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Do NT Kernals Come with XP Home Edition?

Posted: 07-19-2003, 12:50 AM
Dan
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My son bought the Game "Black & White" from Lionhead
Studios. The game says it is not compatible with NT based
systems. No problem, we're running XP Home edition with
all the latest patches. When I was installing the game I
got a message which said that an NT kernel was found on
our system and that all functions of the game may not
work properly. I'll say. When the game tries to execute
we get a message that "Runblack.exe" cannot exectute.
There is nothing on the game developers website that
helps. Should the NT kernel be there? If not how do I get
rid of it? His freind, by the way, has the same game and
has no trouble runnig it on XP.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Nicholas
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Re: Do NT Kernals Come with XP Home Edition?
Posted: 07-19-2003, 01:04 AM
Windows XP is based on the NT kernel.

Windows XP Kernel Improvements
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...l/default.aspx

Kernel Enhancements for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/driver/XP_kernel.asp


You need to use XP's Program Compatibility Wizard to install your program.
Open XP's "Help and Support" and type: OLDER PROGRAMS , and hit enter.


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"Dan" <dwd@storm.ca> wrote in message:
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| My son bought the Game "Black & White" from Lionhead
| Studios. The game says it is not compatible with NT based
| systems. No problem, we're running XP Home edition with
| all the latest patches. When I was installing the game I
| got a message which said that an NT kernel was found on
| our system and that all functions of the game may not
| work properly. I'll say. When the game tries to execute
| we get a message that "Runblack.exe" cannot exectute.
| There is nothing on the game developers website that
| helps. Should the NT kernel be there? If not how do I get
| rid of it? His freind, by the way, has the same game and
| has no trouble runnig it on XP.
| Any help would be much appreciated.
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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
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Re: Do NT Kernals Come with XP Home Edition?
Posted: 07-19-2003, 01:07 AM
Hi Dan,

WinXP (Home or Pro) is based on the NT kernel, not the 9x kernel.. Have you
tried running the game in compatibility mode?

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"Dan" <dwd@storm.ca> wrote in message
news:042401c34d87$57da8bd0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> My son bought the Game "Black & White" from Lionhead
> Studios. The game says it is not compatible with NT based
> systems. No problem, we're running XP Home edition with
> all the latest patches. When I was installing the game I
> got a message which said that an NT kernel was found on
> our system and that all functions of the game may not
> work properly. I'll say. When the game tries to execute
> we get a message that "Runblack.exe" cannot exectute.
> There is nothing on the game developers website that
> helps. Should the NT kernel be there? If not how do I get
> rid of it? His freind, by the way, has the same game and
> has no trouble runnig it on XP.
> Any help would be much appreciated.

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Wesley
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Do NT Kernals Come with XP Home Edition?
Posted: 07-19-2003, 01:09 AM
I pretty sure XP is NT based, some people have problems
running software while others dont most likely because of
configuration

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>-----Original Message-----
>My son bought the Game "Black & White" from Lionhead
>Studios. The game says it is not compatible with NT
based
>systems. No problem, we're running XP Home edition with
>all the latest patches. When I was installing the game I
>got a message which said that an NT kernel was found on
>our system and that all functions of the game may not
>work properly. I'll say. When the game tries to execute
>we get a message that "Runblack.exe" cannot exectute.
>There is nothing on the game developers website that
>helps. Should the NT kernel be there? If not how do I
get
>rid of it? His freind, by the way, has the same game and
>has no trouble runnig it on XP.
>Any help would be much appreciated.
>.
>
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Wesley
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Do NT Kernals Come with XP Home Edition?
Posted: 07-19-2003, 01:12 AM
you might want to try running it in compatibility mode
right click the exe or a shortcut to it and go to
properties. then click compatibility and select Windows
98

--but heck what do I know I'm just 15--
>-----Original Message-----
>My son bought the Game "Black & White" from Lionhead
>Studios. The game says it is not compatible with NT
based
>systems. No problem, we're running XP Home edition with
>all the latest patches. When I was installing the game I
>got a message which said that an NT kernel was found on
>our system and that all functions of the game may not
>work properly. I'll say. When the game tries to execute
>we get a message that "Runblack.exe" cannot exectute.
>There is nothing on the game developers website that
>helps. Should the NT kernel be there? If not how do I
get
>rid of it? His freind, by the way, has the same game and
>has no trouble runnig it on XP.
>Any help would be much appreciated.
>.
>
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Re: Do NT Kernals Come with XP Home Edition?
Posted: 07-19-2003, 01:36 AM
XP IS NT version 5.1. Windows 2000 is NT Ver 5, and the one before was NT4 (& NT3.51 and NT3.1). Coming up to 2000 was when MS started using marketing names rather than product names. As coming up to 95 they stopped advertising version and used the year for marketing.

Office XP incluses Word 2002 (Ver 10), Office 2000 includes Word 2000 (Ver 9), Words 97 is Version 8, Word 95 version 7, then Word 6, word 2, word 1.

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"Dan" <dwd@storm.ca> wrote in message news:042401c34d87$57da8bd0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> My son bought the Game "Black & White" from Lionhead
> Studios. The game says it is not compatible with NT based
> systems. No problem, we're running XP Home edition with
> all the latest patches. When I was installing the game I
> got a message which said that an NT kernel was found on
> our system and that all functions of the game may not
> work properly. I'll say. When the game tries to execute
> we get a message that "Runblack.exe" cannot exectute.
> There is nothing on the game developers website that
> helps. Should the NT kernel be there? If not how do I get
> rid of it? His freind, by the way, has the same game and
> has no trouble runnig it on XP.
> Any help would be much appreciated.
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Bob Huntley
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Re: Do NT Kernals Come with XP Home Edition?
Posted: 07-19-2003, 11:21 AM
Download and install the latest patch from Lionhead. The latest I have is
V1_20 but they may have moved on from there.

I can remember that it wouldn't work on XP without the patch, but can't
remember the exact error message it gave. Worth a try anyway.


"Dan" <dwd@storm.ca> wrote in message
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> My son bought the Game "Black & White" from Lionhead
> Studios. The game says it is not compatible with NT based
> systems. No problem, we're running XP Home edition with
> all the latest patches. When I was installing the game I
> got a message which said that an NT kernel was found on
> our system and that all functions of the game may not
> work properly. I'll say. When the game tries to execute
> we get a message that "Runblack.exe" cannot exectute.
> There is nothing on the game developers website that
> helps. Should the NT kernel be there? If not how do I get
> rid of it? His freind, by the way, has the same game and
> has no trouble runnig it on XP.
> Any help would be much appreciated.

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Alex Nichol
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Re: Do NT Kernals Come with XP Home Edition?
Posted: 07-19-2003, 04:19 PM
Dan wrote:
>My son bought the Game "Black & White" from Lionhead
>Studios. The game says it is not compatible with NT based
>systems. No problem, we're running XP Home edition with
>all the latest patches
XP is the latest version of NT and has an NT Kernel. You *might* be
able to cheat the game by running it from All Programs - Accessories -
Program Compatibility Wizard, and saying use Win98 compatibility, but if
it has actually detected an NT Kernel that is unlikely.


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