Windows Games
Cheating the Installshield setup program
mulqvist
Does anyone know if there's a way to make the Installshield setup program think the program is being installed to w9x instead of W2K? Most W95-games are installed with this program and 95% of them complain about the OS not being W95.
Logitech Mice
BipolarBill
As far as Win2K and gaming go, I am quite satisfied with how most of my games perform as compared with Win9x with one exception. . . Logitech mouse drivers. On multiple installations of Win2K with all recent Win2K mouse drivers, I get an odd problem - I cannot have any two mouse buttons engaged at the same time.
Flickering in Everquest with GF2 MX
Greggy
A friend of mine just got a new PC: 1GHz AMD T'Bird, Abit KT7A, 256Mb RAM, 32Mb AGP GeForce2 MX, SB Vibra 128 PCI, running Windows 2000 Pro. We've installed all the patches that I know about for such a system, including SP1, all M$ Windows Update patches (eg compatability) M$ VIA AGP update pre SP2, VIA 4in1 driver ...
Thief Gold Install Issues
jayshah
I'm having difficulty installing Thief Gold (1. 37) on my system: PII 350 Win2k Pro SP1 DirectX 8. 0a App. Compat Update Riva TNT2 with detonator 3 6. 50 drivers Diamond MX300 with win2k default drivers I tried running setup.
Cannot see Multiplayer in HL
Brian Frank
Okay, ive got the latest updates for HL. The problems comes when I want to select the game on the net I want to play. I see nothing on the part of the screen where it should list the available games.
NBA LIVE 2001 and win2k? - Anyone got it working yet?
oozle
What's the progress with NBA2K1 and win2k? For me, when I click on nbawin. exe all I get is the NBA logo and then get booted back to windows. No error, nothing. Since you can get NBA LIVE 2001 demo to run under win2k, can't you copy some of the demo files over into the full version? Also, since NHL 2001 and FIFA 20 ...
FSAA in DIRECT3D with WIN2k?
KAM
Hello there !!! I have a little problem. FSAA don't work in direct3d games. FSAA works perfectly with Opengl games (Quake3 or Half-life) but doen't work with Direct3d games (Giants or No one lives forever).
Nvidia driver + Counter-Strike
whoisurdaddy
Anybody here play Counter-Strike? Last time when I install 7. 1x I think. . . Counter-Strike got screwed up so I went back to 6. 49. So I was wondering if anybody here play with 7. xx driver without any problem.
Directx files won't install
bsmith08734
I'm trying to install Boggle on my Windows 2K desktop, but it won't fully install. When it gets to the DirectX files, it goes from 99% to 100% installed without copying the files. I have DirectX 8 installed and the latest video drivers.
Gamma problem with Counter-Strike and Quake I
MarksmanX
My gamma is pretty bad in Counter-Strike and Quake I. I did adjust it manually with the gamma command to 10. 000 but nothing has happened. It's still dark Is there a gamma pack I can find to correct this? Quake II and III gamma is fine though Still don't know what the problem is.
Pro rally 2001 problems
Sikpupi1
Hi there! I cant get this game to work under win2000. It says on the box that 2000 is supported but. . I start the program and it goes to a black screen which says pro-rally 2001 in the corner, then nothing happens.
Flickering in MW4
Dulanic
I can't stop the god awful flickering in MW4 in Win2K. Im using Detonator 6. 47 (Which Ive used before without problem). I formatted recently, before the format I was using the same drivers and this did not happen.
grand prix legend
dodman
hello how can i works gpl under windows 2000 ? I have 1. 2 ver. of gpl, last drivers from nvidia, and direct x 8. Gpl doesn't work. thank's.
Carnivores Ice Age
!3MTA3!
Has anyone had any luck getting Carnivores Ice Age to run in Win2K? I've tried just about every setting in QFIXAPP and APPCOMPAT, the game will try to launch but then it kicks out a 'Heap Allocation Error!' and knocks me back to the desktop.
Crime Cities (Win2000)
HDN10
Hallo! Kann mir einer sagen ob es eine Lösung gibt damit ich das Game auch unter Win2000 zocken kann. Bitte um Hilfe. Danke!.
Red Alert under Win2k Pro
markkemp
Hi I have tried all the suggested remedies (copying directories, APPCOMPAT etc. ) to install RA under Win2k SP1, but to no avail (I keep getting 'this is a Windows 95 only game' message at install).
Several little problems...
X-AL
Hi there, again several little problems are bugging me: EAW: Although I figured out, how to play under W2K, I´m now stuck with the network/internet play options. If I get into the multiplayer screen, the only button I can press is cancel.
Win2k and general game performance question
ScreaminGecko
I recently read about the Win2k Game Launcher update over at VE. I was curious, when using it and setting the game's priority to high or real-time, assuming the same hardware, does the game now play faster than on a 9x machine, or still slower, or does it depend on the game? Just curious if I should start using my ...