Dues Ex on Windows XP?

[Mr Bulbous]

Hi.

I've been wanting to start playing this game again for a while now, only got half way through it originally.

Last night I tried multiple times to install on my A64 3200+ laptop running XP Home, used Win 98 compatibility on the set up file (also tried without) and once the game is installed the setup routine needs to decompress some files, it freezes every time I've tried to install and thus the game wont launch

I also tried to install on my desktop P4 3.4 machine using XP Pro, same thing as above, the setup freezes at the end while decompressing files.

Can Dues Ex be played on the XP OS? I'm bang up to date with XP updates and drivers on both machines. Really want to play this old classic badly now.

Hope someone can help.

 

[Mr Bulbous]

Hmmm? wonder if its worth installing in safe mode? but then I wouldent have a CD/DVD drive in safe mode, or would I?

 

[Mr Bulbous]

CD is spotless. I'm going to try installing once more without using Win 98 compatibility and use end it all to shut down everything else.

*fingers crossed*

 

[Mr Bulbous]

Sorted, gave the CD a wipe (even though it looked clean) and never used Win 98 compatibility this time.

 

[Mr Bulbous]

Thanks. I was wondering what the most up to date patch was.

 

[Mr Bulbous]

Hmmm.... my deus ex cd has a massive crack down the middle of it... stupid question, but will it still work??

Doubt it? You should be able to pick up a copy cheap though if it fails?

Thanks again to everyone for helping me get Dues Ex installed, as you can see from my last post I was up until well after 3AM last night playing this classic.

Hope the add-on texture project goes ahead, though having said that I was surprised last night by how fresh the game still looks, especially as it must be around 7 years old now?

Was Dues Ex 2 really as bad as I've read? I'm enjoying this old classic again but already wondering what I'll play once I've finished it.