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Is windows 8 ok for older ageod games?
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:14 pm
by jack54
Hi all,
My computer just died... I'm looking for a new one. Is windows 8 ok for the older ageod games like RUS and WIA. I'm scared to death of a new system but I was running vista which was supposed to be the worst.
Thanks
Jack
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:30 pm
by Carnium
They should work. You still have the compatibility mode to run them in vista/win7 mode.
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-run-older-programs-under-windows-8.html
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:30 am
by jack54
Thanks Carnium,
from everything I'm reading on the web it seem's as thought it will be Ok.
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:35 am
by Carnium
jack54 wrote:Thanks Carnium,
from everything I'm reading on the web it seem's as thought it will be Ok.
You did some fantastic portraits and I am more than happy to help
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:13 am
by richfed
All Ageod games should work on Windows 8 - I know BOA, WIA, AACW, right up to BOR & CWII run just fine.
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:27 am
by jack54
richfed wrote:All Ageod games should work on Windows 8 - I know BOA, WIA, AACW, right up to BOR & CWII run just fine.
Thanks richfed, that's great to hear.... (it's only been about 12 hrs since it brokedown...I'm already going through pc withdrawal.)
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:26 pm
by Durk
The key to running in Windows 8 is to always run as an administrator. The default is to not allow permissions needed for game routines to work, but all these games run just fine as an administrator.
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:06 pm
by Ekaton
Speaking from my perspective never had any trouble.
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:04 pm
by ERISS
Durk wrote: in Windows 8 always run as an administrator
Too, it may be needed to add
WinXP compatibility and
Removing scaling options.