Win XP SP 1.0a and Backgammon

[caps_buster]

Guys, one of my friends want play Backgammon - yep, the Microsoft Backgammon on his PC. However the PC is very slow (Sempron 1500MHz) and to make the Windows run fast the games his son want, I decided to use the most light and fast SP - SP1.0a. Bad move for Backgammon.

IIRC this game is a part of SP2 and copy the files from Backgammon directory from another Win XP SP2 Czech does not make the game working. Anyone know, if there is a M$ compatible (talking about the network play) Backgammon?

Or is there a way to make it working under SP 1.0a, so the well-working OS could stay and just the Backgammon run?

Or anyone know, if this http://www.bkgm.com/gnu/AllAboutGNU.html is compatible with the M$ Backgammon, network play speaking? I do believe that even Vista users will find this infomation very inteersting, as Backgammon was stripped from Vista, much to dismay of many...

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums...b2-4ade65c8d819

Anyone know more?

[jaclaz]

My guess is that if our friend MdgX managed to install them on 98Se (from Me), there are good chances that you can do the same from XP SP2 to SP1.0a:

http://www.mdgx.com/98-5.htm#KRM9S

http://www.mdgx.com/9s2m/READ1ST.TXT

The guys on the referenced thread that thought to get away with three exe's/dll's were dreamers and definitely NOT connoisseurs of MS way of making apps.

I would try with the whole lot of files:

3. 5 WinME Internet Zone Games [a.k.a. MSN Gaming Zone] NOT available with
Win98 SE into C:\Program Files\GameZone [default]: Backgammon, Checkers,
Hearts, Reversi + Spades:
=> C:\Program Files\GameZone [default]:
BCKG.CHM
CHKR.CHM
HRTZ.CHM
RVSE.CHM
SHVL.CHM
BCKG.DLL
BCKGRES.DLL
CHKR.DLL
CHKRRES.DLL
CMNCLIM.DLL
CMNRESM.DLL
HRTZ.DLL
HRTZRES.DLL
RVSE.DLL
RVSERES.DLL
SHVL.DLL
SHVLRES.DLL
UNIANSI.DLL
ZCOREM.DLL
ZEEVERM.DLL
ZNETM.DLL
ZONECLIM.DLL
ZONELIBM.DLL
BCKGZM.EXE
CHKRZM.EXE
HRTZZM.EXE
RVSEZM.EXE
SHVLZM.EXE
ZCLIENTM.EXE
How to play these Internet Zone Games:
Start button -> Programs -> Accessories -> Games -> GameZone -> run one of the
5 game shortcuts listed above.

then profile the app with dependency walker:

http://www.dependencywalker.com/

and with procmon:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb896645.aspx

To find what else migh tbe missing ("common .dll's, Registry Entries, etc.)

However, you might be interested in this:

http://www.redtopbg.com/news/msn_rip.php

jaclaz