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How to figure out what runs under Win2K
On the labels for their games, Microsoft now has "XP or Vista" for
supported OS's. Generally, will these games run under Windows 2000 SP4 or not? |
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How to figure out what runs under Win2K
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:12:02 -0800, nospam wrote:
On the labels for their games, Microsoft now has "XP or Vista" for supported OS's. Generally, will these games run under Windows 2000 SP4 or not? Usually, except for some dumb games that have an OS check that rejects it at installation for no good reason. -- Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. |
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No. They are incompatible.
-- --DaveW wrote in message ... On the labels for their games, Microsoft now has "XP or Vista" for supported OS's. Generally, will these games run under Windows 2000 SP4 or not? |
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How to figure out what runs under Win2K
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:29:04 -0800, DaveW wrote:
No. They are incompatible. To the OP: ignore DaveW, he is a troll. -- Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. |
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How to figure out what runs under Win2K
wrote in message ... On the labels for their games, Microsoft now has "XP or Vista" for supported OS's. Generally, will these games run under Windows 2000 SP4 or not? Try this http://www.ntcompatible.com/compatibility.html Just scroll down to the app, or game category, and see whats available. |
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How to figure out what runs under Win2K
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:02:47 -0500, Paul wrote:
wrote: On the labels for their games, Microsoft now has "XP or Vista" for supported OS's. Generally, will these games run under Windows 2000 SP4 or not? My machine has Win2K SP4, and I've noticed a trend in demo versions of software, to either do an OS check and reject the Win2K OS. Or in some cases, the program does install, but there are run time problems. The other day, I tried a demo, and actually found instructions for patching around a run time problem, and got the program to run. So if someone has figured out the problem, it can run. Example of how to get a game running on Win2K - expect more probs like this. I used this for another game, and it worked. "Fix for running Bioshock in Windows 2000" xinput1_3.dll TraceMessage http://www.techspot.com/blog/87/fix-...-windows-2000/ I don't think there is really a reason why a game will only run on WinXP, except for pig-headedness. The OSes share too much in common, for that to be a barrier. But without active MS support, you can kiss gaming goodbye. I've more or less given up on expecting anything new to work here. If you want some guarantee a game will work out-of-the-box, better upgrade. Paul Might be time to buy a PlayStation. (Ah, Bill, did you hear that ?) Linux too. |
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How to figure out what runs under Win2K
wrote in message ... On the labels for their games, Microsoft now has "XP or Vista" for supported OS's. Generally, will these games run under Windows 2000 SP4 or not? Until recently just about any game that would run on XP would run on 2k. Now, with OS checks etc, it is a hit or miss deal since W2k is not officially supported as far as the gaming community is concerned. Ed |
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How to figure out what runs under Win2K
"Paul" wrote in message ...
wrote: On the labels for their games, Microsoft now has "XP or Vista" for supported OS's. Generally, will these games run under Windows 2000 SP4 or not? My machine has Win2K SP4, and I've noticed a trend in demo versions of software, to either do an OS check and reject the Win2K OS. Or in some cases, the program does install, but there are run time problems. The other day, I tried a demo, and actually found instructions for patching around a run time problem, and got the program to run. So if someone has figured out the problem, it can run. Example of how to get a game running on Win2K - expect more probs like this. I used this for another game, and it worked. "Fix for running Bioshock in Windows 2000" xinput1_3.dll TraceMessage http://www.techspot.com/blog/87/fix-...-windows-2000/ I don't think there is really a reason why a game will only run on WinXP, except for pig-headedness. The OSes share too much in common, for that to be a barrier. But without active MS support, you can kiss gaming goodbye. I've more or less given up on expecting anything new to work here. If you want some guarantee a game will work out-of-the-box, better upgrade. Thanks for that link, Paul. I'm running the Crysis demo on my 3.6GHz P4 w/ Gainward 7800GS AGP (24 pipes) under Win2K, and it runs very, very well at 1280x1024 High setting. And that's with an older 94.24 driver, supposedly 169.09 and above have major speed optimizations for Crysis. Game developers (especially MS) have done a great disservice to Win2K users. I can understand end-of-lifing a product, but if it still works without issue why pretend it no longer exists? |
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