Thanks, Thom! (I'm a big fan of USA Games, BTW, and have been on
this list before.)
Kelby
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list <gamers@audyssey.org
Date sent: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:31:49 -0400
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting Games on Windows 7
Hi Kelby,
This issue has been discussed many times on the list, but rather
than
ask you to go through the list archives I'll just give you the
basic
rundown on games and Windows 7.
As many games were written in an older language called Visual
Basic 6,
which no longer ships with Windows 7, one way to get the required
dependencies you need is to go to
http:///www.kitchensinc.net
and download his Winkit setup. This will install a working
Visual
Basic 6 runtime and the missing DirectX 8 libraries required for
many
older games.
Second, as many older games are not UAC compatible you may need
to
disable it. To do this do control+escape, typ UAC, into the
search bar
and press enter. Set it to 0, and restart. This will allow the
games
to save games in
c:\Program Files
and other restricted areas of the OS that were not restricted in
XP.
Cheers!
On 4/16/13, Kelby Carlson <kelbycarl...@gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to get back into audio gaming after a long hyatus.
Does anyone knowa gdresource to figure ouhow to get old games to
interfacewith Windows 7? (If something has been written on this
before, I'm happy to be pointed to it; no need for anyone to
rehash information if its inconvenient.)
Kelby S. Carlson
Vanderbilt University
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