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Originally posted by boyzeee@24 October 2003 - 05:39
are you running xp? if so the disc you are trying to install may not be xp compatible if it printing software, its also quite common with kids learning discs, look on the cover and see what os the disc was written for and if it is say "win95" then put the disc in ya cdrom and when it autostarts cancel it, then right click "my computer" then "explore" and then right click on the cdrom drive which has the cd you trying to install and "explore" the cd. Now there will be a file that says setup.exe, right click on it and click "properties" and then "compatibility" tick the box that says "run this program in compatibility for" and choose "win95" (or whatever operating system the disc was written for) and click apply, now try and install it, xp will "pretend" to be win95 for the installation. after its installed right click on the shortcut and do same again, xp will now "pretend" to be win95 to run the program.
note you must uninstall the program first and then do the above. wont work with all old discs, but ive used this trick a few times and got things to install and run. hope this is of some help to ya :D
yes im runnin xp. the disc just says windows.