Vista wont install games

Hi, I have a fairly new 1.6 ghz, dual core, vista. Some of my video
games install. Some old and new ones will not install.
I mean, I only get the allow, cancel window. It wont give me the option
to install, I have gone into the settings, into dos. It wont do
anything, the only action I get is the green tower light and some action
in the dvd player, thats it. Anyone know whats wrong?


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mazda2001

mazda2001 wrote:
> Hi, I have a fairly new 1.6 ghz, dual core, vista. Some of my video
> games install. Some old and new ones will not install.
> I mean, I only get the allow, cancel window. It wont give me the option
> to install, I have gone into the settings, into dos. It wont do
> anything, the only action I get is the green tower light and some action
> in the dvd player, thats it. Anyone know whats wrong?
>
>
And the old games are ?

Dirt tracker racer, which worked once, driver 6. I just bought
versions of splinter cell, and a few others . Its not that they won
play, they will not install. I had 98 on an old computer it installe
everything. Of course being old some games wouldnt run or were choppy

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mazda2001

I think its bizarre that a new computer will install these games

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mazda2001

mazda2001 wrote:
> I think its bizarre that a new computer will install these games.
>
>

http://www.dosbox.com/

Can you give some more information? You say "I only get the allow, cancel
window" is that a Windows dialog or the games?

if you insert the cd, cancel anything that pops up, use explorer to go to
the list of files on the cd, right-click on "setup.exe" (or whatever the
installer program is called) and select "run as administrator" what happens?


"mazda2001" <> wrote in message
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> Dirt tracker racer, which worked once, driver 6. I just bought 2
> versions of splinter cell, and a few others . Its not that they wont
> play, they will not install. I had 98 on an old computer it installed
> everything. Of course being old some games wouldnt run or were choppy.
>
>
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> mazda2001

> "mazda2001" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> Dirt tracker racer, which worked once, driver 6. I just bought 2
>> versions of splinter cell, and a few others . Its not that they wont
>> play, they will not install. I had 98 on an old computer it installed
>> everything. Of course being old some games wouldnt run or were
>> choppy.

"Mark" <> wrote in
news:8CABD331-20AB-450A-949D-:

> Can you give some more information? You say "I only get the allow,
> cancel window" is that a Windows dialog or the games?
>
> if you insert the cd, cancel anything that pops up, use explorer to go
> to the list of files on the cd, right-click on "setup.exe" (or
> whatever the installer program is called) and select "run as
> administrator" what happens?

The Allow/Cancel dialog in windows is the same as Continue/Cancel, it's
User Account Control asking if you want to grant write access to
protected areas for that application.

Vista is running the setup, but the setup isn't starting correctly. My
guess, is you have an older game that uses a 16-bit installer and you're
running Vista x64, which does not support 16-bit applications.


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Joe