TO INSTALL
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1. Uninstall Red Alert 1 if previously installed.

2. Insert a Red Alert CD into your CD-ROM drive. When the autoplay menu 
appears, choose "Explore CD (or Open)"

3. Find "Setup.exe," right-click, and choose "Properties." Click on the 
Compatibility mode tab and set the compatibility to Windows 95.

4. Install Red Alert as you would normally, but do not reboot when it 
prompts you to.

5. Open up My Computer and navigate to your Red Alert directory (usually 
C:WestwoodREDALERT).

6. Right-click on a blank area in the folder, and "Sort by file type" aka 
Arrange icons by - Type.

7. Change the compatibility mode on all of the executable files to Windows 
95.

8. Extract "Thipx32.dll" contained in this zip file to your Red Alert 
Directory, overwriting the existing Thipx32.dll.


TO RUN SMOOTHLY
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1.08 update - Download and extract into Red Alert folder
http://www.sharoma.com/ral/files/ra108usp.exe%5Burl=http://www.sharoma.c
om/ral/files/ra108usp%5DRedalert

3.03 update - Download and extract into Red Alert folder
http://www.cnc-source.com/forums/index.php?app=downloadsmodule=displayse
ction=downloaddo=confirm_downloadid=65


And now you‘re done. You‘ll have sound and no laggggg.
But it will still ask you to insert CD....