i can't load old games in windows XP

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Hi Galit,

"galit" <galgalon70@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1e4201c49d5c$ae0769d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
| i can't load old games because i have windows xp and i
| don't have
| MS DOS
| i've tried everything:
| changing definitions, dosbox
| nothing works
| please help me !
|

When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available,
or search at: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a :-)

Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] /trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and http://home.earthlink.net/~angelda [...] meList.htm For sound
issues use: http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound Good Luck! :-)

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
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