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Changing Graphics on Vista

I'm new to Vista. I'm attempting to install some of my old XP simulations on my new computer. I have been advised to change my graphics from 8 bit to 16 bit. I knew how to do this on XP but Vista is a harder to navigate around. how do I do this? Also, is there any way to upgrade my old games and simulations to be compatible with Vista? thanks, tom

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I'm sure you already are set to 16 or 32 bit display, right click on desktop and click Personalize - now click display settings - You should see what you have your colors set to here, make appropriate changes


install your old games, try these options to see if they will work or not

1 - right click on the game icon that plays the game, now choose 'run as admin'
see if this works

2 - right click on the game icon and choose properties, now click on the compatibility tab
check the box to "Run this program in compatitblity mode for:"
and in the drop down box, choose windows XP and click apply

Hope this gets you going

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speedball1 agrees: Thank you Hawk, You were correct. I have 32 bit graphics. My simulations werebought when I had 98 SE. Vista doesn't support a lot of the older games.
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