MechWarrior 2: Resource Forum

Unfortunately since you are on vista I cannot give you a straight answer since I do not use that OS.
By your description it sounds like you have not set the compatibility mode to 98 on the mech2.exe, but I do not know that.
First of all, you are my hero! I watched your youtube video last night but ...

I have the original MechWarrior 2 Pentium Ed. for Win. 95 (non retail) that came with my pc I bought back in 1997. I found it in my basement last year and still cannot find a deffinative answer on how to get it to work.

Here's all my computers info:
HP G650 Notebook PC / OS: Vista
Intel pentium ...