phantomhitman

I am an avid gamer, and an avid designer. So win2k was the reasonbale choice for me. I can play games such as unreal and quake with ease, but when it comes down to my favorites-I CANT PLAY THEM!!!!! Need for Speed 4, please help me get this installed. I have tried everything. PLease any tips or hints, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, does nfs 5 porsche unleashed work under win2k???

to everyone that helped me earlier thanks again. im about to buy porsche unleashed, and from this forum and various sites, i have read some people have problems and some dont. does it install fine-does it work without patches-any special crazy stuff like in nfs 4 need to be used just to play the game? please let me know b4 i buy this game.

by the way- i didnt rename the shortcut (as i said in my earlier post) and i didnt go to multi player. the game starts up normal and works fine. if i can help you i will. good luck in the future. o yeah-im about to install nfs 5. this should be fun anyone know how to do it, or does it actually work without modifying anything?

well guys-after probably pissing everyone in the world off- I FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! beatiful, i had tears in my eyes! a big thank you goes out to everyone that helped me, got mad at me, and just stopped by!! if anyone needs help installing the game i know a plain-english-easy way to do it. i didnt rename the shortcut, i just updated the registry and it worked. im off to download ervy single track and car i can get my hands on. please everyone, forgive me, and i truly appreciate your help. anyways, eddie-what r u talking about? i have control over my os.

i have called 3 different places today about dual booting. all 3 places said they couldnt do it because i didnt buy any hardware from them so they couldnt install it. this is complete bullshit!!! i would do it myself but i dont trust myself( i have read 3 different tutorials on how to do it). besides, i would have to uinstall win2k, install win98 na dthen reinstall win2k. that is a little extreme just to play one game that should work anyway. and shs-what does the first line of your reply mean-you mispelled or left out a word. i did right click-i tried to rename-but the error message "make sure that file name exists. which makes sense, because how do you create a shortcut to something that is not there to start with!! i am being patient, just because i put exclamation marks doesnt mean im a smart *** . i am greatful to those who have helped so far. i am about to try to play nfshs again-i will report back with the errors.

i know that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay everybody!!!! after spending about 30 minutes at microsoft site i figured out why nfshs will not work. i had to download a new patch (not toolkit) that updates win2k to accept more applications. this actually let me install nfshs!!!! i had to install it through apcomp.exe but this time it worked!!!!!!!! i have the game installed and im reading the file from the patch i downloaded from here. i am confused though, what exactly do i rename the shortcut on my desktop to (it says rename it to "?:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Need For Speed High Stakes\nfshs.exe" –patchrestart but when i do i get an error message saying that it is not valid and to make sure that the path and filename are correct) maybe i am just reading this guys directions wrong but im almost there!!!! someone jsut help an idiot like me out.

for some reason beyond my knowledge i cant use apcomp.exe. it comes up with an error message saying setup.exe has generated error and will be shutdown. so i cant use apcomp. i will however check out the microsoft site for a newer toolkit. please tell me where i can find it at the site just in case i cant find it. thanks so much to every1 how is tryin to help me.

hello there. i play rogue spear, covert ops, and urban ops every night. just look for the lastest update for it on the redsorm website.

no shs doesnt save anything. i have tried that-that is where the problem is!!! i cant use apcomp.exe to install it!!!!!!!!!

if anyone has icq or aol instant messenger and would like to walk me through the installation i would be greatful. at this point in time im caliing different places to see how much win98 is, and how much they charge to install it. all for one game-NEED FOR SPEED!!!!!!!!! ICQ IS 108298429 AOL IS UNKNOWNCHITMAN this would mean a lot

ok here is the deal. when i insert the cd nnto my pc t install it the autorun comes up. i click on install, i pick english as my language. then the "you need win98 or win95 to play this game" comes up. so i have tried the apcomp.exe way-i pick win98-i browse for the setup.exe of nfs4-and pick english as my langage-and the error "setup.exe has generated error and must be restarted" pops up. ok now im pissed. is there anyway in the world i can install this game!!!!!!!!!! please help me.