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Windows 7 x64 & Classic/Win95/98-era Gaming Compatibility
psyren:
--- Quote from: GoGeTa006 on December 08, 2009, 03:07:19 AM ---Windows 7 is now giving me crap about "Authentic microsoft software" every time i open a MS program (paint, minesweeper etc)
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Are you running a pirated/non-activated version? ::)
GoGeTa006:
--- Quote from: psyren on December 08, 2009, 03:19:09 AM ---
--- Quote from: GoGeTa006 on December 08, 2009, 03:07:19 AM ---Windows 7 is now giving me crap about "Authentic microsoft software" every time i open a MS program (paint, minesweeper etc)
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Are you running a pirated/non-activated version? ::)
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its supposed to be activated, IIRC I got that "thanks for using genuine microsoft software" confirmation.
zherok:
--- Quote from: Neco on December 07, 2009, 03:35:42 PM ---http://www.dosbox.com/
I can't believe no one has mentioned this. The site also has a compatibility list, as well as a general progress graph of various emulation aspects (CPU's, special modes, etc) and there are tens of GUI's available for it.
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Well, to be fair, of the games he mentioned, all but Carmmaggeddon and HoMM2 were Windows-only games. You won't be running Starcraft in DOSBox. But for those games, yeah, definitely better to use DOSBox than virtualize XP to run a DOS game.
DaggerLite:
I recommend dual booting, installing XP 32-bit first, then Win7 64-bit afterwards. Remember to do this on separate partitions or separate drives. Using XP-mode in Win7 64-bit, it would still be XP 64-bit which is not very compatible with older programs.
As some other's said, running x86 games with x64 is not possible unless the game is pretty simple or depends on an outside engine to run, in which case the engine would have to be compatible. Note: I didn't bother reading all replies in-depth. Also, unless you currently have 4+ GB of RAM, 64-bit is not very useful. Almost anything that is available in x64 is also available in x86 code today, though this will probably change in the distant future.
Tip: Make sure in advance that your hardware is supported by Win7. You might find unofficial drivers that work, but do so in advance rather than installing a system that can't automatically find your working drivers.
zherok:
--- Quote from: DaggerLite on December 08, 2009, 09:36:11 AM ---As some other's said, running x86 games with x64 is not possible unless the game is pretty simple or depends on an outside engine to run, in which case the engine would have to be compatible. Note: I didn't bother reading all replies in-depth. Also, unless you currently have 4+ GB of RAM, 64-bit is not very useful. Almost anything that is available in x64 is also available in x86 code today, though this will probably change in the distant future.
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I've yet to run into a modern game that wouldn't run in x64. That doesn't mean there aren't any, but as you said, it's not like x64 bit software is common. For the most part that doesn't matter though. They run fine in 32-bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOW64
Older games run into problems, like the fact that x64 has no 16-bit support. But your dual booting suggestion is a better solution than opting for the 32-bit version of Windows 7.
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