Trouble playing Vista game on Xp computer

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    mintran is offline Junior Member

    Trouble playing Vista game on Xp computer

    Hi,
    I downloaded Vista game to the computer XP Pro. But I couldn't run it. Can any one please help me. Thank you so much!

    Mint

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    Digerati is offline Super Moderator
    You gave us nothing to go on Mint! Except that you bought a game designed for Vista and you are trying to play it on XP. That should be a clue to begin with - they are two different operating systems, with XP being many years older, and not forward compatible with Vista.

    And without knowing anything about the game, other than it was made for Vista, there's really nothing more I can offer, but to download the XP version, or upgrade your computer.

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    mintran is offline Junior Member
    Hi Bill,
    Thank you for your replied.
    The game I am talking about is Vista's build in games such as Heart, Solitaire, Freecell....
    My sisters love my Vista game, her computer is running XP, I tried to copied the games from my Vista to her Xp but wouldn't work. I also tried to download from internet and followed the instruction such as copied vista emulation.dll to folder system 32 but still not working. I wonder what did I miss.
    Thank you!
    Mint

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    Digerati is offline Super Moderator
    I am not sure you did. If the game is made for Vista, it very likely does not work on XP - intentionally.

    That said, XP has Hearts, Solitaire, and Freecell too, but they do look a bit different.

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    mintran is offline Junior Member
    Hi Bill
    I know. But My sister like the version of Vista.
    I believer there should be someways to do it since I download it from internet and it does show the instructions. I just didn't know which parts I made mistake of.
    Mint

  6. #6
    Digerati is offline Super Moderator
    Well, MS would rather your sister upgrade to Vista - or rather now, to Windows 7.

    Where did you download it from? Please provide a link and I will take a look.

  7. #7
    mintran is offline Junior Member
    Hi Bill,

    The link is:

    Get Windows Vista Game Explorer in Windows XP - Tweaking with Vishal

    Thank you!

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