Can't get win98 games to work on win2000

Much depends on the specific game. Most games written for Win98 and prior operating systesm directly accessed computer hardware such as disk drives, memory, and video cards in order to speed up gameplay.

Win2K will not allow this behavior (as a security feature).

You will need to go to the publishers websites for each of the games to see if the specific game is compatible with Win2K, whether a patch provided by the publisher will make the game compatible, or if you are just out of luck.

2 things beyond what Tim gave you on W2K game limitations:

1. Check with the laptop mfg for W2K drivers.
These will likely function better than the W2K default drivers.

2. Install / re-install DirectX 8.1

Another thought, W2K may need more RAM to run the video for the games than W98 did.

Chas