj-n'Podj" that worked great on Win98 | but the video won't play on my brand new Win XP machine. | I change the compatibility to play in 256 colors and | 640x480 screen resolution. The sound works but the vidoe doesn't play. | Any ideas? | | Thanks in advance. |
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Cannot play game on XP that worked on Win98
From what I read on-line, the game won't work. , it was
DOS/Windows 3. "Tom Higgins" wrote in message ... | How do you set a slower acceleration on the video? | | | Jim Macklin wrote: | Go to the game's program file, the exe file in the program | folder. Right click on the file and select compatibility | mode. Set the program to see XP as W98. It might run, | might not. Check with the game publisher [their website] to | see if there are updates, patches or an FAQ on the game. | | You can get Virtual PC and run W98 inside of XP and then run | the game. It can be that the new PC and video card are too | fast for the game, you might try setting a slower | acceleration on the video. | | | "Tom Higgins" wrote in message | ... | |I have a game "Hodj-n'Podj" that worked great on Win98 | | but the video won't play on my brand new Win XP machine. | | I change the compatibility to play in 256 colors and | | 640x480 screen resolution. The sound works but the vidoe | doesn't play. | | Any ideas? | | | | Thanks in advance. | | |
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Cannot play game on XP that worked on Win98
Display Properties, Settings, Advanced, Troubleshoot, move the slider left.
Tom Higgins wrote: How do you set a slower acceleration on the video? Jim Macklin wrote: Go to the game's program file, the exe file in the program folder. Right click on the file and select compatibility mode. Set the program to see XP as W98. It might run, might not. Check with the game publisher [their website] to see if there are updates, patches or an FAQ on the game. You can get Virtual PC and run W98 inside of XP and then run the game. It can be that the new PC and video card are too fast for the game, you might try setting a slower acceleration on the video. "Tom Higgins" wrote in message ... |I have a game "Hodj-n'Podj" that worked great on Win98 | but the video won't play on my brand new Win XP machine. | I change the compatibility to play in 256 colors and | 640x480 screen resolution. The sound works but the vidoe doesn't play. | Any ideas? | | Thanks in advance. |
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Cannot play game on XP that worked on Win98
Bob I wrote:
Display Properties, Settings, Advanced, Troubleshoot, move the slider left. Tom Higgins wrote: How do you set a slower acceleration on the video? Jim Macklin wrote: Go to the game's program file, the exe file in the program folder. Right click on the file and select compatibility mode. Set the program to see XP as W98. It might run, might not. Check with the game publisher [their website] to see if there are updates, patches or an FAQ on the game. You can get Virtual PC and run W98 inside of XP and then run the game. It can be that the new PC and video card are too fast for the game, you might try setting a slower acceleration on the video. "Tom Higgins" wrote in message ... |I have a game "Hodj-n'Podj" that worked great on Win98 | but the video won't play on my brand new Win XP machine. | I change the compatibility to play in 256 colors and | 640x480 screen resolution. The sound works but the vidoe doesn't play. | Any ideas? | | Thanks in advance. That didn't work so I went to Microsoft.com and downloaded Virtual PC 2004 SP1, but that won't work...said it will only work on XP Professional. Or did you mean something different to download? |
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