Merkuri
Explorer
Anyone have any tips for trying to get older games (like, Windows 95/98 era) running on a Windows 7 x64 laptop?
I've got an Acer Aspire 5532 that I use mostly when traveling (which is not very often) and I figured I'd be able to install some of my older games (with lower requirements) on it using compatibility mode. However, the first two older games I tried seem to be giving me no love. They both start up and either chug away at 100% CPU until killed or just end immediately. Neither of them show any visible signs of doing anything.
I'm trying to get Icewind Dale running at the moment. I've tried setting it to run in a few different compatibility modes (95, 98, and XP) with no luck. I disabled my antivirus, in case that was killing it for some reason, and I added it to the list of Data Execution Prevention exceptions. Still nada.
Any other suggestions? Or should I put these games back in my closet where they are doomed to forever yearn for the light of a computer screen?
I've got an Acer Aspire 5532 that I use mostly when traveling (which is not very often) and I figured I'd be able to install some of my older games (with lower requirements) on it using compatibility mode. However, the first two older games I tried seem to be giving me no love. They both start up and either chug away at 100% CPU until killed or just end immediately. Neither of them show any visible signs of doing anything.
I'm trying to get Icewind Dale running at the moment. I've tried setting it to run in a few different compatibility modes (95, 98, and XP) with no luck. I disabled my antivirus, in case that was killing it for some reason, and I added it to the list of Data Execution Prevention exceptions. Still nada.
Any other suggestions? Or should I put these games back in my closet where they are doomed to forever yearn for the light of a computer screen?