I'm having trouble---HELP :-D

[Toben]

I'm having trouble running both WC IV and Privateer 2 on my Windows XP Home laptop. WC IV doesn't recognize either my mouse or joystick (both USB), and it runs the video and audio out of synch. Privateer 2 won't even install - it says that there's not enough disk space (I have 14.5 GB free). I know there old games, but does that really mean that I have to use old equipment to play them. I miss killing alien cats and the denizens of the universe. I miss flying...can anyone help?

Toben

P.s.

I'm running, as I said, Windows XP Home with 198mb RAM, and an AMD Athalon +2200 processor.

 

[THE_WUQKED]

For WCIV: Are you running with the Windows patch in Win9x compatibility mode? Did you use the win2k patch available in this Thread yet?
http://www.crius.net/zone/showthread.php?t=9353
And you may also want to try the USB Joystick patch, if it still doesn't work. linked in this Thread:
http://www.crius.net/zone/showthread.php?t=9530
To Privateer2: Similar to WCIV: Did you use the Windows patch?

Normally those two games are quite easy to get working to run under XP, unlike some others. - and usb mouse and joystick should work as well (for me, they do).