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First post, by maxrebo

Posted on 2009-04-27, 19:00

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I have 64-bit vista and have indys desktop adventures and get a 16 bit error when I try to play it is there a way around this issue. I now this aint a very old game yet but I recently purchesed tom clancy's rainbow six rouge spear platinum pak and when i try to play it says rouge spear stopped working and has closed yet rainbow six 1 works do you know how to get it to work.Yes I have tried the vista fix patch too and it did nothing.

Reply 1 of 5, by DosFreak

Posted on 2009-04-27, 19:28

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64bit Vista doesn't support 16bit apps. You need to install VMware/VirtualBox or Virtual PC and then a 32bit OS in those VM programs to play 16bit games on 64bit Vista.

I don't know about the Rogue Spear Platinum Pak but oridnary Rogue Spear with the expansions work fine on Vista. You may need to use a NOCD patch.

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Reply 2 of 5, by maxrebo

Posted on 2009-04-27, 19:56

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does it have to that rouge spear is version 2.5 and I have a 32-bit vista install disk that came with my moms inspiron laptop and my computer is an inspiron would that work.

Reply 3 of 5, by wildweasel

Posted on 2009-04-27, 20:03

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You could try; I'm not sure if activation keys are exchangeable between 32 and 64 bit versions of Vista...just don't try using your mom's activation key, unless you want a DRM headache.

Reply 4 of 5, by maxrebo

Posted on 2009-04-27, 20:18

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Would it work if its no longer on that computer cause her laptop broke earlier this year.

Reply 5 of 5, by DosFreak

Posted on 2009-04-27, 20:26

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Most 16bit apps should work fine on Vista 32bit. I've had some issues with some 16bit apps on 32bit Vista that didn't like Vista's NTVDM, for these apps I had to use Vmware/VirtualBox/VirtualPC/DOSBox even on 32bit Vista.

Also if you have 4GB of RAM or more then you will only be able to access 3.2-3.6GB of RAM on 32bit Vista.

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