Dos Games in Windows XP

I've downloaded this dos games fron a website and try to run it on my computer. When i run it all that happens is my monitor become black and nothing happens.. I waited about 2 minutes before I restart my computer.. After that i tried it at my friend's computer and it works without any problems..

My computer : XP Home Edition
Friend's Computer : XP Profesional Ed.

is it because I'm running the Home ed. version that I cannot run the game properly.. and what are the differences between windows XP Home ED. and Pro Ed.

 

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Does your friend have better hardware?

 

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I wouldn't think it was his hardware... he is running XP so he must be running a fairly decent PC.

It appears from another post in here that XP has some comapatabilty problems with dos games and Home version seems to have more than Pro does.

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I dont think his computer is more powerful than I am.. his computer like an old computer and mine, I just bought a month ago with a way better spec than my friend. ok this is my comp spec:

P4 2.4Ghz
Win Xp Home Rd.
512MB DDRRam
Geforce 4
60GB HDD

my friends:

P3 950Mhz
Win XP Pro Ed
128MB Ram
buit in graphic card (It comes with the motherboard.. I think)
20GB HDD