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Safe-Keeper · 10-12-10, 02:38 PM

ya i no rite?
Just dug it up and tried to install it on my XP machine, no luck. Did a google search for ""Fleet Commander"+XP", all I got was forum threads telling me it was impossible to run it on XP because the OS lacked some critical DOS programming or whatever. It was only when I read the Wikipedia article on the game out of curiousity that I happened to find out it was not only possible, but ridiculously easy to get it to run on post-98 Windows. All you need to do is indeed just put the CD in your CD drive, download the XP installer from the link you get in the wikipedia article, and use it to install the game. Oh,and you'll also have to set compatibility to Win98, but that's not a major hurdle

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Have fun playing, it's a special kind of feeling to have a whole carrier battle group at your command. "Enemy airfield surrounded by SAM sites hundreds of nautical miles away... okay, fine, Destroyer Thisandthat, launch a volley of long-range missiles" :some time afterwards the airfield is reduced to a crater:. Lovely.

10-12-10, 02:38 PM	#3
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	ya i no rite? Just dug it up and tried to install it on my XP machine, no luck. Did a google search for ""Fleet Commander"+XP", all I got was forum threads telling me it was impossible to run it on XP because the OS lacked some critical DOS programming or whatever. It was only when I read the Wikipedia article on the game out of curiousity that I happened to find out it was not only possible, but ridiculously easy to get it to run on post-98 Windows. All you need to do is indeed just put the CD in your CD drive, download the XP installer from the link you get in the wikipedia article, and use it to install the game. Oh,and you'll also have to set compatibility to Win98, but that's not a major hurdle. Have fun playing, it's a special kind of feeling to have a whole carrier battle group at your command. "Enemy airfield surrounded by SAM sites hundreds of nautical miles away... okay, fine, Destroyer Thisandthat, launch a volley of long-range missiles" :some time afterwards the airfield is reduced to a crater:. Lovely. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.