Populous and Populous: Undiscovered Worlds

Has anybody been able to get these games working under Windows XP? I've just had an e-mail from the girlfriend saying she is trying to run these games under the new machine I've just built her and they are not going as she put it.

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Has anybody been able to get these games working under Windows XP?
I've just had an e-mail from the girlfriend saying she is trying to run these games under the new machine I've just built her and they are "not going" as she put it.
I only get to see her at weekends, so it wont be until Friday when I get the chance to try the Compatability options.
Just wondered if anybody has successfully got these running so I'm prepared for this weekend.
 
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how old are those games? i don't think they would run, maybe under compat mode, maybe.

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If you've both got XP just use "Remote Assist" it's incredably useful

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I thought about that.
I've never actually used Remote Assistance over dial-up and unforunately we are both still in the world of 56k - is it actually useable at that kind of speed?
 
Aye the games are pretty old.
I'm hoping that setting them to Win95 in compatability mode might be enough to get them running - it was just a long shot that somebody else here might have used them under WinXP and knew exactly what needed to be done.

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Are you talking about the absolute very original Populous for like Sega?
 
Cause I do have it working, but not number 2....
 
Go to www.funmix.bravehost.com then click DOS games and find poulous *theres one and two there, 1 I didn't have to do anything special with, just number 2 is a mess)