wanted background/theme

[Guest k_a_benedek@hotmail.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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

> >

>

>

>