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Thread ID: 75291	2006-12-23 21:40:00	Old DOS Games	horsedreamer (9800)	Press F1

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509002	2006-12-23 21:40:00	Haven't been here for a while :D *waves* Okay, here's the deal... I found a website with a bunch of old DOS games that I used to play when I was a kid. I downloaded one on my computer and it worked like a charm. My mom said she wanted to play them too on her computer so I downloaded one to hers. It was a different game that you had to install. I clicked the Install.exe file and the screen went blank. So I restarted and I was able to install it then. I clicked on the game and the screen went blank again. I have not been able to get it to install again. I also tried copying it from mine to hers and it did the same thing. I've tried setting the compatibility to Windows 95 and 98 but that didn't help. I didn't have to change any settings on mine for it to work. We're both running Windows XP SP2 but we have a different motherboard- mine is a little older. Any suggestions?	horsedreamer (9800)
509003	2006-12-23 22:52:00	Hey the easiest way to play old DOS games etc in WinXP is with DOSBox (dosbox.sourceforge.net)	CYaBro (73)
509004	2006-12-23 23:31:00	Oh yeah! I forgot about that place. Thanks!	horsedreamer (9800)
509005	2006-12-24 08:26:00	old DOS games I downloaded one to hers. I I clicked on the game and the screen went blank again. We're both running Windows XP SP2 but we have a different motherboard- mine is a little older. Any suggestions? You most likely have different graphics and sound too and yours is more comaptible with the game than hers. DOSBox should help with that sort of thing too.	pctek (84)
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