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Old 06-08-2008, 03:22 AM
ju.c
 
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Re: Program won't install in Windows XP.
Windows 95 software communicates directly with a computers hardware, something that cannot be done in post Win95 operating systems, therefore some games just cannot be played. If it says Windows 95 avoid it.

You can try a Glide Wrapper:
http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/


ju.c


"Bogart" <u44110@uwe> wrote in message news:854c263f7b652@uwe...

> I bought a Game for my Niece called PhotoMaxine for Girls. By Polaroid. It
> was designed for Windows 95. When I attempted to install it in Windows XP I
> got this error message. PhotoMaxine is not compatible with Windows NT. Now
> I have software and games on my Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Laptop
> that were designed for Windows 3.1 and 95 that work fine without anyt issues.
> Is there a way to fool the installation program into thinking I have windows
> 95 on my system? Just so I can install it. I feel that if I were able to
> get past the istallation issue the software would work.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bogart
>
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