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Name: driversareevil
Date: July 12, 2006 at 16:24:38 Pacific
OS: XP professional
CPU/Ram: 1.3/256
Product: Gateway
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how do i run a game ment to run on win 98 on XP?
is this possible and if so how?



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Name: heropsycho2177
Date: July 12, 2006 at 17:27:49 Pacific
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www.ntcompatible.com

Look the specific game up to see if it's possible and how to do it.

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Response Number 2
Name: Sabertooth
Date: July 12, 2006 at 18:53:09 Pacific
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Try the '98 compatibility mode in XP & see what happens. BTW, what game is this?

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Response Number 3
Name: driversareevil
Date: July 14, 2006 at 13:50:13 Pacific
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Risk 2

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Response Number 4
Name: TJ297
Date: July 17, 2006 at 17:36:40 Pacific
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I have Risk 2 On my Win XP machine and it ran fine... I think i may have changed the setting to run with Win 98... Right click on Game.exe and choose the last tab and change to run with win 98... if my instructions are wrong, tell us and ill find out how to do it properly... i CBF right now...lol

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