October 19th, 2009, 06:44 AM
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Quote: | Originally Posted by walter-boy hey, i have a an lg x120 netbook and i was hoping to start playing the old Age of Empires II (i have my netbook hooked up to a disc drive and an external moniter) but when i start loading the game, an error occurs saying that i need to ensure my video card and driver are compatible with DirectDraw. Is there any easy way to fix this? thanks |
Hi there.
Older games often don't work with XP+, but try to run it in compatibility mode, on some versions of XP it isn't avaliable, if it is it will be in the control panel in the add & remove program, you might have to reinstall the game.
Also laptops aren't the best choice to run games.
Older program and game compatiblity doesn't seem to be a high priority at microsoft, since they want you to buy their new software to replace your older software with, so greedy they are, unbelievable isn't it?
JohnDowe.
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