Hi lightspeed,
I don't have that particular game but I can tell you how I was able to get some of my older games to work on Windows 7 64-bit.
The 1st thing that I would like to bring to your attention is, there is a significant difference between having your Windows 7,
set up to boot up directly into Windows administration mode, versus having your Windows 7 boot up into a selective user.
Meaning: when your computer boots up you have to select a user by clicking on the icon, and typing in your password.
let's discuss that you set up your Windows 7 to boot directly into the administration mode, and the administration mode is the only user profile.
1st you have to create an icon and put it on your desktop for the program that you are working on, if there isn't one there already.
2nd right mouse click on it, click on properties, click on tab, shortcut, click on advanced, click on the check mark run as administrator, click okay.
3rd if he apply button is highlighted, click on apply, this is important to do it at this point in time.
4th click on compatibility tab, click on change settings for all users, when you are running a computer that is solely in administrative mode this is where you have to make the changes.
5th click on the checkbox, run this program in compatibility mode for: you have to be very precise, even though it ran in Windows XP but the program was originally written for Windows 2000 you must select Windows 2000, this is important, if you do not know exactly when the program and what version of Windows it was originally written for you need to go on the Internet and look this information up if you no longer have the box it tells you this. Even if the box says it will work on Windows XP if it was written for Windows 2000 you must put it in Windows 2000 mode.
6th if the box under privilege level is not checked, check the box run this program and administration mode. At this point in time, try the program to see if it's working.
7th under settings, this has to do with the graphical interface the older the computer the more you have to turn off. This is probably the most complicated of all the setting because it has so much to do with the visual appearance of the software given that you can get the software to run. The only advice that I can give you in this situation is to use the help me choose what compatibility mode to run this program.
In most cases if the software starts or if you can get the software to load onto your computer but the visualization is incorrect using the help me choose the settings Wizard is my only suggestion.
Now if you have your Windows setup to start in a specific user because there are several people that use the same computer this is when things get a little tricky, because not only do you need to set it up inside of the administrator mode and you will also need to set it up in the user mode.
If this being the case when you go into administrative mode, do not use the change settings for all users just change the compatibility mode frontal screen, that's the screen that has the help me choose setting: on it.
And do not check the run in administrative mode under the shortcut tab. Only check the box under privilege level if the software needs administrative privilege, this can usually be identified by a box that will pop up while you are trying to run the software in user mode stating you need to give administrative privilege.
Once you do this then you go into that user mode, and set up in the user mode for the software, giving it user privilege under the shortcut mode, as well as administrative privilege under compatibility mode.
If you are running this software under several different users then you need to set the compatibility mode for each individual users do not use the change settings for all users under administration mode.
Just change each user.
The only other thing that I know is if you are having problem with the software not seeing the key code which is on the CD or DVD that the software came with.
If you have your computer set up to boot directly into administrative mode and the software cannot see the encrypted key that is on the CD or DVD.
This can be resolved in 2 ways.
You can go on the Internet and get what is called a key cracker for the game, most of these were written by hackers so be careful, but what this does is allows the computer to use the Internet to get the key code off the Internet that has been set up by the hacker that wanted to be able to play the game.
The 2nd and probably the safest is to create a user mode, this does not work on all of the games but I have had pretty good success with the game being able to see the key code that is on the DVD or CD for the game to run.
One of the games that I can bring up would be dungeon siege, if you have dungeon siege in order to get dungeon siege to see the key code on the CD you need to create a user call it dungeon siege for that particular game.
I hope this helps, sorry about barging in on this forum about this off-topic subject but lightspeed asked.
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