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In news:eTjK0imuFHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
Jimmy S. <nosp@m.pls> had this to say:
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> Extra " " removed. ;-)
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/expert/durham_og.mspx
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> "Thomas Kuck" <Kolossus@Sancharnet.in> wrote in message
> news:OnKZi7luFHA.3528@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Correction of link:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/ games/expert/durham_og.mspx
>>
>>
>> Galen wrote:
>>
>>> In news:345CB130-D90F-4043-8DB6-12AB35C948C2@microsoft.com,
>>> LaraPhoenix <LaraPhoenix@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>>>
>>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have, or rather my father has an old Win 95 game (Congo descent
>>>> into zinj) he really loved but never got to finished because our
>>>> win 95 computer died; we have over 5 computers in our house now,
>>>> all on one version of xp or another, and none will play it. It
>>>> says it sucessfully installs but then freezes on a black screen
>>>> when you try to run it.
>>>> I have tried running the installation exe in compatibility, as well
>>>> as the program exe itself; I've tried running it from dos; I've
>>>> tried copying the whole cd contents onto the hard drive and making
>>>> everything compatible and then running the installer from the hard
>>>> drive- Same Result. What Can I Do? Always happy to live and learn,
>>>> LaraPhoenix
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> List of stuff to try - in order...
>>>
>>> Right click the .EXE file in the program files after installing it,
>>> select properties, select compatability, and set it to be 95 comp.
>>> I realize you said you did so but could you triple check and make
>>> sure that it was for 95? You might want to go ahead and tweak it -
>>> there's a LOT that CAN be done with this but that's a lot of
>>> overwhelming information so we'll skip that for now.
>>>
>>> Getting Older Games to Run on Windows XP:
>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/expert/durham_og.mspx&e=9797
>>>
>>> (That's a good article)
>>>
>>> Finally there's a small learning curve but if you were able to find
>>> here you can configure it (and then make a shortcut and make sure
>>> it works and explain it if you're father's not computer savy) with
>>> this application. This will give you DOS emulation and is by far
>>> the most likely to work solution.
>>>
>>> DOSBox, a x86 emulator with DOS:
>>> http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/
>>>
>>>
>>> Galen
>>>
>>>
>>
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Thank you both, seems they've killed my link since I was there last... It
was a good link too. Ah well, thanks for pointing the OP to the correct one.
Galen
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