WINDOWS 10 Upgrade Better Games Compatibility Than Clean Install

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3 total messages Started by Trimble Bracegirdle Mon, 14 Dec 2015 01:18

#721205

Author: Trimble Bracegirdle
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 01:18

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WINDOWS 10 Upgrade Better Games Compatibility Than Clean Install.
All on the same hardware with the latest November version of Win10

I've been trying assorted games on a fresh clean install of Windows 10 64bit 
Pro.
Installed ALL the  Visual C++ etc. .

I find a number of games will not start at all .
I know what I'm doing & have checked DLLs - compatibility settings Registry 
settings. Etc.
I get most old & new Games working but a few give error;
"the application was unable to start correctly 0xc000007b"
Borderlands 2 & Borderlands Pre-Sequel also Darksiders II.
I see other people with same issue - but not every body ??

I had a new clean install Of Windows 7 Ultimate with my settings set
& just a few basic bits installed intending to move to that as my
usual Win 7 install is veeeery old & bit cranky.
But I had not got around to that move.

So I've put a Windows 10 Upgrade on that & find those games do work.
Loooong (sigh!) story short I find this Upgraded Win 7 to  Windows 10 better 
compatibility
e.g. Windows Live Mail .
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")  mouse (All That Setting of Settings !)

Re: WINDOWS 10 Upgrade Better Games Compatibility Than Clean Install

#721206

Author: Werner Punz
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:57

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Am 14/12/15 um 02:18 schrieb Trimble Bracegirdle:
> WINDOWS 10 Upgrade Better Games Compatibility Than Clean Install.
> All on the same hardware with the latest November version of Win10
>
> I've been trying assorted games on a fresh clean install of Windows 10
> 64bit Pro.
> Installed ALL the  Visual C++ etc. .
>

Microsoft has shut down a number of DRM schemes from the 2000s in 
Windows 10, they are basically now categorized as malware. Hence a load 
of disk based older games utilizing those drm schemes wont work anymore.

Re: WINDOWS 10 Upgrade Better Games Compatibility Than Clean Install

#721207

Author: Werner Punz
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:01

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Am 14/12/15 um 11:57 schrieb Werner Punz:
> Am 14/12/15 um 02:18 schrieb Trimble Bracegirdle:
>> WINDOWS 10 Upgrade Better Games Compatibility Than Clean Install.
>> All on the same hardware with the latest November version of Win10
>>
>> I've been trying assorted games on a fresh clean install of Windows 10
>> 64bit Pro.
>> Installed ALL the  Visual C++ etc. .
>>
>
> Microsoft has shut down a number of DRM schemes from the 2000s in
> Windows 10, they are basically now categorized as malware. Hence a load
> of disk based older games utilizing those drm schemes wont work anymore.
>
>
Afair Safedisc and Securom which were widely used up until a few years 
ago, are among those DRM schemes now considered to be malware.
The only workarounds are ventdor approved drm free patches,  no cd 
cracks (with other malware) from shady sources or rebuying the titles 
again online. It is not like those titles wont work just the integrated 
DRM wont work anymore.
One of the many reasons why I simply buy PC games online only anymore.



http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-play-safedisc-securom-drm-games-in-windows-10-3623760/

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