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  1. eysman

    eysman Member

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    Need Help!!!~ The Windows 7 new system will not play my older games that were made for a 32 bit system how do i get the 64 bit system to play my older games.
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    moved to correct forum due to blindness as not a news issue. have you tried compatibility mode?
     
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    No I have not how do you get there in win 7
     
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    Right click on the program,select properties, then compatibility mode. Some programs will not run no matter how much you try( example: Game Shark's dreamcast Memory card manager. it only runs under windows 98).
     
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    Someone at work told me to download Winhlp32.exe and the games would recognise this as there sorce base and run. Does this sound like it will work?
     
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    i dont think so, google tells me winhlp32 is to read 32 bit help files, not to run in compatibility. check this out, it might work.
     
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    I play a lot of older games and they have all worked that I can recall. You might try installing the game as administrator by right clicking the setup file and choosing that option. Once the game is installed you can right click a shortcut of the games and choose properties then the compatibility tab and then choose whatever version of windows the game is made for.

    If you have a multi core processor andthe games run to fast then contol+alt+delete to get to control panel while the game is running , then find the process for the game in the control panel and right click and set the affinity to only one processor.
     
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    Other option is get a win xp 32bit comp or run xp in a virtual pc assuming game will run smooth in it




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