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How effective is the compatibility feature for older operating systems in Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8?

I tried to find out why some compatibility features differ depending on the operating system, so I can program the patch. I use the compatibility settings in the registry for Windows 95 to run the game (in which the game was made) on each system. On Windows XP, the game works fine. None of the scenes are lagging, and the sound works as well as the scenes. I'm not sure how it works on Windows Vista, but on Windows 7 and 8, the compatibility feature breaks the game. I used a virtual machine to run XP, but this does not affect the game; real XP users have tested it. Whenever I play a game using the Win95 setting for compatibility in 7 and 8, everything falls behind. Music does not slow down during the game, but the graphics do. During the videos, they literally break. All pixels, white noise and static increase the volume,and video lags every two seconds.

I tested it on Ubuntu Linux via WINE, and it works better than XP. I just had to use the alsa sound driver. What changed? If so, is it programmatically corrected? I use a combination of C ++, Batch and Java. If necessary, the video game is called "The Neverhood". Thank.

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The compatibility feature available in the shell simply scratches the "Application Compatibility" surface on Windows.

"Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)" ( , Windows XP), , , , .

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"The Neverhood" Win7 x64 - , , Win7 (4 ), , , - Win7 4 , , :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]
"C:\\Folder\\nhc.exe"="# WIN95 256COLOR 640X480 DISABLEDWM"
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: 256 , 640x480, ( DWM).

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This may not answer the question directly, but if you want to increase the performance of The Neverhood, change the compatibility to work on Windows 95, and then turn on all other options except the bottom three. This helps to make the game as fast and smooth as possible.

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