installing Red Alert 2 on Win XP?
12 January 2003, 12:19 PM
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no, its the spec of both machines that may be a problem running C&C Generals - one is a P3 450/512Mb the other a Celeron 1.2Ghz 256mb
Both machines run every other W95 game I have (Dungeon Keeper, Red Alert 1, Jedi Knight etc) without a problem....its only Red Alert 2 that fails on install on both.
[Edited by NeilT - 12/1/2003 12:27:59 PM]
Both machines run every other W95 game I have (Dungeon Keeper, Red Alert 1, Jedi Knight etc) without a problem....its only Red Alert 2 that fails on install on both.
[Edited by NeilT - 12/1/2003 12:27:59 PM]
29 November 2003, 05:21 PM
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as a big fan of the original Red Alert, I finally got around to buying Red Alert 2 today (£9.99 budget)
But can I get the b*gger to even install on XP? Nope
Read the support pages at Wetwood - and all they say is mark the setup file as W95 compatibility - that doesnt work for me.
So.....anyone installed it on Xp if so...help!!!
ta
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But can I get the b*gger to even install on XP? Nope
Read the support pages at Wetwood - and all they say is mark the setup file as W95 compatibility - that doesnt work for me.
So.....anyone installed it on Xp if so...help!!!
ta
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29 November 2003, 08:46 PM
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Their support site mentions XP compatibility in 95 mode but this doesnt work
Anyone want a brand new copy of Red Alert 2? £9.99?
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29 November 2003, 09:21 PM
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Well the good news is I've got Windows XP on my comp and have loaded & played Red Alert 2 with no problems at all. Played it right to the end.
The bad news is I don't know why you can't.
Well the good news is I've got Windows XP on my comp and have loaded & played Red Alert 2 with no problems at all. Played it right to the end.
The bad news is I don't know why you can't.
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tried it on another XP Pro pc on our network here today.
Still the same, crashes on running the setup.exe file
The worse bit is reading on various forums how damn good the game is
Gonna call Westwood tomorrow - very P*ssed off that they recently release a game on a budget label and dont bother stating "Not XP compatible" on the box.
And I doubt my PC will cope with C&C Generals...
<sigh>
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Still the same, crashes on running the setup.exe file
The worse bit is reading on various forums how damn good the game is
Gonna call Westwood tomorrow - very P*ssed off that they recently release a game on a budget label and dont bother stating "Not XP compatible" on the box.
And I doubt my PC will cope with C&C Generals...
<sigh>
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01 December 2003, 08:04 AM
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But Neil it is compatible. I think you need to look at other reasons as to why it's not working. I play C& C Generals often. What makes you think it won't work with your comp? Because of XP?
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called up Westwood Support this pm - suprised to say that I got straight through to someone without having to wait for hours - so top marks to them for that 
After 20 mins or so they concluded that I must have a damaged copy so send it back for a replacement....and that it should work on Windows Xp- which is nice
Game on its way back tomorrow
Neil
After 20 mins or so they concluded that I must have a damaged copy so send it back for a replacement....and that it should work on Windows Xp- which is nice
Game on its way back tomorrow
Neil
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