i cant play some games that i have installed because i use XP what can i do to fix this?

what games are they?

um Brian Lara cricket, International Cricket Manager and Grand Prix Manager 2

what does it say when you try to run them?

just errors in general! ill have to install them all again to get the proper wordings. but its because of xp!!

hhhhmmmm i cant see why they wouldnt run. ill check around and see if i can find out why they wont play.

thank you so very much!

lol no problem, sorry i couldnt be of more help, but like i said ill see what i can do.

cant you right click on a program and change the compatibility in properties?

ive tried that yet it still doesn't work :(

hmm...well all I can tell you is learn a lesson from this, and check compatibility for a game before buying/borrowing/downloading it.

:dancer:

Duncan, I cannot run my moms "Family Feud" on XP.. I used to be able to run it, but after I formated and installed all the new service packs I cannot do it any more..

Maybe your machine is to up to date? :confused:

Some games won't run if your account isn't marked as an admin account.. Is yours?

no idea, its just that the games are old. it aint a big deal anymore im thinking about installing ME or something lol

If you are going to install a different Windows version, install Windows 98SE.

here is why i cant run Grand Prix Manager 2

if someone can fix this for me and i am able to run it then i will give them a sloppy big kiss lol just kidding! unless its a good looking girl that fixes it ;p

*bump*

Umm, this is just a guess, but try to...

Right-click on the desktop.
Go to properties.
Go to settings.
Change the "Color Quality" to 32 bit.
Click apply.
Click OK.
Try it.

that didnt work :(

Well, I'm out of ideas!

*sobs*

Get Aaron back, and ask him.

ok i went to install the game again and got this

then make sure windows is in 256 colour mode :P

lmao thats what i thought smackman.

:cool:

Originally posted by smackman
then make sure windows is in 256 colour mode :P


how do i do that? :(

Don't think you can in XP

Try going to display settings by right clicking on the desktop and then clicking on properties... Click on the settings tab. You can set the resolution here also. There is a drop down menu on the right, mine only has 16 and 32 bit color mode. See if you can select a 256 color mode.

It should work after that.

i dont have the 256 thingy, just the 16 and 32. so i cant play the game huh? :(

Guess not, XP is a major PIA when it comes to old software. Some of the games I used to able to run for my mom won't run on here after I've installed everything.