Guest k_a_benedek@hotmail.com Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 I have Windows XPas an operating system. How can I get the desktop background/theme called "Mystery" that was on Windows 98 nd ME?
Guest Dan Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 RE: wanted background/theme You should dual-boot with 98SE and then you can have backwards compatibility with DOS games also. "k_a_benedek@hotmail.com" wrote: > I have Windows XPas an operating system. How can I get the desktop > background/theme called "Mystery" that was on Windows 98 nd ME? > >
Guest Jeff Richards Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 Re: wanted background/theme This one? http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Themes/Misc__Themes/Mystery_Desktop_Theme_Download.html You might do better asking in a Windows XP group, as people there might know sources for themes you can search through. Otherwise, install W98 and your required theme as a virtual PC (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx), and transfer the settings one by one to XP. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) <k_a_benedek@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1188860688.598207.269600@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... >I have Windows XPas an operating system. How can I get the desktop > background/theme called "Mystery" that was on Windows 98 nd ME? >
Guest Dan Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: wanted background/theme Jeff, I did like Windows Virtual Machine for 98 on XP. However, I found it did not have quite the functionality as the actual operating system itself and I think the ram of video cards may be limited to only 1 megabyte but this is just a guess from what I read before. The problem was some games installed fine on 98SE but when I tried to install the same games on Windows 98SE in a virtual machine of XP Professional then the games crashed. The games in question are the Sierra Collections that run on 98SE ---- I think it was Police Quest ---- new King's Quest collection said 2000 or XP ----- and I forget about the Space Quest collection --- I am too tired now to look up the system requirements of all those game packs. Thanks in advance for your help. http://www.sierra.com/en/home/games/game_info.prod-L2NvbnRlbnQvc2llcnJhL2VuL3Byb2R1Y3RzL3BvbGljZV9xdWVzdF9jb2xsZWN0aW9u.html or http://www.amazon.com/VIVAPE-72474-Police-Quest-Compilation/dp/B000AYFPKQ "Jeff Richards" wrote: > This one? > http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Themes/Misc__Themes/Mystery_Desktop_Theme_Download.html > > You might do better asking in a Windows XP group, as people there might know > sources for themes you can search through. Otherwise, install W98 and your > required theme as a virtual PC > (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx), > and transfer the settings one by one to XP. > -- > Jeff Richards > MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > <k_a_benedek@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:1188860688.598207.269600@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... > >I have Windows XPas an operating system. How can I get the desktop > > background/theme called "Mystery" that was on Windows 98 nd ME? > > > > >
Guest Jeff Richards Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: wanted background/theme I was not suggesting that OP install W98 to play games, but merely to get the components of the Mystery theme he was after. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0DE84596-9BBA-40ED-B530-01051899348C@microsoft.com... > Jeff, I did like Windows Virtual Machine for 98 on XP. However, I found > it > did not have quite the functionality as the actual operating system itself > and I think the ram of video cards may be limited to only 1 megabyte but > this > is just a guess from what I read before. The problem was some games > installed fine on 98SE but when I tried to install the same games on > Windows > 98SE in a virtual machine of XP Professional then the games crashed. The > games in question are the Sierra Collections that run on 98SE ---- I think > it > was Police Quest ---- new King's Quest collection said 2000 or XP ----- > and I > forget about the Space Quest collection --- I am too tired now to look up > the > system requirements of all those game packs. Thanks in advance for your > help. > > http://www.sierra.com/en/home/games/game_info.prod-L2NvbnRlbnQvc2llcnJhL2VuL3Byb2R1Y3RzL3BvbGljZV9xdWVzdF9jb2xsZWN0aW9u.html > > or > > http://www.amazon.com/VIVAPE-72474-Police-Quest-Compilation/dp/B000AYFPKQ >
Guest Dan Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: wanted background/theme Sorry, Jeff. I did not mean to be rude. I was just pointing out to the op the limits of Microsoft Virtual Machine. Your information is correct as usual. "Jeff Richards" wrote: > I was not suggesting that OP install W98 to play games, but merely to get > the components of the Mystery theme he was after. > -- > Jeff Richards > MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:0DE84596-9BBA-40ED-B530-01051899348C@microsoft.com... > > Jeff, I did like Windows Virtual Machine for 98 on XP. However, I found > > it > > did not have quite the functionality as the actual operating system itself > > and I think the ram of video cards may be limited to only 1 megabyte but > > this > > is just a guess from what I read before. The problem was some games > > installed fine on 98SE but when I tried to install the same games on > > Windows > > 98SE in a virtual machine of XP Professional then the games crashed. The > > games in question are the Sierra Collections that run on 98SE ---- I think > > it > > was Police Quest ---- new King's Quest collection said 2000 or XP ----- > > and I > > forget about the Space Quest collection --- I am too tired now to look up > > the > > system requirements of all those game packs. Thanks in advance for your > > help. > > > > http://www.sierra.com/en/home/games/game_info.prod-L2NvbnRlbnQvc2llcnJhL2VuL3Byb2R1Y3RzL3BvbGljZV9xdWVzdF9jb2xsZWN0aW9u.html > > > > or > > > > http://www.amazon.com/VIVAPE-72474-Police-Quest-Compilation/dp/B000AYFPKQ > > > > >
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