Running Win 95/98 Games on Win 2000

[Colum 0]

I have just updated from NT4 to Win 2000 Pro. I then followed the advice in the FAQ below.

This appears to have had no effect (unless I'm missing something!)

When I right-click on a shortcut, and select properties; I get the normal tabs - General, Shortcut and Security.

Some W95/98 games run OK, but some (eg FIFA 2000) come up with a - "Only works on W95" error...... Any help appreciated

 

http://www.ntcompatible.com/faq-15.html

 

 

Can I fool an application into thinking that Windows 2000 is Windows 95/98/NT4?

The latest Application Compatibility Update has the ability to make a program think it is running under Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0.

 

To select the OS:

Right click on a shortcut of the program, and click properties, the compatibility tab come up. There are three options:

 

1) Windows 95 Compatibility Layer,

2) Windows 98 Compatibility Layer, and

3) Windows NT4 SP5 Compatibility Layer

[adamvjackson 0]

If you have SP2 or newer, all you need to do is register slayerui.dll and that will add the compatibility tab to your shortcuts.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279792

 

Good luck, hope that helps.

[Colum 0]

Excellent - Thanks for that.. All now working as expected...

 

 

Colum

[adamvjackson 0]

No problem!