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NT and games

Started by chocolate_monsta , Feb 24 2006 05:57 PM

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chocolate_monsta
Posted 24 February 2006 - 05:57 PM

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why does sims etc not work on windows NT>>>>??? i have 2000 Nt (but about to upgrade to xp) and oine of my girlfriends has 98 (and i persum NT) and the sims wont work on either - after actually reading instructions (who would ever do that!???) is says it wont run on NT..... this sucks... :tazz:
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 06:16 PM

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winnt is not fully compatible with directx, which is required for modern games...especially the SIMs (a pox on this evil program)
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 06:20 PM

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isnt that dodgy... why would they build an op that doesnt let u play games? seems dumb to me.... anyway, if we can ever get my laptop to work (see hardware post) i will have xp and it wont matter...
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 09:21 PM

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windows nt and windows 2000 were never intended for home users
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