Microsoft Plus! XP on Windows 10?
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Last week we tried to run Microsoft Plus! 95 and 98 on Windows 10. Today, suggested by a few of you guys, we're gonna be trying Plus! XP. Will this 18 year old software run on the latest version of Windows? Let's find out!
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There's a certain charm with old software that modern apps can't beat
Yes. It's called nostalgia.
@@04AiZ Idk, the ui on modern apps is getting pretty bad lately. Old apps had issues too, but xp - 7 did the best.
Old charm like color Polaroids vs black & white 1940s.
And 1940s vs mid 1800s silver plates (Daguerreo's).
@Gordon Ivan when 2 bots are communicating
At least there useful
I honestly didn't really expect this to work as well as it did, considering 98 Plus! has a lot of trouble working on pretty much anything that isn't Windows 98. It's a shame Microsoft stopped releasing these Plus! packs after XP, they were pretty fun to mess around with.
They lived on mostly as the Windows Vista Ultimate Extras.
Windows XP is essentially the basis modern windows releases are built on. Well kinda, it's complicated.
That being said it implemented the ground work for the security oriented stuff that got introduced in Vista. Meaning software written for XP behaves alot better in modern versions of Windows then software targetting 98.
I think Microsoft replaced them with themes
@@hanro50 windows xp is just a skin of windows 2000 if u ask me
@@AcikaGamerSRB "with cheese, Mr. Squidward, with cheese."
Never knew Microsoft Plus! even existed. Very insightful, cheers!
successmaker i only know they existed for windows 95 and 98. I discovered there was plus! For xp on this channel!
Gotta love the XP era aesthetics, it gives me nostalgia looking at these installers and skins for WMP
3:30 That's not completely accurate: While, yes, Itanium (or IA-64) is a completely different and incompatible architecture compared to x86/AMD64, IA-64 releases of Windows contained a variant of the WoW64 compatibility layer which would basically emulate an x86 system and allow you to run 32-bit x86 applications on it. Intel themselves also released their own x86 emulator, called the "IA-32 Execution Layer", and early Itanium chips also included hardware emulation of x86, but it was infamously slow.
The Plus installer probably detected that it was running on a WoW64 variant and thought "this is Itanium and I'm not designed for Itanium" and displayed that error message.
This dude tried to act smart but was shut down by a reply haha.
WoW
The x64 Edition uses a WoW64 environment too, so I'm not sure how accurate that is?
SysWOW64?
@Michael MJD
The problem with the setup wasn't so much needing the 32bit environment as it was the compatibility mode. You set the compatibility mode for "setup.exe". You needed to also set it for the "Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP.msi" as well as the other two "exe" files in the folder. Setting compatibility mode for one executable does not carry over to other executables or or setup packages. This also applies to all of the installed programs for the package. All of them need to be set to the same compatibility mode.
I had no idea the space theme came from Plus! I used that on XP back in the day, I thought it was stock (unless it came with Media Centre edition too?)
On the 64-bit version you must use the .msi file. The setup.exe file is a 16-bit file and will not work on 64-bit systems.
before even clicking I was like "yeah that works because I have it on my PC" and honestly I love that it still works.
Great video! i really love seeing old software working this nicely on Windows 10.
Thank you!
OH MY GOSH!!! I played Labyrinth as a kid on my dad's Windows XP computer and got a HUGE nostalgia rush. I haven't thought about that game since I played it last. Wow
Hyper Bowl reminds me to "Shuffle Party" which is free in the Windows Store. I used to play it a lot on my Windows Phones =)
Wow, so many memories. I remember playing the bowling game, but it didn't really hit me until you got to the themes. The sounds just brought memories back instantly.
Yeah the bowling game brings back memories for me too. Although, I can't seem to remember where I got my version of it. I know it wasn't from Plus though.
I knew it was going to work but thanks for the video!
You’re welcome!
Audio effects and equalizer in Windows Media Player are located in the Now Playing view right click menu. Maybe the Speaker Enhancement is found in there as well.
Well before resetting my laptop, I once installed there Plus! XP and it ran just fine. Same for Live Essentials and Ultimate Extras
144 views in 4 mins
Wow!Well done Michael
Awesome video
Thank you so much!
I think plus 95 has checks built in to check specifically for Windows 95. Since they wanted to be sure Windows 3.1 couldn't run it.
Although since win 98 I suspect they found a way better method of doing it
Wow that’s actually really cool
I tried it on my Windows 8.1 laptop and most of the features worked. I enjoy the bowling game in it and I always install Space Cadet Pinball on any post Windows XP OS I run. I never understood how they couldn't make Space Cadet Pinball run under a 64 bit architecture and dropped it after Windows XP. My 64 bit Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 laptops ran/runs SCP with no problems.
