I want to install & play some XP games that won't play in Windows 7.
Will the XP mode in Windows 7 work for this?
Where IS the XP mode in Windows 7?

Another option I have is a secondary drive I have in my computer that has nothing on it. I guess I could install XP on it.
But that would have to be a dual-boot system, correct?

I thought the older you got the smarter you got.......believe it or not I used to KNOW this stuff.

Right-click the game icon
"run in compatability mode"

the wizard will open and its pretty self-explanatory from there.

quote Originally posted by MidEngineManiac: Right-click the game icon "run in compatability mode" the wizard will open and its pretty self-explanatory from there.

I have a few games that need to be installed on an XP system......

its a add-on which you need to go to microsft.com to download
it basicly creates virtual XP computer, which runs inside win 7


http://www.microsoft.com/wi...ual-pc/download.aspx

If those XP games require Direct3D (DirectX) then I'm pretty sure running them in XP won't work. XP mode basically is a virtual machine running in Windows 7 but it doesn't support virtualization of you video card. I think VirtualBox is the only virtual machine that can (although I've never got it to work).

Your best bet would indeed be to install XP on a spare drive and boot from that whenever you want to play those games.

But what games are that? I've never heard of a game that runs in XP but not in Windows 7.

Like M.E.M. said, Compatibility mode should work. You'll just have to find the installer file on the disc, right click that and play with the compatibility mode settings.

quote Originally posted by Cliff Pennock: But what games are that? I've never heard of a game that runs in XP but not in Windows 7.

Games built for Windows XP that have *Starforce copy protection.
Earlier XP Starforce versions won't allow games to play in Windows 7.
There are some Starforce removal drivers, but they only work on some games & systems.

*StarForce is a software copy protection mechanism developed by Protection Technology.

Games Protected By Starforce:

Age of Pirates : Caribbean Tales
Air Conflicts
American Conquest: Divided Nation
Ankh
Anstoss 4
ArmA: Armed Assault
Bandits: Phoenix Rising
Bet on Soldier
Beyond Divinity
Black Mirror
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
Blitzkrieg 2
Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder
Breed
Brian Lara International Cricket 2005
Brian Lara International Cricket 2007
Brigade E5:New Jagged Union
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Castle Strike
Chaos League
Chaos League: Sudden Death
Chrome Specforce
City Life
Codename: Outbreak
Cold War
Colin McRae Rally 2005
Colin McRae DIRT (demo)
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
Crazy Frog Racer
Cross Racing Championship 2005
Curious George
Curse: The Eye of Isis
Cycling Manager 3
Cycling Manager 4
D-Day
Dawn of Magic
DCS Blackshark
Dead to Rights
Demonic Speedway
Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps
D.I.R.T Origin of the Species
Diver Deep Water Adventures
Domination
Dreamfall
Ed, Edd and Eddy - The Mis-Edventures
Emergency Fire Response
Enigma: Rising Tide
Etherlords II
Fire Chief
Fire Department
Freedom Force vs The Third Reich
Gangland
Garfield
Gene Troopers
Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris
GT Legends
GTI Racing
GTR: FIA GT Racing Game
Hammer & Sickle
Happiness
Heroes of Annihilated Empires
Horse Race Manager
I-Ninja
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Keepsake
Kicker Manager 2004
Kill Switch
King Kong
Knights of the Temple 2
Korea: Forgotten Conflict
Kuro No Uta Hime
L.A. Rush
LMA Professional Manager 2005
Lock On: Flaming Cliffs
Loki
Mad Tracks
Medieval Lords
Micro Machines V4
Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition
Miko X Mono
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
Neuro Hunter
Nibiru
Night Watch
Obscure
Pac Man World 2
Pac Man World 3
Pacific Storm
Paradise
Pariah
Parkan 2
Pax Romana
Perimeter
Perimeter: Emperor's Testament
Pferdehof - Pferd und Pony
Pippa Funnell Take the Reins
Pop Star Academy
Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Pro Cycling Manager Saison 2006
Pro Rugby Manager
Psi-Ops
Pure Pinball
Rally Championship Xtreme
Restricted Area
Revolution
RHEM 2 : La Cite Interdite
Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2005
Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Rush For Berlin
Sacred Plus
Sacred Underworld
Scrapland
Second Sight
Silent Hunter 3
Silent Storm
Silkolene Honda Motocross GP
Singles 2 : Triple Trouble
Singles : Flirt Up Your Life
Sniper Elite
Soldiers Heroes of World War 2
Sommerspiele 2004
Space Rangers 2
SpellForce 2
Splinter Cell 3: Chaos Theory
Stalker: Clear Sky
Star Wolves
Star Wolves 2
Steel Saviour
Still Life
Street Racing Syndicate
Sudeki
SuperPower 2
Syberia II
Taito Legends 2
The Ant Bully
The Fall : Last Days of Gaia
The Moment of Silence
The Stalin Subway
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
The Westerner
TOCA Race Driver 2 : The Ultimate Racing Simulator
TOCA Race Driver 3
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six : Lockdown
Torrente 3
TrackMania
TrackMania : Power Up !
TrackMania Nations
TrackMania Original
TrackMania Sunrise
TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme
Traitors Gate 2: Cypher
Two worlds
Ubersoldier
UFO: Aftershock
Universal Combat: A World Apart
Universal Combat Gold
V8 Supercars 2
V8 Supercars 3
Virtual Skipper 3
Virtual Skipper 4
Vivisector
War on Terror
Wildlife Park
Wildlife Park 2
Wintersport Pro 2006
World Racing 2
World War I
World War II: Frontline Command
Worms 4: Mayhem
XIII
Xpand Rally
Xpand Rally Xtreme
Xuan-Yuan Sword 4
You Are Empty

[This message has been edited by Boondawg (edited 10-20-2010).]

For some games, even if you own the game, it's easier to DL a cracked version,and get THAT to play, because sometimes, its the copy protection which prevents the game from playing because it's looking for a little file somewhere and it's not there... Know what I mean?
Soul Reaver was like that...

*cough*gamecopyworld.com*cough*

quote Originally posted by Cliff Pennock: *cough*gamecopyworld.com*cough*

Gesundheit!

quote Originally posted by Cliff Pennock: If those XP games require Direct3D (DirectX) then I'm pretty sure running them in XP won't work. XP mode basically is a virtual machine running in Windows 7 but it doesn't support virtualization of you video card. I think VirtualBox is the only virtual machine that can (although I've never got it to work). Your best bet would indeed be to install XP on a spare drive and boot from that whenever you want to play those games. But what games are that? I've never heard of a game that runs in XP but not in Windows 7.

Thats exactly the issue I am having running Starcraft on my netbook....since XP mode is virtual, very shortly after starting the actual machine takes over control of the display settings.

quote Originally posted by Cliff Pennock: *cough*gamecopyworld.com*cough*

Worked like a charm!
Just replace the .exe file, and presto!

And just for the record:



I DO own the game.