Those are the cons of using XP for older games. He can try the compatibility feature in XP. Find the shortcut to start the game, right-click, do PROPERTIES and go to the COMPATIBILITY tab.Then, fill in the blanks. ---Troth At 9/23/2003 12:50 AM, Percy wrote: >Hi Everyone. A friend of mine has just bought a new computer, XP . His >other one was ME. He could install and play different games for >Win.3.1 and Win. 95 on his ME it but cannot install the same games on the >XP . Is there away around it ??? Lionel. To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk