Here are my system specs. I have an HP Vectra Pentium 4 1.4 Ghz. I do not have a video accelerator card. My sound card is a Mad Dog Prowler Soundwave 4.1, and, naturally, I have a 4.1 speaker system. I am running Windows 2000 Professional, upgraded from Windows NT 4.0. Recently, I have been trying to get my copy of Final Fantasy VII for the PC version running on my computer. I've run the config program, and everything checks out. I tried to play FFVII. I got a blank screen. I tried to mess with the settings. It outright CRASHED until I set them to their original settings, and I was back to the blank screen.

I tried downloading the Applications Compatability Toolkit from Microsoft's website... and it says that I need Service Pack 3 to run the program.

I tried the method posted at http://www.activewin.com/tips/win2000/1/2000_tips_43.shtml, but I don't have the slayerui.dll file it says I need to access.

I am not about to try downloading Service Pack 3, since my modem is a hella-slow 56K modem, and I have no clue as to what it will do to my system, and I am nervous about messing with the settings, since I have had several bad experiences with W2K, such as it displaying the Blue Screen of Death when I tried to start it, and losing sound when it froze on me once. I was referenced here from the Gamingforce Forums by somebody who said that this site had helped them get FFVII running on Windows XP. Is there anything that I can do to get this thing running? I am not going to install Windows 95 or 98, since I am afraid of losing W2K, which besides the lack of compatability isn't a bad OS, AND my system is only designed for NT Workstation 4.0 and W2K Professional.

So, is there anything that can help me run this game, or am I doomed to playing it on the junk computer in my parent's room?

Buy a playstation.

Gee, thanks for the OH-SO HELPFUL advice. And would you like to provide the oh-so-insignificant item known as MONEY so that I can OBTAIN a playstation? Or would you rather provide me with a broadband modem and another hard drive so that I can download a PSX emulator AND the ISO's for the 1+GIGABYTE'S WORTH OF DATA THAT MAKES UP THE GAME! ;(

Seriously, I am really strapped for cash (as in I don't have a job, have no allowance, and only got like 20 dollars from Christmas), so I'm looking for a way to make what I actually HAVE work with my OS. If you don't have a way to help me do that, then please don't waste my time by posting things like "download the ISO's" or "Install a new OS, idiot." Hmph...

EDIT: It's amazing what you can find when you look around... *shrugs* I've downloaded the app. compatability toolkit version 1.1 from this site, and am trying to run QFixApp with the game. However, I am unsure as to waht fixes I should apply to the program. I also discovered that I chose the wrong forum for this topic. Stupid me... :x