how to play the pc roms with windows vista

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how to play the pc roms with windows vista

Postby jhk72 » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:22 am

every time i try to play any of the pc roms it say that this system does not allow full screen and it will not let me play, how can i fix this????
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Re: how to play the pc roms with windows vista

Postby Hot Trout » Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:13 am

You should first try running DOSBox which will emulate an old fashioned DOS PC, it is available in our emulators section. You should also right click on the icon for the game and select compatability mode for Windows 95 or 98.

Search Google for Vista Windows Compatability Mode
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