gluestick

I havewindows 2000 xp home edition

I have a game that says its not for windows 2000,???
is it possable to get a patch of some kind to enable me to play this game on my pc ??? or am i stuffed?




cheers
Jay

super_si

I think your best bet is to say whether youve got Windows 2000 OR XP Home Edition.

its one or the other

Si

gluestick

well im close!!! sheeeeeeeeesh

ok its windows xp !! ( had to turn off the puter and watch the title screen bit ahem !!)

Daz34

What's the game.
Info helps

gluestick

its some kind of grand prix manager thingy, i got it end of last year, but then the puter i had at the time blew up (windows 98), so i got a new puter a month or so back but this game doesnt want to talk to the puter????

super_si

Could of just gone to control panel -> system. For next time

gluestick

erm what does that mean?? i can get it to play through control panel??

super_si

gluestick

its amazing i can turn it on and off !!! lol oh hum


so does that mean im stuffed on wanting to play my cool gran prix manager game thingy???

darlodge

For you operating system, its also displayed vertically on the Start Menu when you click on Start

Anyway,

I've got a few games that are not supposed to run on XP Pro but do totally fine. I'd say risk it for a biscuit, Back-up everything (e-mail, my document, favourites, photos, files, etc. etc. etc.) just in case and then install the game. If it works then cool, if not then you might be able to run in in Windows 2000 compatability mode (i'll explain more later if required) but either way, you still need to install it.

Darren

gluestick

i have installed the game, all seems ok everything as norm, but when you go to play it, it goes straight to a nice title screen and thats it, just seems to stay on that and doesnt go any further, doesnt matter how much I swear at it !!!!! ( im not very technical with computers ! ) Then the only way I can get back to my desktop is to turn off the comp, the old ctrl alt and delete thing doesnt seem to work at the title screen?

anymore insight would be great??

gluestick

guess im shafted then !

Nick

Which game is it?

Have you tried tech support for the game manufacturers? What is the spec of your pc? Have you got the latest drivers, especially the graphics card?