Hi Penny
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> You sound as if you know a little about this stuff
Heh, don't be fooled :-)
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> I have an origional Myst game (windows'95 I think) Will this be ok to play
> on my new laptop which supports vista home premium, will I need to change
> any
> settings? I'm a bit nervous of installing something that may disrupt
I'm pretty sure you'd be able to install Myst, without messing up anything
else. To be absolutely sure, create restore point, before you install Myst:
- go to Start menu
- select Control Panel
- select "System and Maintenance"
- select item "System"
- click on "System Protection" in left margin
- enter administrator credentials if propmted
- the "System Properties"panel will appear, with "System Protection" already
selected
- press the "Create" button, to cretae a system restore point.
- give it a name like "Before Myst" or similar
- press the Create button
- system will chugg away for a few moments, creating the restore point.
With a restore point safely created, you'll be able to easily roll back your
system, in the unlikely event that installing Myst does cause any disruption
to your system.
To roll back:
- go to Start menu
- in "Start Search" filed", type "system restore"
- select the "System Restore" program item
- teh System Restore Wizard will start. Just follow the bouncing ball,
selecting your restore point "Before Myst" to undo all the changes.
But hopefully, Myst will just install, and uninstall, normally.
As to whether Myst will actually *run* on Vista ... um sorry, I dunno. I
don't play computer games, so I have no first-hand expereince. You may need
to check out some of the Myst user forums to see what people's experience
has been.
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Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au