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Need Help: Comanche 3 on Windows XP
Posted: 2003-04-11 10:26am
by Guest
I recently tried Comanche 3 (a trully classic, if you will) on my IBM R32 Laptop using Windows XP, and guess what, the game didn't even install under XP. I have changed the compatibility mode to Win 95 and it didn't help. As last resort, I copied the whole CD to a folder, use DOS command SUSBT to assign a drive letter to that particular folder, then modified all memory settings of the installation executable (cannot be done from CD since windows said the file is read only so memory settings cannot be modified), yet it didn't help either.
Could someone help me?
PS: Microsoft sucks (duh)
Posted: 2003-04-11 10:54am
by Faram
Strange it installed just fine for me.
Sure you have admin rights on the laptop?
Is the game legit?
Subst don't fool any game under xp.
PS: If microsoft sux why use it?
Posted: 2003-04-11 11:02am
by Col. Crackpot
you can post as a guest? how long has that been enabled?
Posted: 2003-04-11 11:19am
by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman
Col. Crackpot:
Frankly, I didn't realize that either. I just posted without noticing that the site didn't ask for logon.
Faram:
Comanche 3 worked? The game is completely legit, either. I have to admit that in Indonesia, it's so hard to find legitimate games. A sad fact, because pirated games come with
no manual at all (real pain when you're a sim freak). But my Comanche 3 is legit. I bought it some years ago in a store that sold legit, fully boxed games (it's already out of business now.
)
I do have admin rights on my laptop.
When I clicked INSTALL.EXE, the screen went black for a while, then it went back to my desktop. When I executed it in command prompt, all I've got was:
D:>INSTALL
D:>
Yup, the installer went back to the OS without doing anything.
Did you use Win95 compatibility mode? My WinXP Home came preinstalled with my IBM R32 laptop. Should I reinstall? I have standard MS Office, IBM Utilities, MS SQL Server, Visual Studio 6.0, Norton Antivirus 2002, and Oracle DB Server Personal Edition. I've stopped *every* services before installing, still it didn't work.
Posted: 2003-04-11 11:28am
by Faram
Ehh
I am gona sit in my corener and shut up.
I have Commance 4....
Sorry
Posted: 2003-04-11 11:38am
by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman
Faram wrote:I have Commance 4....
No wonder. I ain't got no trouble with Comanche 4 either. Still, Comanche 3 plays better.
Posted: 2003-04-11 12:08pm
by phongn
Looks like even the WXP virtual machine can't load it up. I can't see any instructions on how to do it online...
Posted: 2003-04-11 02:05pm
by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman
phongn wrote:Looks like even the WXP virtual machine can't load it up. I can't see any instructions on how to do it online...
I've been searching for the solution in the internet ad nauseam, and found nothing. WinXP's a bitch.
Posted: 2003-04-11 03:30pm
by phongn
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:phongn wrote:Looks like even the WXP virtual machine can't load it up. I can't see any instructions on how to do it online...
I've been searching for the solution in the internet ad nauseam, and found nothing. WinXP's a bitch.
Strange, since XP has the best VDM of all of the NT OS's.