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BCRandy - 13 Jan 2006 11:58 GMT

I just subscribed. I only belong to one other group and I
find the amount of junk postings here amazing! Do most
newsgroups groups get so many junk postings?

Anyway, here is my question.... I'm running Win XP on a new
computer and find that most of my older games won't run
(only Quake). I really prefer the older games over the
graphics intensive things available today (i. e. I prefer
Jazz Jackrabbit & Descent II over Doom III). How can I best
(most easily) get back to playing the older games? Must I
buy a second computer just to run and old version of windows
or DOS?
Thanks,
Randy

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Noel Paton - 13 Jan 2006 12:39 GMT

Have you tried running your games in compatibility mode??

(BTW, This group is for people running ||Windows ME rather than Windows XP -
but never mind!)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspx

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>I just subscribed. I only belong to one other group and I
> find the amount of junk postings here amazing! Do most
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> Thanks,
> Randy

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Galen - 13 Jan 2006 19:21 GMT

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Have you tried running your games in compatibility mode??
>
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>> Thanks,
>> Randy

And there's not a lot of junk here either. *is in lurk mode*

If comp. mode doesn't get you squared away:

DOSBox, an x86 DOS emulator:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

That will run the older DOS apps just fine, be they games or any other app.

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