TetriMania master on XP??

[Guest nick]

Just converted my elderly neighbor to a new-ish PC and

XP Pro. Not sure this was a great idea. All is well

except her TetriMania master PC game will not run.

 

Ideas??

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: TetriMania master on XP??

 

If you don't find an answer here, you might try the

microsoft.public.windowsxp.games or microsoft.public.games newsgroups for

some advice.

 

"nick" <nick@NOSPAM.ORG> wrote in message news:a2Otj.286$JF.202@trnddc01...

> Just converted my elderly neighbor to a new-ish PC and

> XP Pro. Not sure this was a great idea. All is well

> except her TetriMania master PC game will not run.

>

> Ideas??

[Guest Anthony Buckland]

Re: TetriMania master on XP??

 

 

"nick" <nick@NOSPAM.ORG> wrote in message news:a2Otj.286$JF.202@trnddc01...

> Just converted my elderly neighbor to a new-ish PC and

> XP Pro. Not sure this was a great idea. All is well

> except her TetriMania master PC game will not run.

>

> Ideas??

 

The eternal question: what happens when you try? (In detail)

[Guest nick]

Re: TetriMania master on XP??

 

Anthony Buckland wrote:

> "nick" <nick@NOSPAM.ORG> wrote in message news:a2Otj.286$JF.202@trnddc01...

>> Just converted my elderly neighbor to a new-ish PC and

>> XP Pro. Not sure this was a great idea. All is well

>> except her TetriMania master PC game will not run.

>>

>> Ideas??

>

> The eternal question: what happens when you try? (In detail)

>

>

The program install fine and starts up. But it's all blurred as

if it were out of focus. The colors smear across the screen

and everything is sorta blotchy. Then it dies and XP asks

if I want to send an error report. I have tried other screen

resolutions with the same results.

[Guest philo]

Re: TetriMania master on XP??

 

 

"nick" <nick@NOSPAM.ORG> wrote in message

news:w_Vtj.3514$0%3.2164@trnddc06...

> Anthony Buckland wrote:

> > "nick" <nick@NOSPAM.ORG> wrote in message

news:a2Otj.286$JF.202@trnddc01...

> >> Just converted my elderly neighbor to a new-ish PC and

> >> XP Pro. Not sure this was a great idea. All is well

> >> except her TetriMania master PC game will not run.

> >>

> >> Ideas??

> >

> > The eternal question: what happens when you try? (In detail)

> >

> >

> The program install fine and starts up. But it's all blurred as

> if it were out of focus. The colors smear across the screen

> and everything is sorta blotchy. Then it dies and XP asks

> if I want to send an error report. I have tried other screen

> resolutions with the same results.

 

 

First off, try running the game in the Windows95 compatability mode

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02february18.mspx

 

 

Otherwise, look around for some other Tetris games...

I still use a very old version from Windows3.1 and it works fine in XP

 

Everything in Bowep still runs on XP

and the package contains Tetris

 

http://www.siteaboutnothing.com/games/

 

 

A google search will provide many more free versions of the game

[Guest nick]

Re: TetriMania master on XP??

 

philo wrote:

>

> First off, try running the game in the Windows95 compatability mode

>

> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02february18.mspx

>

>

> Otherwise, look around for some other Tetris games...

> I still use a very old version from Windows3.1 and it works fine in XP

>

> Everything in Bowep still runs on XP

> and the package contains Tetris

>

> http://www.siteaboutnothing.com/games/

>

 

The TetriMania does the same thing in compatibility mode so

I just downloaded BOWEP. Hope that keeps her happy!

 

Thanks for the pointer.

 

nick

[Guest Elmo]

Re: TetriMania master on XP??

 

nick wrote:

> philo wrote:

>

>>

>> First off, try running the game in the Windows95 compatibility mode

>>

>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02february18.mspx

>>

>>

>>

>> Otherwise, look around for some other Tetris games...

>> I still use a very old version from Windows3.1 and it works fine in XP

>>

>> Everything in Bowep still runs on XP

>> and the package contains Tetris

>>

>> http://www.siteaboutnothing.com/games/

>>

>

> The TetriMania does the same thing in compatibility mode so

> I just downloaded BOWEP. Hope that keeps her happy!

>

> Thanks for the pointer.

>

> nick

 

Have her try lowering the graphics hardware acceleration slide. She can

lower graphics hardware acceleration in Display Properties, Settings

tab, Advanced button, Troubleshooting tab. If this helps, she probably

needs a different graphics card or drivers.

 

--

Joe =o)

[Guest philo]

Re: TetriMania master on XP??

 

 

"nick" <nick@NOSPAM.ORG> wrote in message news:mCYtj.334$kI4.173@trnddc05...

> philo wrote:

>

> >

> > First off, try running the game in the Windows95 compatability mode

> >

> >

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02february18.mspx

> >

> >

> > Otherwise, look around for some other Tetris games...

> > I still use a very old version from Windows3.1 and it works fine in XP

> >

> > Everything in Bowep still runs on XP

> > and the package contains Tetris

> >

> > http://www.siteaboutnothing.com/games/

> >

>

> The TetriMania does the same thing in compatibility mode so

> I just downloaded BOWEP. Hope that keeps her happy!

>

> Thanks for the pointer.

>

> nick

 

 

Ok...

 

otherwise, there are plenty of Tetris games out there

 

here are a few more

 

http://www.tetris-games.org/

[Guest nick]

Re: TetriMania master on XP??

 

Elmo wrote:

> Have her try lowering the graphics hardware acceleration slide. She

can

> lower graphics hardware acceleration in Display Properties, Settings

> tab, Advanced button, Troubleshooting tab. If this helps, she probably

> needs a different graphics card or drivers.

>

Thanks for the advice.

 

 

I set the Graphics Acceleration to OFF. Program starts and the

text and picture look great. But then it dies and XP asks

whether I want to send an error report.

 

Ah well...

[Guest Bob I]

Re: TetriMania master on XP??

 

Perhaps try tech support at the publishers site?

 

http://www.egames.com/

 

nick wrote:

> Just converted my elderly neighbor to a new-ish PC and

> XP Pro. Not sure this was a great idea. All is well

> except her TetriMania master PC game will not run.

>

> Ideas??