I have bought a game that I was told would run fine on XP. But now it will
not because it needs 16 bit colour (?) Plus my screen is better than what
the settings are for it.

Is there away to over come this?

Hi Stumpy,

Choose the Graphics mode in Step 5 that suits your game best. :-)

To run an installed program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode,
first right click the program and "Send To..." / Desktop (create shortcut).

1.. Right click on the shortcut to the program.
2.. Click on Properties.
3.. Click on the Compatibility tab.
4.. Click on Run this program in compatibility mode and select one of these:
a.. Windows 95
b.. Windows 98
c.. Windows NT 4
d.. Windows 2000
5.. Under Display settings, check mark the mode that you think that is best:
a.. Run in 256 colors.
b.. Run in 640 X 480 screen resolution.
c.. Disable visual themes.

Click on Apply.Click on Ok.Double click on the program.

Of course, let's not forget to check for any patches or updates for that game.
A good place to find them is: www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a

If you'd like to learn more information about compatibility mode, you can click the
link in the Compatibility tab that reads "Learn more about program compatibility",
or watch this Application Compatibility Power Point Presentation:
http://support.microsoft.com/service...2/WC112202.ppt

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
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"Stumpy" <Stumpy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:16C6F773-DB93-4AFA-853C-2D27F104220B@microsoft.com...
|I have bought a game that I was told would run fine on XP. But now it will
| not because it needs 16 bit colour (?) Plus my screen is better than what
| the settings are for it.
|
| Is there away to over come this?

Maybe using a boot disk and running game from DOS might be easier. If you are using fat32 file syste,