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83456 2002-09-26 08:54:00 Hi i have a old demo for deer hunter the help file says it's compatable for win 95 or later i'm using winxp.. when i click the start button the screen flicks straight off and a error screen say's
sound intialization failed.. any idea;s please.. :)
johnboy (217)
83457 2002-09-26 09:54:00 An old DOS game perhaps?

Not likely to work under XP since MS dropped DOS...
SoniKalien (792)
83458 2002-09-26 09:58:00 Hi johnboy,

Windows XP does not like to play some of the older style games. When the game was made Windows XP was not available and that is why the help file doesn't say anything about it being incompatible with XP.

This however does not mean XP will not run it, You could try running it in compatibility mode for a earlier version of windows to see if that helps. To do this find the executable file for Deer Hunter, right click it and select properties. On the compatibility tab check the box and select windows 95 or 98 then exit by clicking OK.

Hope this helps

Regards

Sam H
Sam H (525)
83459 2002-09-26 10:10:00 works perfectly im compatibility mode win 98 ... thanks a lot bloody brilliant ...... johnboy (217)
83460 2002-09-26 11:31:00 Glad to be of help.

Regards

Sam H
Sam H (525)
83461 2002-09-26 12:17:00 ..hmmm, must get me XP to learn it... SoniKalien (792)
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