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Start | Windows Update,
or navigate to
windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
After you click Product Updates, you'll find the compatibility
updates patch listed under Recommended Updates.
The first compatibility update appeared in February 2000, at the
time the operating system itself was shipped. This update
addressed minor issues affecting 48 game programs.
If a program you need doesn't run under Windows 2000, be sure to
check this Web site to see whether a compatibility patch is
available. If no patch is available, try using Apcompat, described
next.

Using Apcompat to Solve Compatibility
Problems

Apcompat is a tool designed to overcome certain compatibility
issues that might prevent some older programs from running under
Windows 2000. Apcompat works either by persuading an older
application that it's about to run under an earlier version of
Windows or by circumventing some aspect of Windows 2000 that
might prevent the older program from running. The utility is one
of several support tools included on your Windows 2000
Professional CD. To install it (and the other support tools),
navigate to
d:\Support\Tools (where d is your CD-ROM drive)
and run Setup. You must run it with an administrative account. If
you're not logged on as a member of the Administrators group,
right-click Setup, choose RunAs, and provide the name and
password of an administrative account.
On the line at the top of the dialog box, name the program you're
trying to run - or click Browse and find it. In the Operating System
section, try selecting the earlier operating system under which the
program ran successfully. If that doesn't solve the problem, one of
the following options might:
• Disable Heap Manager On Windows 2000. Some older
programs use memory in ways that conflict with Windows
2000. Disabling the Windows 2000 heap manager might enable
the older program to run, although it will use memory less