I HAVE A GAME THAT RECQUIRES WINDOWS 2000 XP BUT A PC WITH VISTA

I wondered if download 2000 XP would ruin my PC. Should I just get a new game compatible with a vista PC? ~ ilianet

You can do a lot of problems for your self.

You would have to buy Windows 2000 or XP, and operating systems probably will not work on your computer anyway, because of not the drivers written for them by the hardware manufacturers.

Try this:

Right-click on the setup.exe from this game > properties > Compatibility tab at the top of the next window > check the box "run in compatibility for..." » >

Drop-down menu, choose XP SP2 > apply > OK > see if it works.

If this does not work, it would be a lot cheaper and less painful, to buy a new Vista compatible game.

http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistagaming/threads

And there is a Vista Gaming Forum here, which will give you the best advice on games that I could!

See you soon. Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

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