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    Question Any advice for running Windows 7 with no Microsoft support ?

    I use Windows 10 but I want to create a Windows 7 virtual machine using Hyper V Manager for running older games that are not Win10 compatible or don't work well on Win10, I have a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate I want to use. I've never run an OS that for which support has been discontinued so I...
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    Question Suggestions for realistic single player FPS games?

    Hi, I'm looking for any suggestions for good, realistic, single player FPS games. I prefer war FPS games, especially WWI & WWII, but I'm open to modern war games and even non-realistic FPS games like Doom or Quake too. Right now I own these FPS games: Easy Red 2 Battlefield games The original...
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    Question How do I get games to use the correct input device ?

    Hello, I am an avid gamer that enjoys many types of games, including flight simulation and sim racing for which I have hardware for. I also have an Xbox gamepad for other types of games. I have multiple devices plugged in like joystick, rudder pedals, throttle quadrant as well as the Xbox...
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    Question Updating the BIOS to a beta version ?

    I have an MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon and MSI has been very slow with BIOS updates for it (probably cause it's an older board) and the last version I updated to was released back on 08-05-22 and it was a final release version. On 05-18-23 they released a new Beta version, I just checked on...
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    Question How to open old Windows Help (.hlp) files ?

    Hello, I recently purchased an old Epic game called Space Empires III. In the UI it has menu options to open help for the game but I get an error message when I try to open them. I did a little research and found that the game uses the WinHelp (xx.hlp) format and the WinHelp feature was never...