does the win95 compatability layer in sp2 for win2k even do

When you select to run a program under the win95 compatability layer under sp2 in win2k, does this even do anything? Is this the equivalent of running the program under win95? If anything all my games have become slower when running under this mode.

Customization Tweaking 1789 This topic was started by oozle, 2001-05-26 00:13

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oozle

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#50291

2001-05-26 02:13

WinXP+V5500+Tribes 2=??????

WIN2K problem with SB live!

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Xiven

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#50292

2001-05-26 02:17

You should only use the Win95 compatibility layer as a last ditch attempt to get a program that does not normally work under 2000 to work. You shouldn't use it on programs that already work as it will probably impair performance (disables certain hardware acceleration stuff etc).

DosFreak

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#50293

2001-05-26 14:22

The option is basically just to bypass problems where you cannot run setup or execute a program due to the program having a requirement built in for NT/9x. That's about it for the compatibility with that options. The Whistler Application Compatibility kit does ALOT more.

badboy

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#50294

2001-05-26 15:02

The compatabilty patch works ok I could not run Microsoft photodraw as soon as I opened the program it said photodraw has generated errors as soon as I applied the compatibly 95 layer opens and now works fine so it does work !!!

oozle

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#50295

2001-05-26 15:54

DosFreak,

Where can I get the Whistler Compatibility Kit and is it meant for win2k? Or do you mean a separate kit for Windows Whistler (ie. quivalent of the win2k compatibility kit for windows whistler)

Oldwulf

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#50296

2001-05-29 18:27

WinXP compatability mode is only available in WinXP. The Win2k compatability updates are the closest you will get, but still lacking in some functionality.

Sorry for the let down man.
-Oldwulf

DosFreak

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#50297

2001-05-29 18:38

I'll be release an updated Whistler Application Compatibility kit sometime later this month. For now just grab WHACT20.cab from

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Read the readme and install. Then you'll have exactly the same Compatibility that Whistler has.

If you don't like the hack I put together and want something more Microsofty. Then just download the .MSI file (It's the original Whistler Application Compatibility Kit, I just removed the Whistler requirement.) Also download apphelp.zip

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1. Run the .MSI and install it.
2. Extract the 2 .sdb files from apphelp into your \winnt\apppatch directory.

I recommend downloading the second if you don't care about the technical stuff and just wanna get your games working.