Yeah I wondered about that too…
When Microsoft moved Themes to the Settings App and later put in the Microsoft Store, they removed it from Control Panel. But as you can see, there is a way to the personalization app back in Control Panel
I surprised myself a few days ago because I managed to install Microsoft Plus! for XP on 64 bit. I've tried it previously, but it gave the 32 bit error. I went through the installer settings and set as administrator as well as run in compatibility mode. I'm not quite sure what I did differently, but it worked this time. I had only gotten it to work on Windows 7 and 8.1 64 bit. I finally got Hyperbowl, the desktop themes, the screensavers and the Windows Media Play visualizations/skins again. I've never cared for Russian Square and the other game though. I'm so excited to get it running on 64 bit.
I'm running Windows 10 version 1909, but version 2004 won't run on my 2009 HP Elitebook 8540w yet according to Windows Update
Yup, it works!, I installed it on my win 10 pro.
Windows 64-bit edition Itanium included wow64 compatibility layer to run x86 programs.
Yep, it works, using the fish tank screen saver on Windows 10 21H2 X64 (wish I could get the Windows 95 themes)
8:45 I’d struggle to name a single program or device that could play WMA but not MP3. Microsoft just wanted to push WMA because they owned the patent and could therefore ask royalties (and avoid their playback on Linux).
As for the setup: if it’s using the Windows installer, you might be able to remove that architecture check using a tool that can edit MSI files.
I haven't tried the .mp3 converter that I can recall, but the features I wanted use and install. I just went through every applications properties individually, set them to run as an administrator and ran in compatibility with XP. I also added the skins and visualizations to Windows Media Player on my Windows 8.1 like I did in 7. I'm not sure if you've done a video for it, but I downloaded a collection of over 20 WMP visualizations off of an old link in the old Google+. I only had about 5 that wouldn't run on my Windows 8.1 because they crashed my player making me have to do a System Restore to remove them. They might work now because I had 3 custom skins I had installed on WMP 12 that would crash the player when I just clicked on the skin name in the menu for the skin chooser on the on the left. My media player would be stuck on the skin crashing my media player in startup and I would have to use the Windows Media Player tool to reset it. I found out a few days ago they aren't crashing my player anymore so an update must have fixed the issue. I had one visualization that wouldn't install because it would ask for the location of a DLL that it couldn't find. I happened to find the DLL on the visualization's components on Github, if I'm remembering correctly, but the visualization installed correctly after that. I'll have to find the other link to the visualizations and post in the comments because I didn't know there were that many visualizations available for WMP.
you can also run the msi installer to bypass the 16-bit installer to workaround this issue on 64-bit systems
I dont know why, but i tried Plus! on my windows 10 pro x64 and it worked flawlessly.
I think because of the software inside that package has the voice control for the Windows Media centre and it is somehow ahead of time trying to ask you to set up the microphone.
I’m kinda surprised at the high quality of screensavers that old
Thanks for featuring me!
No problem! Thanks for the suggestion
Was hyper bowl the game they had on the big projectors at Dave and busters??
Can you check out Windows XP Pro X64 in another video?
Something i can be pretty sure about is that old interfaces and ui were designed with effort for having a good friendly looking for the user, the "minimalism" these days is just improved performance but with a solid color in the bottom, no drawings no images, just a boring black or white color
My second PC was a Windows XP with Microsoft Plus already installed...
nice info .. also for some useful Windows features, google Folderchanger
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My Dell Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 ISO had this pre installed
Interesting!
friend, I downloaded the application and I had no problems installing it in windows 10, maybe some computers do not support old programs even with compatibility mode
Could you try installing Windows Media Player for Windows XP on Windows 10?
Try installing Nvtdm 64 and redo the 95plus. The results might be different. Ntvdm 64 is the subsystem included In older nt based windows but recompiled for 64 bit operating systems.
For the mp3 converter it might use windows media players built in mp3 tech
I actually recently found my DVD for this and installed it without any issues on my 64bit windows10 machine. No clue how you were facing these errors.
Excellent! Thanks.
You're welcome!
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Interested as to why it thought you were running on Itanium. What happens if you try to install it on XP x64 Edition?
18:18 I actually thought one of my usbs disconnected!
Is there a solution to install Microsoft Plus! for XP on Windows 10 ?
I have a request: Maybe you could try running calmira xp on windows 95 and vice versa?
So Calmira XP on 95 and Calmira II on XP?
yes
yes
@@LKComputes I've tried it on nt 3.51 with newshell
You could probably use a Windows 10 theme patcher, but doing so would mess it up because it's not a theme created specifically for Windows 10. I've done that before and had to reinstall Windows.
