can't load up old cd rom game

elduderino | 02:05 Sat 25th Feb 2006 | Technology

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bought an old star trek game the other day called "the final unity" i get as far 'install game' page i click yes then it take me to a problem page where it says..FILES/BUFFERS....Required............Detected .

.........FILES/BUFFERS.....20/20..................40/ 0

IT THEN TELLS ME " TO INCREASE FILES OR BUFFERS MODIFY:-

FILES=X or BUFFERS=X STATEMENTS IN YOUR CONFIG.SYS FILE AND REBOOT.

my Q is how do i do what i'm told.

the game is 12 yrs old and the box says "for ibm pc 486, pentium and most compatibles with CD ROM

i'M USING WINDOW'S XP HOME BY THE WAY

it's a long shot but can i play DVD's

Sony Ericsson K750i

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agnabeya

Have you tried using the compatibility function in XP?

R. Click the setup.exe icon for the game and look at 'properties'.
There is a tab named 'compatibility' -
you have option to run it as a Win 95 or Win 98 setup.

There are other options you can try - colour settings etc.
I play around with these until I get my older games to run.
I don't know this game - so I don't know what settings run best.
It usually tells you in the manual or on the box what settings the game should run at.

It's usually successful - but not always.

I had an old laptop with Win98SE installed for just such a situation - sometimes that's the only way I can get older games to play.

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