[kittenwatermemes]

Here's just general advice: you should check what's the graphics device is and find the drivers for it

How would I do that?

[Glazier]

How would I do that?

First of all, try checking devmgmt in the graphics device part. If there is a device named among the lines of ''Microsoft Basic Video Device'', it means that you dont have any drivers for the device. If there is a device with a different name, that means the drivers are probably already installed and you could only update the drivers.
Back to the first case, you can check your gpu with cpu-z as it has a graphics tab. Then, just look for drivers for the device. Youll have to download cpu-z though, but that should still work with Windows XP. Just put it on a USB or burn it on a cd and you're good!

[Glazier]

First of all, try checking devmgmt in the graphics device part. If there is a device named among the lines of ''Microsoft Basic Video Device'', it means that you dont have any drivers for the device. If there is a device with a different name, that means the drivers are probably already installed and you could only update the drivers.
Back to the first case, you can check your gpu with cpu-z as it has a graphics tab. Then, just look for drivers for the device. Youll have to download cpu-z though, but that should still work with Windows XP. Just put it on a USB or burn it on a cd and you're good!

Both of these menus can be accessed by win+r

[Glazier]

i installed windows 7 as a dual boot on my main pc yesterday

[rapappa the pepper]

Nice, would you say, i should install Windows XP to running Windows 98 programs? Afterall, Windows 2000 did not work for me.