Windows vista home premium will not load my old games

[tommygk]

i tried to load a couple of my old games on my windows vista and it will not let me. is there a patch or something i can download to fix this?

 

[mjurgilas]

What Kind of games areyou talking about if their dos games or older games i could help (mabey)

 

[j_chatelain]

If they're dos based, check out www.dosbox.com. Works quite well.

 

[Herr_Koos]

+1 for DOSBox. But you really need to be more specific as to what games you're talking about. I've managed to get quite a few old titles running by using the built-in Compatibility Mode.

 

[cafuddled]

I don't think he likes you, any of you! :O

 

[Herr_Koos]

I don't think he likes you, any of you! :O

Relevance to topic, pray tell?

 

[j_chatelain]

I think cafuddled is referring to the lack of response from the OP....

 

[tommygk]

What Kind of games areyou talking about if their dos games or older games i could help (mabey)

Thief, Dark Earth, Forsaken and Jane's F-15

 

[tommygk]

If they're dos based, check out www.dosbox.com. Works quite well.

Thanks for answering back. I tried to mount a new directory, either I'm doing something wrong or my cpu won't let me

 

[j_chatelain]

Have you tried the FAQ page? If you can run Vista, I doubt that your cpu is to blame. It had been a very long time since I messed with DOS, but I managed to get Wolfenstein 3D running in Vista a while back. Check out:

http://www.dosbox.com./wiki/Basic_Setup_and_Installation_of_DosBox

 

[mjurgilas]

Bad news thief wont work for you on vista i tried to run thief 2 on vista and its impossible there is no fix to get it running (for at least now)

 

[mjurgilas]

oops it might work if you try some steps in this site it helped a lot of people http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=76504

 

[tommygk]

thanks I'll give it a try