Installing vista compatable games on Vista 64 bit

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David1471

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Hi, could anyone help me I am trying to install vista compatable games on a 64 bit machine. Theme Hospital being a case in point I am unable to even install the game onto the machine as it advises me that it is not 64 bit compatable, is there a way around this? Have been advsied it can be done through DOS but have no idea on Vista as to where this is and what i would need to type. Can anyone help me? are there any other ways other than DOS to let me fool the machine into letting me install the game without running 2 OS's? pc is quad core 2.66ghz, 4gb ram, 896 Nvidia GJZ260 graphics card.

Many thanks in advance
 

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It might be not compatible for Vista overall because it's an older game and does not meet the general classifications of the new OS. It won't work with DOS either since you will still need to install with Vista's DOS.
 

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  • CPU
    i7 965
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage II Extreme
    Memory
    Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 x 2
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte GTX295 SLI
    Sound Card
    SB X-Fi MB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung Syncmaster T240
    Screen Resolution
    1900x1200
    Hard Drives
    2x1TB Western Digital Black (Raid 0), 150GB WD Raptor
    PSU
    1200W Thermaltake Toughpower
    Case
    Lian Li PC80P
    Cooling
    Chassis - 3 Front 140mm, Top 140mm, Rear 140mm
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Revolution
    Other Info
    Fold up beast by me :-)
Cheers for that, its just a bit annoying!!

Does anyone know how you can tell if a game bought (which says on the box supports Vista) will infact work on a 64bit machine?? Only in the case of Theme Hospital which fair enough is an old OLD game, but the copy we bought the other day did say vista compatable.

Just seems a bit daft to say vista compatable then not be 64 bit vista compatable is this just temporary until the vista drivers amalgamate better with the 32 bit drivers or is this a permanent problem.

Any help still with making these old but classic games install would still be very much appreciated!
 

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