running old games on Windows Media Edition

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When I try to run some old computer games on my new Windows Media Edition PC,
I get "integer divide by zero" errors.
I tried using the compatibility wizard, but none of the settings I tried
changed the message.
What is the likely cause of this message?
Recommendations for work around?

Thanks,

Burasawa

 

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Hi Burasawa,

Sounds like you might be using some older DOS games? if so ...

When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available,
or search at: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a 🙂

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/faq.php and http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm For
sound
issues use: http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound Good Luck! 🙂

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"burasawa" <burasawa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:339F02DD-C318-4A61-903A-3B892D062592@microsoft.com...
| When I try to run some old computer games on my new Windows Media Edition PC,
| I get "integer divide by zero" errors.
| I tried using the compatibility wizard, but none of the settings I tried
| changed the message.
| What is the likely cause of this message?
| Recommendations for work around?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Burasawa
|