Vista - Windows 95 game in windows vista

Okay so, i have this game that i used to play, its called Creatures 1 (i have version 1.04) and i used to love this game, and played it on my windows XP computer, but now have windows vista on both my laptop, my sisters laptop, and our home desktop. I have tried installing the game on my laptop, and it comes up and asks if i want to install, so i click "install" and then nothing happen. Ive even tried going into the folder and installing it from there but i get this message:
"
SETUP.EXE
The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you’re running. Check your computer’s system information to see whether you need an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher."
Now i know that it works on windows vista, becauseit works on both the desktop and on my sisters laptop, and both of themhave vista, so why cant i get it to work on my computer??
HELP PLEASE!!

Hello Creature6990,
Explore the cd and right click on the serup exe, go to properties, open compatibilty tab and click "run this program in compatibilty mode for", choose Windows 95, at the bottom click "run this program as an administrator" click apply and install.
Give it a go and post your results. Good luck.

i have tried compatibility mode, it just changes the way the screen looks for a second, and then changes back again, it doesnt work

Have you tried all the compatibilty mode's ?.

yep, and they all do that exact same thing

Is your laptop the same make as your sister's, i know HP had issues running older games, (dont know why they would), the only other thing i can think of is to try in safe mode, nothing else seems to work.

F8 on bootup or open msconfig, to do that press
1,start,
2,run,
3,type msconfig, press enter, on the boot tab check safe boot, and reboot, (dont forget to change it back while in safe mode)

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

im pretty sure its the same...
i know we have different proccessors tho, mine is intel, hers is amd, but other than that im pretty sure everything else about them is the same

Ok, try safe mode.

if i get it to install in safe mode, will i always have to play it with my computer in safe mode? or can i run it in normal mode once it is intalled?

Once it's installed it will play in normal mode. (if it install's).