trying to play old games but can't

[xiaobao12]

hello,

i would like to play my old games (games that I played on my windows 95 system) but i'm having an awful lot of trouble. i have heard that you can right click on the main exe file and change the compatibility options to: "run this program in compatibility mode for..." but that hasn't worked.

the legitimate games i'm trying to play are: screamer 2 and mechwarrior mercenaries, if that helps any.

i am using windows xp home edition, sp2 installed.

thanks a lot.

 

[Quasmo]

what kind of processor do you have?

 

[xiaobao12]

p4, 2.66 ghz

its a dell 4600.