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Old 02-11-2007   #2 (permalink)
Dustin Harper
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Re: Running Games Designed for XP

Most games work. Some do not, or have quite a bit of FPS issues (FEAR,
Oblivion). You can check the game makers forums and there should be a lot of
posts for Vista compatibility.

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"niagara94" <niagara94@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:080D3816-6C0B-4B68-A8FB-CDE5C7ABA66A@microsoft.com...
> Hi - I am debating the whole Vista thing and I have a quick question. I
> have
> heard that if software (I'm wondering specifically about games right now)
> is
> designed to run on XP (if the specs of the game say XP) then it will run
> on
> Vista. Is that true? I realize that you may have to tweak a setting here
> or
> there or put it in compatibility mode. Also, what would you do if you
> contact the game manufacturers for info on this and they either don't know
> or
> don't reply (I haven't started this process yet but am just asking in
> advanced)? Thanks!


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