installation of games pc win 95/98 on win7

I recently got a new computer with Windows 7; now, some games Hasbro Interactive (boggle, superscattergories, risk, scrabble) I used to play on WinXP will not install on Win7. (I don't have Win7 professional).  Is there a way to get these games to work again without buy professional win7!

You can try to install in XP compatibility mode if it is the latest OS, they ran OK on.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows

The idea is that you install the program by not allowing an autorun installation but in locating the file Setup.exe from the game on cd.  Right-click on the Setup.exe icon and choose Properties.  Select the Comptibility tab, then the old version of Windows that you want to.  Be sure to leave the installer put an icon on the desktop.  When you install the game, right click on the setup icon and choose Run as administrator.  Do the same when you launch the game from the desktop.

A better way is to run the game in a virtual machine XP, but you need a copy of XP, you can install it in the virtual machine.  If you have such a copy then you can download Virtual PC 2007 SP1 from Microsoft and install it.  You will receive a message that it is not supported on your operating system, but this does not mean that it will not work.  To do this, but you don't get help from MS if something goes wrong.  Unlike XP Mode, Virtual PC 2007 runs on Home editions.  It just is not supported.

The best solution, especially if you don't have a copy of XP, is simply upgrading to professional because get your money back you simply get a copy free XP which comes in XP Mode.

Colin Barnhorst Windows 7 Ultimate x 64 on DIY with 6 GB of ram.

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