Author Topic: Got Win XP now... (Read 28311 times)

Aaron · « **Reply #25 on:** 2001-11-25 21:28:00 »

I have the Corporate Windows XP install CD (doesn't require activation) that I got through where I work (anyone want a copy? heh).

Tried to install it, it didn't like my OLD vid card or Wireless Network card. But its worked perfectly on every other computer I've tried it on (friends, etc.). The only problem is drivers for old devices... but one of my friends got his old SCSI Scanner to work by reinstalling a Win9x driver, so, wierd.

Anyway, does anyone know if FF7 works in Windows XP? I heard it had compatibility problems with Win 2000 and I haven't tested it in XP yet.

Sukaeto · « **Reply #26 on:** 2001-11-26 04:04:00 »

FF7 runs ok on some systems under XP, and it crashes on others. It always crashes, no matter what, on the Chocobo races, though. You'll probably want to put Win98 on some small, out of the way partition to play through the races. (Either that or use some one elses comp. I think I'm gonna make both my partitions NTFS when I get my new hard drive, and just play through the Chocobo races on my brothers comp. He has Win95 OSR2.)

As far as that WinXP Corporate . . . is that WinXP professional, or is that some special version of WinXP that you have to have a site lisence for?

Sephiroth 3D · « **Reply #27 on:** 2001-11-26 05:40:00 »

That's a VERY good question about XP. I'd like to know the answer to that too.

Sephiroth 3D

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The SaiNt · « **Reply #28 on:** 2001-11-26 05:49:00 »

I think corportate is the one meant for networks, therefore no activation required

Ant · « **Reply #29 on:** 2001-11-26 07:57:00 »

Ive got it. Its Professional however NO ACTIVATION required, still needs a licence key as per usual, its sweet, a big fat one fingered salute to Micro$oft.!!!

Sephiroth 3D · « **Reply #30 on:** 2001-11-26 08:53:00 »

So for WinXP-Pro, all you need is the serial number that comes with the CD?

Sweet... I 'm gonna get that!

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Alhexx · « **Reply #31 on:** 2001-11-26 12:49:00 »

That's what I've just been saying - no activation. I were wondering, but there isn't !! Hehe, one good thing my Micro$oft...

- Alhexx

M0T · « **Reply #32 on:** 2001-11-26 13:38:00 »

I have the home edition with a crack so later I'm going to equaip all the pc's on my network with it. You'd think that Microsoft would make it harder to crack the activation than that though.

Jedimark · « **Reply #33 on:** 2001-11-26 14:34:00 »

Heh heh, my mate cracked Windows XP and he had been running it for about a month and then I think what must have happened is that when he was connected to the Interent Microsoft detected that his copy was cracked and when he rebooted his machine XP told him to contact Windows customer services or somet.... which he didnt do... so he's back to Windows 98 now!

Im reluctant to lend out my XP CD if indeed Microsoft can detect these things.

eerrrr · « **Reply #34 on:** 2001-11-26 16:07:00 »

Heh, there was a guy at the car-boot sale I work at this week who was selling loads of stuff real cheap. I got a brand new boxed Microsoft VC++ Prof. Edition from him (Don't ask why) for Â£10! He also had WinXP for Â£20 but I think it was copied and IIRC WinXP recomends at least 128MB to run.

Jedimark · « **Reply #35 on:** 2001-11-26 17:48:00 »

My computing teacher gave me a copy of Visual C++... heh heh!

Aaron · « **Reply #36 on:** 2001-11-26 21:05:00 »

The Windows XP Corporate I have is just Windows XP Professional (Build 2600... I think that's the newest) meant for businesses or comp building places and does NOT require activation. I guess to legally use it, you need a site licence. But all you need for it to work is a valid CD key (25 digit number thing all Windows versions have).

Heh.

Aaron · « **Reply #37 on:** 2001-11-27 00:17:00 »

Oh yeah... about FF7 in Windows XP:
I read somewhere that you can tell XP whether to "emulate" a 9x, NT, or 2000 enviornment (I think 2000 was default) and you can custom this for different prorgams. This was from someone's review of the XP beta.

Can anyone confirm or deny this, and if it is true, has anyone tried FF7 in 9x mode?

Trilinear · « **Reply #38 on:** 2001-11-27 00:34:00 »

You can use that compatibility mode with the final build of XP. As to wether or not it makes FF7 work? I seem to remember getting it working before I did a clean reformat and install, but I can't be certain if it did or not. I'll get back to you about that in a few.

Darkness · « **Reply #39 on:** 2001-11-27 23:41:00 »

hey, does xp run on msdos, and is there a prompt? if so, ill seriously look into getting it, otherwise ill stick with 98 for my server.

Sephiroth 3D · « **Reply #40 on:** 2001-11-28 01:14:00 »

Darkness: XP is like Win2000. Runs on NT format, no dos (other than the command prompt) which means most dos games won't work on it.

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Aaron · « **Reply #41 on:** 2001-11-28 02:46:00 »

Which is why you should get System Commander or something and set up a dual boot with Win98 and WinXP (and maybe other stuff too... Linux? etc).

Darkness · « **Reply #42 on:** 2001-11-28 03:54:00 »

damn that nt-bin file system crap. i want my dos prompt. apache is so much better than IIS server.

Darkness · « **Reply #43 on:** 2001-11-28 03:54:00 »

I was actually thinking of a mac with OSX for a while becuase of it's *NIX base.

Sephiroth 3D · « **Reply #44 on:** 2001-11-28 06:03:00 »

Heh... that reminds me, I gotta format the hard drive of the Mac I got at a yard sale and install OS 7.5.3 on it. (It's an upgrade believe it or not! Damn Quadra 610 runnning an Intel 486SX 25kHz chip...)

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Trilinear · « **Reply #45 on:** 2001-11-28 21:04:00 »

Actually Most ms-dos games I've tried in XP run great. XP appearently has ms-dos cd and sound driver (sb) emulation. I ran into no probs running any games.

Darkness · « **Reply #46 on:** 2001-11-28 21:30:00 »

ive actually heard that many dos-based games dont run in XP.

Jedimark · « **Reply #47 on:** 2001-11-28 21:39:00 »

Yeah I've had no problems with DOS games under Windows XP.

Darkness · « **Reply #48 on:** 2001-11-28 22:33:00 »

ok, then maybe i will get XP

Aaron · « **Reply #49 on:** 2001-11-29 02:56:00 »

I actually heard that a lot of DOS programs work in XP... just with no sound I guess. There's a SoundBlaster emulator for NT/2000, I wonder if it would work in XP?

Still I think I'll keep 98 around so I can boot into it or a DOS prompt when I need to do that kind of stuff.