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How do I install older games on Vista?
  1. 18 Dec 2007 #1


    ctolley

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    How do I install older games on Vista?

    I have tried to install a game from 2005 called MEDIEVAL TOTAL WAR.

    I put the disk in the drive and the install option does not even appear.

    My compuer makes a noise as if it is trying to do something but nothing happens. It is not the disk because I have installed it on my brothers XP os.



    I am using windows vista home basic. The game requires a DirectX 9.0 compatible video card.

    Could anyone help?

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  2. 18 Dec 2007 #2
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    Re: How do I install older games on Vista?

    Hi ctolley,
    What happens if you put the disk in the drive, restart the computer, then go to Start > My Computer and go to the CD/DVD Drive? Maybe then you can right click on the CD/DVD drive and choose "autoplay". Or double click the drive and run setup.exe or install.exe.

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  3. 19 Dec 2007 #3
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    Re: How do I install older games on Vista?

    Well firstly..is it compatible with Vista 64..check the website. Secondly..have you tried to go into the exe properties and flag it as Windows XP compatible?

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  4. 19 Dec 2007 #4
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    Re: How do I install older games on Vista?

    Hi Ctolley,

    As CoolChris suggested, you should try using XP SP2 compatibility mode on it. Try opening the DVD and manually click on the setup/install file first. If it still does install, then use the compatibility mode on the setup/install file.

    See: How to Use Compatibilty Mode in Vista for how.

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