Old games not working in Win7 64 bit!

I have been using vista 32 on my dell studio 17, recently was trying out win 7 64. there has been a great performance improvement! but there are some software and games that wont run on it... i cud find alternatives 4 de softwares but is there a way i can run 32bit games on it... e.g. Quake III?

As far as Quake 3 is concerned, download this *ioquake3.org/ and use the pack files of Quake 3.

It's free.

Try running other games under the "compatibility mode."

thanks... hope it works!

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compatibility mode dosent help as it still is 64 bit, there is no 32 bit compatibility mode option.

there is only x86 version available for windows!

I can play URBAN TERROR based off Quake II engine, so it should work..

But I CAN't PLAY Half Life and Counter Strike

SSS..

so now the question is if i want to upgrade my vista home premium 32bit, sud i go for Win7 32 or 64 bit!!!

ankushkool said:
so now the question is if i want to upgrade my vista home premium 32bit, sud i go for Win7 32 or 64 bit!!!

If application compatibility is more important than having several layers of added security features, go for 32 bit.

is there much performance diff?

64bit will obviously perform better if your processor is 64bit.

then? sud i go 4 64bit...

Depends on you and your requirement. Refer to Debsuvra's post again.

its not bout app compatibility... atleast i shouldnt have probs with basic/necessary apps! like i faced with cd/dvd burner...

can u suggest me necessary 64 bit apps 2 fully utilize my 64 bit OS and improve performance in day 2 day usage:

media player:
browser:
archiving soft:
cd/dvd burner:
image editor/viewer:
pdf reader:
...others:

thanks

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ankushkool said:
its not bout app compatibility... atleast i shouldnt have probs with basic/necessary apps! like i faced with cd/dvd burner...

can u suggest me necessary 64 bit apps 2 fully utilize my 64 bit OS and improve performance in day 2 day usage:

thanks

media player:
browser:wmp,zoom player,vlc,old media player,media monkey,adobe player,winamp
archiving soft:winrar,winzip,7zip
cd/dvd burner:nero,ashampoo
image editor/viewer

hotoshop,corel
pdf reader:adobe reader
...others:virtualization xp..for those apps,games that sometimes doesnt work.

All this are installed in my laptop win7 64bit..64bit processor 8gbram

ankushkool said:
its not bout app compatibility... atleast i shouldnt have probs with basic/necessary apps!

This won't be an issue.

neerajvohra said:
media player:
browser:wmp,zoom player,vlc,old media player,media monkey,adobe player,winamp
archiving soft:winrar,winzip,7zip
cd/dvd burner:nero,ashampoo
image editor/viewerhotoshop,corel
pdf reader:adobe reader
...others:virtualization xp..for those apps,games that sometimes doesnt work.

All this are installed in my laptop win7 64bit..64bit processor 8gbram

i tried nero 9 but it didnt work! do all these apps have 64 bit version? what bout de browser... i just wanna try everythin 1st b4 i make de switch

ankushkool said:
i tried nero 9 but it didnt work! do all these apps have 64 bit version? what bout de browser... i just wanna try everythin 1st b4 i make de switch

There are several worthy alternatives to that bloatware named Nero like ImgBurn which is completely compatible with 64 bit Windows.

neerajvohra said:
media player:
browser:wmp,zoom player,vlc,old media player,media monkey,adobe player,winamp
archiving soft:winrar,winzip,7zip
cd/dvd burner:nero,ashampoo
image editor/viewerhotoshop,corel
pdf reader:adobe reader
...others:virtualization xp..for those apps,games that sometimes doesnt work.

All this are installed in my laptop win7 64bit..64bit processor 8gbram

not all of de above are available in 64 bit... 4m where can i download it?

ankushkool said:
not all of de above are available in 64 bit... 4m where can i download it?

There simply aren't 64-bit versions available for those apps. You will have to use the 32-bit variants of them till 64-bit gets more mainstream and the apps are updated to native 64-bit versions.

can u tell me which ones are available in 64 bit! coz i found winrar n Media player classic in 64bit version!

ankushkool said:
can u tell me which ones are available in 64 bit! coz i found winrar n Media player classic in 64bit version!

Photoshop CS4/CS5 has their native 64 bit versions. Some of the famous games like Crysis also have native 64 bit versions. Apart from that, the list neerajvohra presented is mostly comprised of 32 bit apps without native 64 bit ports as of now.

what bout browser... is there a 64 bit browser? the one firefox has come up with has some issues!

ankushkool said:
what bout browser... is there a 64 bit browser? the one firefox has come up with has some issues!

Of course the firefox builds will have issues, because it's in the alpha testing phase. Windows 7 64-bit comes with Internet Explorer 64-bit. Other than that, I don't know of any 64-bit builds of Opera/Chrome for Windows. Firefox is your only other option.

However, you will have problems with plugins when using a 64-bit browser, like Flash, JRE, etc.

umm... then will stick with IE for now

pushkar said:
Of course the firefox builds will have issues, because it's in the alpha testing phase. Windows 7 64-bit comes with Internet Explorer 64-bit. Other than that, I don't know of any 64-bit builds of Opera/Chrome for Windows. Firefox is your only other option.

However, you will have problems with plugins when using a 64-bit browser, like Flash, JRE, etc.

Java Runtime Environment has a native 64 bit port. The only problems users gonna face are Flash, Silverlight and Shockwave.