Command and Conquer Gold with XP

[Command and Conquer Gold with XP]

If you are doing what i suspect you are doing, you should avoid allowing the installer to install the direct X, it is badly out of date, and secondly, you should avoid trying to install westwood chat. That doesnt exist anymore, I believe. Finally avoid installing Adobe acrobat 3, it is also badly out of date. This site will probably answer most of your questions:

 

http://www.planetcnc.com/features/techtroopers/classicsInXP/

 

[Command and Conquer 95 compatibility with XP]

To answer some of your quesations you might try reading this post at planetcnc.com http://www.planetcnc.com/features/techtroopers/classicsInXP/

 

It includees a new and current link to the patch for C&C95 to be found at file planet. An internet site that i truly despise, however seeing as how ftp.westwood.com is out of action what else can you do?

 

 

[Original Command & conquer ?????'s]

Well i have another problem, i get a fault stating:

 

An (sic) privilaged instruction was executed at address 004dd5b4

Click OK to terminate the application

 

I have patched it, i have run it in compatibility mode from the properties tab, i have tried running it without protections, I have tried all kinds of things. I am beginning to wonder if a recent patch to XP has broken it. The other problem that i have been getting is that when i attempt to run the program, i end up with a blank screen and the game attempting to chew up more than 50% of my CPU whilst not displaying anything and reading from the hard disk continually. This goes on for 10 minutes and i generally give up, seein as how a blank screen aint that fascinating.

 

Does any one know if there would be much of a difference if i were to try running the game, using CD images through Daemontools?

 

I long for suggestions, any would be nice.