User blog:StoryMaker the Echidna/Great resource for getting JumpStart games to run on newer systems

I've sometimes experienced a rather frustrating and confusing issue when trying to run JumpStart games (usually ones released from 2001 and earlier). When I try to install the program, nothing happens. No error message or anything, just nothing. If I went into Task Manager, I would see some form of Setup that was clearly the JumpStart game in Processes, but nothing was actually happening. But what made this even more bizarre is that sometimes, if I waited a long time, the game would spontaneously start installing just like it should, and from then on everything worked perfectly!

Well, today I believe I have found the cause of my woes and the solution in the form of this Reddit page! Apparently, the JumpStart Setup is a "lower priority" for the computer than some background processes, so the installation won't run until these are ended. Task Manager will allow you to both find what these processes are and to end them, as described on Reddit. Please note that you may have to do the process more than once for it to work.

If you're afraid you may be halting an important process, feel free to do a Google search to find out what it is before you terminate it.