From Newsgroup: alt.comp.os.windows-11
On Tue, 7/21/2026 8:12 AM, scbs29 wrote:
Thanks again for all of the advice.
I have, however, seemed to sort out my problem and it looks like I will be able to play the game.
I installed VMware Workstation Pro and then downloaded a copy of
Windows X-Lite Optimum 10 Pro v5 as an iso.from windowsxlite.com
I then used this to create a virtual Windows X-Lite machine in VMware. I temporarily attached the folder where
I have the installation media for World in Conflict to the virtual machine and installed it to the virtual WIndows
X-Lite.
I tried out the program and so far it seems to be working ok.
On Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:46:03 +0100, scbs29 <scbs29@fred.talktalk.net> wrote:
Hello all
I wish to play World in Conflict. My pc is running Windows 11 Pro, and the WIC program
keeps crashing, makig it impossible to play.
What I want to do is install Windows (2000, Me, XP, 10, preferably 2000) onto a USB stick, install the WIC
program onto the USB stick and play from there.
I dont know if this is feasible, but to start with I would need to install some version of Windows
to the USB stick.
I have searched the internet but found only ways of putting windows on to a usb
stick that can be used only for installation to a pc.
Can anyone advise me if running a version of windows from a
usb stick is in fact feasible ?
Any advice gratefully received.
TIA
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If you run "dxdiag" in there, one of the tabs is likely to tell you
that the graphics are accelerated, and that VMWare is tapping into
the video card. On the right hand side of dxdiag in that tab,
it will mention some variant of DirectX3D 9. I think the WIC game
(at least the demo version), it claims to be able to use DX3D 9
and DX3D 10.
On VirtualBox, that's called "experimental 3D acceleration" and there
is a tick box. Maybe on VMWare, they don't even bother with the
tick box :-) That's a kind of passthru acceleration, at a guess.
*******
I restored my tethered SSD from backup, after the tethering experiment.
I put it back in the machine on a SATA cable, and did the restore from
a Macrium backup. What was funny, is after it booted, the Task Bar
would not render. Only the Start icon was there, and the Start icon
would not respond. It seems, the Search Indexer "windows.edb" file
didn't get backed up (because I was lazy and did a "hot" backup
from the running OS on C: ), and the lack of Task Bar icons seems
to be related to the Search Index being empty and being in some
state of flux. So while I was extolling the virtues of backups
the other day, now I have learned to "be more careful about *how*
I make those backups".
Paul
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