Why does ThiefG think I have Windows NT?

Dafydd on 21/7/2014 at 07:59

I'm trying to recover from a total HD crash -- all data lost, had to buy a new drive: Seagate Barracuda XT 3 TByte. The partition in which I'm installing TG (the C: drive) has 727 GB of free space.

Running Windows XP Pro, SP3, updated via Windows update as of today.

I was able to install Thief II; but when I tried to install TG, I got a message saying the installer had detected that I was running Windows NT! :eek: What the heck?

It won't let me install; is there a workaround for this? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,

Dafydd

ffox on 21/7/2014 at 09:11

Check the (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133946#install) FAQs here.

Azaran on 21/7/2014 at 22:23

Just put the installer in Win95 or 98 compatibility, it worked for me

Phyphor on 21/7/2014 at 23:06

Because Windows XP is actually Windows NT 5.1.

And as others have said, you can put the installer into Windows 98 compatibility mode or just click Start, Run, and X:\Setup -lgntforce

(Be sure to change X to the actual letter of your CD/DVD drive, )