Here's the web page on technical issues with disney games and winxp in case
you run into more problems. You have to enter in winxp and the game and it
will go right to a bunch of issues that come up with this game.
http://bvgsupport.go.com/techdocs/disney/homepage.do
Below is the compatibility issue you had.
From the disney tech page on the issue.
ISSUE:
When attempting to launch a Disney Interactive program on system running
Windows XP, the screen goes black or you receive an error that this program
requires Windows 95.
CAUSE:
This is caused by a compatibility issue with Windows XP.
RESOLUTION:
Change the compatibility mode of the program.
DETAILED RESOLUTION:
Perform the following solution to play this program on your Windows XP
computer system.
1.. From the Windows task bar, click on the Start button and select All
Programs.
2.. Select Disney Interactive, point to the program's folder, and then
right-click on the program's game icon.
3.. From the option list, select Properties.
4.. Click on the Compatibility tab to bring it forward.
5.. Select the checkbox next to "Run this program in compatibility mode
for:."
6.. The adjacent drop-down menu has listings for Windows 95, Windows 98 /
Windows Me and Windows 2000. Select one of these three options.
7.. Select the checkboxes next to "Run in 256 colors" and "Run in 640 by
480 screen resolution".
8.. Click on OK to accept the change.
9.. From this point forward, use this link to start the program.
10.. If you continue to experience the same issues, repeat the above
steps, but select a different option in Step 6.
"Nelbo" <Nelbo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1827D9CC-CA65-418D-91D6-06EB0D692480@microsoft.com...
> Hi there,
>
> Please could someone help me. I have the above game on CD and it says it
> the
> OS should be Win 95/98/Me/XP. Fine no problem, I have XP Pro.... I try to
> run
> the setup file and it has an error message saying "The game needs windows
> 95"
>
> What am I to do, is where any way around this?
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks
> Nelbo