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Article #26965Re: Odd happenings with C&C Red Alert 2
From: Lee Hardy
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:42
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:42
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Try using win XP compatibility mode, follow these instructions and it might work for you http://www.planetcnc.com/features/techtroopers/classicsInXP/ but wen setting the compatibility mode, i would set it to windows 98 instead RA2 & YR installs and runs fine on my XP machine but installation is very slow Hope this works for you Lee "Douglas A. Shrader" <dshrader@nospam.com> wrote in message news:vvpdu1bnq0eacd@corp.supernews.com... > > "smilo" <smilo@woh.rr.com> wrote in message > news:M2%Kb.11014$Hf.1143@fe2.columbus.rr.com... > > Played fine till someone installed Zoo Tycoon on our XP machine. Won't > play, > > will install, uninstall, update, but will not start. Any thoughts or > similar > > problems? > > > > Don't know but I have an XP computer and RA2 and YR both do that on it, but > work fine on a second XP computer of mine with far lower specs. > >
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