I think mp3 converter didn't work because you didn't have Windows media player.
The output format is WMA, for Windows Media Audio, so I think that's what caused the problem.
Framerate issues with labyrinth can be fixed with dgvoodoo dlls
lovely content
that large titlebar though
Even I didn't load I was have copy of windows 10 64 bit I tried to install and it load perfectly fine no problem
those big titlebar lol
ive been running plus since it came out xp-xp64-vista-windows 7- 8.1- and now windows 10 like to watch odd's world with my music on media player
I had on Xp back in the day and that audio convert all ways failed back in day for me
How about Digital Media Edition? It would be cool to see that dancer again XD
YES!
what if you copy the installed files to the 64bit windows 10? its probably just the installer that checks for compatibility so maybe it will work
I have Plus on Windows 7 . The aquarium screensaver is awesome in 4k . If anyone knows where I can get more fish , let me know . I heard you could have up to 21 fish for this screensaver when Microsoft was still offering them .
that aero lite :0
:)
I discovered a few yeas back that HyperBowl was ported to iOS and it's still there for $1. After like 10 years I finally got to see the rest of the courses that aren't in the Plus! edition.
Woah I didn’t know it was on iOS!
I just successfully installed it on Windows 11 (obviously 64-bit) without any compatibility layers or anything; just ran the setup.exe file and installed it as if I was on Windows XP.
I did this in a vista vm. So I knew how it would act.
I use the plus pack on windows 7 and 10 but only for the space theme and screensaver works no problem
That's awesome!
You need to go into the settings and make sure that VMware holds your mouse hostage when you use it, otherwise it'll leave vmware when playing games.
Can Microsoft XP run16-bit Astrology program on Windows 10 platform ?
Microsoft has not updated Windows Media Player since releasing Windows 10, so it is the same version from Windows 7. Microsoft replaced with the Movies & TV app for Windows 10. Therefore, it is not surprising that Plus! works on Windows Media Player
I an Using Windows 8.1 and i Managed to Install Plus for Windows XP in an Few Minutes
If you could get old packard bell cd set that's be awesome, or if I could get it from my stepdad,...
That's a *t h i c c* close button.
there is an XP amd64 version that works with 32bit software.
look for XP 64bit SP2
I'm pretty sure that's Windows XP x64. He mentioned this edition in the video.
Next video: playing wii sports on windows 10
You should try Windows Vista ultimate extras on Windows 11
It works. Not gonna be interesting. Vista had nothing exciting in extras.
Good video but Some features of Microsoft plus for xp will not work on newer versions of windows.
Yeah I discovered some of those in the video
@@MichaelMJD There is also a Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95-98.
Yes there is a 98 and 95 plus versions
@@PCWindowstechguy 95-98 means 95, 96, 97, 98. So, I think it's 95-98.
Yes
The speaker enhancemend appears on the context menu while playing a file
you can make usb mouse work only for vm like usb drive connect
Wait i think i may be able to get the old media player version you need. (No illegal stuff)
i dont have that problem with xp plus ive ran it for years to watch odds world dance to audio files on media player with windows 10 64 bit
Let's play how much can we make win10 look like 98se.
lol @ not fixing the big titlebar etc changes from the previous video
I know that you are unable to downgrade to Windows XP, let alone Plus! I didn't know there was a Windows XP Plus! but anyway, how did you get it to work after messing with the compatibility settings?
Mp3 Audio Conversion task failed successfully!
Oh shit Munch's Oddyssee
Great Video! All Games is not to Plus! Version on windows 95 or 98 Greetings in Russia!
Win7 has an old version of media player from Windows 7
whats the link
So there's no way to make it run on 64-bit Windows 10? I'm sure someone clever could create a utility that "lies" about the Windows version and number of bits (16, 32 or 64), to make anything run - or even make Wine run in Windows and allow users to change the reported Windows version and bits?
It is safe for an real os ?
memories
i have tried installing MS Plus! XP on windows 7 ultimate 64 bit running on an AMD A85 chipset AMD Athlon X4 cpu....No Go!!
Windows 10 Plus!
Problem. You forgot to show off the OddWorld Windows Media Player visualization.
It works in windows 10 pro x64 but not on enteprise x64 you soudlve used pro
Windows Xp link doesn't work anymore 😣😒
I just don't like how he tries something once and gives up... looked like the media player voice control was working after he set up the media player.
Heh it used the winaero showcase vm
Ignore that huge title bar!
This time try Microsoft Plus! 95, 98 and XP on Windows 11