#Football manager 2005 no cd patch drivers#

Hey guys, I'm a long CM/FM aficionado, playing the series since around 17 years.įootball Manager 2006 is my absolute favorite entry in the series, which means I got really pissed a few years ago learning that I couldn't run it on a new Windows 10 machine.

#Football manager 2005 no cd patch drivers#

Old solution using unsigned drivers for machines that wouldn't be able to run Virtual Machine (which shouldn't be the case, since we're talking about Win XP is below - be warned that this may or may not expose your machine to malicious software, carry out on your own risk!)

It took me around 1h to set everything up (Windows installation taking around half of that time, mind you) - and I wholeheartedly love this setup - now I just open Virtual Machine and fully enjoy the game in it's virtual, yet native environment (in whichever resolution I please, windowed or not). I've followed below instructions provided by u/Gotxi - and I can now use my legit copy of FM06 without a fuss: What I'm using nowadays to play old Football Manager games, and what I'd highly advise you to try is setting up Win XP virtual machine.

UPDATE : Since I've upgraded my machine, I've decided to dip my toes into finding a safe solution that won't rely on allowing unsigned drivers or no-cd patches (apparently these don't work for everyone), AND BOY I'VE FOUND ONE! Tl dr: FM games that were killed by Win10 can be run without issues as in older Windows systems using Virtual Machine (highly recommended) or using unsigned drivers/nocd patch (inferior, not really recommended)