My older games does not work??!

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My older games does not work??!

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Hello friends, I need some help with windows 10. Two older games do not work on my PC. Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy, and Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi outcast. They worked great with windows 8.1 but not on windows 10!!!! I checked compatibly mode and its on and it did nothing! I've tried the trouble shooter and nothing helped. I've tried everything! Why Mircrosoft? Why do you like ruining people's games? And also my older games that do work have the two black bars on the sides of the PC. Thanks for ruining the game's experience. So is a fix on the way? Does anyone have a solution to my Star Wars games or stretching my other game?

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Answer 1

Hi,  

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10. 

I understand the inconvenience that you are facing on Windows 10, we will certainly help you with this issue.  

Please be informed that Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy and Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi outcast are not compatible with Windows 10 and as you have already tried running them in compatibility mode, I suggest you to get in touch with the developers of the game for further assistance.

Hope this information is useful.

Thank you.

Answer 2

"Does anyone have a solution to my Star Wars games or stretching my other game? "

Use Win7/8/8.1. Win10 has taken over screen scaling (so phones, notepads, TV's etc can connect without

screen scaling issues), so any game that uses a resolution with a native 4:3 or 5:4 aspect ratio will have black bars.

This is the aspect ratio the game was designed for, and personally I think they look best in their original format,

but I'm not the dictator type and believe in choice.

Monopoly$oft, in spite of the way the promote Windows, does not.

I believe a lot of people with laptops prefer stretching to full screen, as there have been many people

with laptops asking why they cannot fill the screen.

If your games are disk based (not a download) , and if you find a file titles SECDRV.sys when you

Open the CD/DVD. Read on -

The problem with Win10 is not compatibility.

The problem is a dictatorial attitude taken by Big Brother Monopoly$oft towards old disk based game DRM

(copy protection) with a protection racket called DRM Blocking that was foisted on the gaming community

with Win10*.*

MS is trying to convince us that they are protecting the unwary against a possibility of the driver SECDRV.sys

being invaded by a yet to be produced malware.

They do not allow us to make our own decision or take a risk, by allowing us to disable DRM Blocking.

Meanwhile the hackers keep going at various Windows files, and MS is continually 'fixing' them with other

security updates, so why all the concern for a driver that has never been a problem to date ?

It's interesting that with the flood of older games being released on download sites such as Steam that MS

has suddenly decided to 'protect' us. Cynical old me expects they may be getting kick backs for this effort.

Note that Win7/8/8.1 now have a 'security update' - KB3086255 & KB2919355 which subversively installs

the same DRM blocking.

Fortunately these old DRM never worked anyway, and you can use a noCD fix/hack to circumvent the CD check

and spoil the fun for MS.- You can get one for your games here -

Or you can bend to MS's will, and buy a new DRM free version of the games from GOG

(they have frequent sales with up to 50-75% off) -

http://www.gog.com/

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