Steam installer wont open on Windows xp SP2?

[Brandon Stickle]

Just factory restored this HP with Windows XP Media centre edition, it looks like its stuck to service pack 2, would that be the reason why i cant even open the steam installer ( i have a bunch of older games on there that dont even work on windows 7...)? Firefox would not open up either but chrome worked, i built this machine so i can run Games that came out in the XP Era, Would XP be good for Dos games as well? i guess a better question; is windows xp better for use of DOS applications?

 

[kyzarvs]

What games can't you run? I run Darklands (1993), Carmageddon, the original UFO from Steam with no problems in W10?

 

[Brandon Stickle]

@kyzarvs , if I remember right, unreal gold, x-com terror from the deep, quake 3

 

[kyzarvs]

Unreal works and all of the XCOM's are okay - I'd skip the issue and move to a current O/S and let Steam's implementation of DOSBox keep everything working for you 😀

 

[Wayfall]

Well I don't see why you even have Windows XP still, I'm still with Windows 7 as its the only OS I have ever used that actually works with no problems. In my life time so far (i'm 21) I have used Windows 95/98, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10. Windows 7 has been the only constant OS for me which does everything its meant to without issues, I got a new copy a while ago of Amazon so I could install it onto an SSD and the PC is miles speedier now.

With the right know how you can play any old pc games on Windows 7, I mostly use windows 7's compatibly setting and also go into games config files and change CPU cores as the games get flattened by are current technology.