I installed the game from my original CD's, Install Disk, Play Disk and Cinematics Disk. I'm sorry but I don't understand your question with regard to legacy features/direct play.
PeterFJ

Thank you for all of the help, but it still won't run. The same old error messages of Security and performance issues on Windows, and error whilst initializing Direct Draw.

PeterFJ

I am trying to run an old game, Diablo II Lord of Darkness, on Windows 10.
Windows version 1809
I have installed the game, but when attempting to run it I experience two error messages.
The first ...

For some strange reason known only to the Gods of the PC, Thunderbird started working correctly with a profile before I even had the chance to work through the previous posting. It also came back...

Windows v 1903

I have been running Windows 10 for about 3 months now. And in that time I have used Thunderbird for Email. Now, suddenly, it demands that I set up a Profile. But it won't let me...

As suggested by the last poster I downloaded Malwarebytes and got rid of the file and others. That seems to have cures it, so many thanks for the advice.
PeterFJ

I awoke my PC from sleep this afternoon and found a warning to the affect that :-
" A new guard page for the stack cannot be created"
This was shown below "SegurrazoClient.exe -...

I managed to solve this thanks to Google and the Internet. I did a search and came across the fact that Anti Virus programs often scan and delete NNTP News downloads. I accessed AVG preferences and...

Windows V1903
For the past month I have been accessing Usenet via the german News Server "News.Individual.NET" using Forte Agent on port 119.
In the past 48 hours I have been getting error messages...

Windows v 1903

I am experiencing problems with Mozilla Thunderbird dropping folders and now the Address Book. So I have copied the latest T'Bird Folder to a USB stick and will do that at least...

All of those folders and files can be deleted, but they re-appear at next boot.
I'll try a clean boot tomorrow and see how I get on. Any problems I'll report back here.
Many thanks for the help....

When Windows 10 boots up it has started to show unwanted files and folders on the desktop.
W10 v 10.0.17763
They are shown as:
folders, data, temp, attachments and downloads
files, servers.ini,...

I realise that I downloaded an incorrect version of Pan, one that obviously wouldn't run under Windows 10. My stupid and bad.
Sorry for all of the wasted effort you guys put into my problem.
It's...

I downloaded Pan from Tucows as fit for Windows 10. Maybe I'll need tolook at another browser.
Many thanks.
PeterFJ

I've just returned to Windows (v 1809) after 20 years away, and my last experience with Windows was Win 95. I am aware that things have changed a lot since then.
I've downloaded Pan Newsreader,...