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by wbf

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Hi all, iam wondering i bought a pc cdrom game
its called Laura its for children
on the back of the game its said its compatible with win 95 98, i have win 2k when i tried to use the game the graphics were merging which left a clutter and the caracter in the game was allmost disapearing, any ideas,,if i sort this one out ill
certainly get browny points from my 11 year old
thanks in advance :)

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by joseph moore

The Windows 9x line is very different from the NT/2000/XP line. There are many software packages that are not compatible. XP has a Windows Compatibility Mode, wherein you can have a program run under the Win9x mode; Windows 2000 does NOT have this feature.
Basically, if a program does not work properly on Win2K, then there usually isn't anything that can be done.
I suggest you look for a Win2K version of the software. Either that, or check the web site for the software manufacturer, and see if they have a patch for Win2K compatibility.

Sorry for the not good news.

by fisheye121

Compatibility mode is built into xp and in windows 2000, it was added in sp2 and you have to enable it. to enable it run the command 'regsvr32 %systemroot%\apppatch\slayerui.dll' from Run or the command prompt. you need to have admin priveledges to enable this. this will add a tab to execution shortcuts called 'Compatibility'.

for complete instructions, go to

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - Q279792
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?ID=KB;EN-US;Q2 79792 (no space in url)
HOW TO: Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

hope this helps.

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