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Trainz

pospa
Somebody runs this game under XP? I`m not ;-((( Some error appears. . . Thanks.
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Tie Fighter WIN95 Edition

Sanchez
Crashes without compatibility layer and with compatibility layer it can't detect my joystick. I have a MS Sidewinder precision 2 running Win2k SP2. Any ideas?.
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Mouse Lag in Games

Giblore
Lo all It seems that whenever I run an opengl game my mouse begins to lag with a dely of a couple of seconds. Im using a standard ps2 mouse and have disabled mouse acceleration (which did little to help).
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FA Premier League Manager 2002

tomcat
I've owned this for less than 24 hours and it's driving me nuts because it keeps returning me to the desktop (no error messages) when going through to actually play the matches. Interestingly the problem was random and saving the game before each match meant that I could get back up and running but now it seems to ...
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nfs:hs

rush_rush
okay ive tried nearly every solution for need for speed high stakes to work but it just says the same thing again and again. no matter what i do. after i install it it allways comes up with the error message invalid argument, blah blah blah, patch restart no-one has even mentioned this error.
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Games are jerky

pimpin_228
When i play cs or return 2 castle wolfenstien it's like when i turn there is a bug or something cause it has little jerky motions, ut plays fine but rtcw and cs don't any help wpuld be appreciated
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Strange CS/TO problem

BanditXL
Well I'll get to the point right away. When I'm playing counter-strike (CS) it's as if everybody can run faster then me, it's really anoying. I have always run on and it's not lack of fps (>100 fps).
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playing CounterStrike as W2K user

hantu
Install CS as an administrator. For security reasons, people have to use the computers as a regular user, but W2K won't allow CS to be played from the regular user account. . . only administrator and power user.
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Cannot Locate CD-ROM ???

shassouneh
Dear All, I have just purchased Emperor Battle for Dune. Due to my previous experiences with original discs dying on me, I have decided to make a COPY of my discs (I'm entitled to a backup copy of my software anyways) and play it off those back-up discs to make sure i don't lose the actual game.
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Application Error 0xc0000142

yARdsticK
I've been trying to run some driving simulation games (Colin McRae, Sports Car GT) on my computer and I keep getting this application error 0xc0000142 (Application failed to initialize correctly) or something to that effect.
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Duke Nukem 3D

fjlugo
It's been awhile since I last played this classic. Anyway, now running windows XP and I can't get the joystick to work with this game. Would appreciate any help or suggestions I can be e-mail directly at THANKS.
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Triple Play 2001

ChrisX420
Hi, Triple Play 2001 does not work with Windows 2000. . . . . is there a way to make it run??.
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Weird Baldu'rs Gate problem

aburdick
I had BG working fine for me on win98; on win2k, though, a bizarre thing happens: i create my character and go to the opening landscape (the tutorial), and my guy just stands there twitching, literally.
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Dungeon Keeper 2

ri-rilot
Can't seem to get this one to work under XP. I have installed the latest updates (1. 7 which gives Win2k compatability). When the game launches all seems fine until you try to start a game at which point it bombs out to the desktop.
6 2002
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Disgusting D3D Performance?!?

Palos
It makes me scratch my head in awe. . . Picture Counter-Strike in OpenGL runs with over 100 FPS, I am using a ping optimizing script that limits the FPS to 85 (same as my refresh rate). When I try to run in D3D the FPS drop to 25-30 !!!! Anyone have any idea why? Specs: AthlonC @ 1.
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Red Alert

Beckett
I can't get Red Alert to work in XP. I followed the advice on the site to use the DOS installation but that wont work either (not that it should). Anyone got any ideas? I can't beleive Westwood haven't done an XP Patch! This game is a legend!.
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Black & white in XP

noelet
How can I play Black&White using an account other than Administrator. The problem is the game works fine under the Administrator account, but when I use my Power user account an error Directx 7 or higher is required.
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Ripper [Take 2] [Year :1996]

BlackZ
Alright guys. The Game Ripper doesent run under Win2k. Developed year is 1996. Im searching for an patch but i dont found somethin. If someone is an programmer in Direct X programming with C++ , this person could help me.
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