Intended For Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95

• Try turning off your soundblaster-type sound effects.
• Try booting off a Windows Startup disk (double-click Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, and choose the Startup Disk tab).
• See if the game requires drivers for your sound card, CD drive, video card, or anything else. Remember, Windows isn't around to load all the drivers for you!

Written by: Annoyances.org
Last updated: Saturday, August 11, 2001

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• [Windows 95] Question about 'My extra-cool DOS game won't run under Windows' (Shaun Laister: Friday, October 26, 2001)
• [Windows 98] Question about 'My extra-cool DOS game won't run under Windows' (Peter: Wednesday, November 7, 2001)
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• [Windows 2000] Older DOS programs (Andrew: Friday, January 11, 2002)
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