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    starcraft 1 on vista

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by gspot333, Jan 27, 2008.

  1. gspot333

    gspot333 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm getting a gaming laptop with vista, so does anyone know if you can play older games like starcraft 1?
     
    gspot333, Jan 27, 2008
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    Yes, I'm playing it on Vista, no problems whatsoever.
     
    lozanogo, Jan 27, 2008
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    oktoberfest Notebook Guru

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    you might get color issues (like I did)

    I had to go into the Compatibility tab and check Disable visual themes and Disable desktop composition to have it work correctly
     
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    Wow dude I was going to mention the weird color issues but your fix worked! Thanks!
     
    Meemat, Jan 27, 2008
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    thanks...hopefully i have no issues because i've heard some people having problems
     
    gspot333, Jan 27, 2008
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    Starcraft 1 works on my vista computer with no problems. :D
    It just looks a little distorted because my comp is widescreen
     
    Freelancer332, Jan 27, 2008
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    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    Yeah the widescreen makes some Blizzard RTS games looks silly, but at least SC runs better on Vista than it did in XP!

    I had SO MANY color issues in XP, thankfully they were all solved by disabling visual themes in Vista.
     
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    That's good to hear cuz i thought i would have to sacrifice losing SC1 for using vista OS...i think everyone eventually will have to switch to vista...many of the new laptops and PCs have vista pre-installed already
     
    gspot333, Jan 27, 2008
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