reeldeal Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 I have a laptop with win2000 that i got for school next year. The thing will not let me play any of my older games. I need some XCom loving. I think I have the xcom windows edition (not sure i'll check when i'm at home). Whenever I run the program it loads up fine and plays the music but the screen is flickering and is unreadable. I've tried changing resolutions but it's not helping any. Is there an easy trick I can do to get this to work or should i just install a second O/S? and if so which of the "newer" O/S works best with older games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 Mark, You might want to try enabling compatibility mode and see if you have any luck with it. I'm not at home so can't point you to the registry file you need, but if you're comfortable doing it manually, you can go here for step-by-step instructions. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeldeal Posted August 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 That's awesome. Exactly what I needed, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeldeal Posted August 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 blah i thought that would solve it but now that i've actually had the time to try it, it doesn't seem to have worked. I know this game worked on my win98 system but not on win2000. the display still flickers when i load, any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 display still flickers when i load, any other ideas? Dual boot. Trust me youll be happy you did and its cake to setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeldeal Posted August 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 with win98? ME? XP? what's recommended for these older type games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcalx Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 I would suggest Win98. WinME is pure detritus and WinXP, while it has the compatibility mode, can pose the same kinds of problems you're experiencing with Win2K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeldeal Posted August 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 do i have to do anything special to get dual boot to work? if i just a fresh install of win98 from win2000 will it automatically do all that boot.ini stuff for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcalx Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 You'll need a separate FAT partition to install into for each OS you want to install. Once that is done you should be presented with an option menu asking for the OS you wish to boot each time you turn on the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 do i have to do anything special to get dual boot to work? I highly suggest that you install 98 first. You'll want to create at least 2 partitions, preferably 3 (1 for 98, 1 for 2000, and 1 for shared files). Install 98 to the C: drive and get all your drivers and software running, then install 2000. Install 2000 to your D: drive using the NTFS file system. Get everything up and running and have fun You'll be prompted at startup to select an OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre F Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 I've had very good luck with running older games on XP. I've only had to use the compatibilty mode once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeldeal Posted August 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 I can use fdisk to create the partitions right? and from fdisk i can choose fat, ntfs, and "shared"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 I can use fdisk to create the partitions right? and from fdisk i can choose fat, ntfs, and "shared"? Yes, you can create all the partitions with fdisk, but it's when you install Win2k that you'll be asked about NTFS and FAT32. Also, make sure you format the shared drive with FAT32, otherwise your 98 box won't even see it. I'm not sure on how big your drive is, but I would make the partitions like this: Win98 FAT32 3GB (3072KB) C: Win2k NTFS 4GB (4096KB) D: Remaining space FAT32 E: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre F Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 Romier, Off subject, sorry. I notice you have Otogi in your sig. I played the demo of this and it was awesome! What do you think of the rest of the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 Otogi impressions: http://www.lcvg.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=974 -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 What Monkey said Andre:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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