Windows help
 

A work mate wants to install windows XP home on his sons laptop which already has professional (i assume windows xp pro) installed. Is it going to be easy/possible? Aparently you cant play as many games with pro as you can home.

I also note that when i submit posts on here i get a page cannot be displayed message but the post is still posted!

Just noticed that it only happens when i reply to a thread.

[Edited on 4-7-2005 by rockhopper]

I get the same "cannot be posted without headers" or similar, but it still posts.

re:pro to home.
I'm sure you can install the games by running setup again and choosing them to install.

I think he meant that actual games wont play on XP Pro where they will on XP home.

oops.
Think someone with knowledge will be along shortly - JPM? perchance being a major league gamer?

However,........so long as it installs he should be able to spec how the game runs by using the advance option on the icon. Be able to say it runs on win home?

No difference, in terms of playing games, between the two.

Right. I'm wondering if rather than meaning windows XP Pro he was meaning a pro version of windows like NT4 perhaps?

XP Home is essentially the same as XP Pro with a few restriction in that you cannot join a domain, no offline folders, can't remote desktop out etc. but for playing games I can't see how there would be any difference at all?

Phil

It wouldn't be NT, it would be Windows 98.

Most applications should be compatible between 98 and XP unless they're really old, like more than 3 years or more.

Okay guys, got a bit more info! His son bought some of those budget games, 3 for £10 so its old ish stuff. They wont run and the games support poeple told him they will only run under XP Home and not XP pro.

Heh. Good old computer support helpline!

What games are they, as this might help?

I must admit that thought crossed my mind! I'll find out tomorrow. Thanks Antonye.

Chances are if they're 3 for a tenner then they're probably very old and not likely to be XP compatible at all.

There should be no difference between Home and Pro, certainly none that would stop it running games.

Might be worth Googling for the game names and XP as this might yield some results on getting them working.

There are ways in XP to run a program as if it was 98 -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ebruary18.mspx

Interestingly, this article says that XP is compatible with both 2000 and ME - ME is no more than 98 with a load of patches!

You could try running the games using the Win98 compatability mode (right click the relevant installed EXE file then select the compatability tab). I had the same problem myself with some of the cheap kids games and this allowed most of them to run. I too do not think there will be any difference between XP home and Prof.

Keith

I agree with Ant, this has f**k all to do with XP pro v home, but is more to do with ancient games that will probably only run under Dos 5 or similar ancient OS!

Tell the skinflint to but his son a cheap s/h 'puter and run 98, should work.

Nah, Keith888 has the answer. XP (home and pro) has a compatibility mode that allows programs to run in a shell with a command set representing the OS it was designed to run in originally.

Off the top of my head ... After installing the game right clink on the icon it places on the desktop and choose properties. There is a Compatibility tab, click on it and you can choose to run the program in compatibility mode and choose which OS to emulate. I've attached a picture showing the drop-down box with the options.

This should do the trick.

I did find that on one particular game it was the installer on the CD that was crashing ie I couldn't even get the game installed in the first place. Got it eventually to work by 'exploring' the files on the CD then finding the relevant EXE files (as well as the autostart) then set each one to WIN98 compatible. I think on one I had to bypass the autoinstaller and run the install.exe manually. Bit of a faff but worth it for the look on the childs face!

Keith

Well done for reading the link I posted way up there ^^^ :D

What link?

You go back to looking after your staff and leave the real techie stuff to those who know ;)

:lol:

In respect of the posting error warning, I managed to grab the text:
"Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/html/dsc/xmb/functions.php:801) in /var/www/html/dsc/xmb/post.php on line 692

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/html/dsc/xmb/functions.php:801) in /var/www/html/dsc/xmb/post.php on line 693
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Any help WT?

Paul and Alan, does this happen every time you reply to a thread?

Can you tell me what browser you are both using?

IE6 on xpPro
Doesn't happen every time, only when quoting/replying to first post and logging on at same time (ala this post).
I'll do a few and check the results.

Just happened when I posted the last post (above), but probably not with this post cos I'm using the quick reply option.

Checking post

nope. didn't get the warning on this one.

Cheers
Alan

[Edited on 6-7-2005 by guest1]

Sorry for not replying sooner. It hasnt done it for the last couple of days to be honest. I'm using IE6 and what happens is that when i reply to a thread i get the page cannot be displayed window. if i then click on back it goes back as it should and the post is there as normal. Hasnt done it for a day or so though.