JustJJ: Thanks everyone for your conversation. I was having a problem with that white screen too, and couldn't get out without an ESC and sometimes had to use the Task Manager.
I going to have to do a reinstall on the computer tomorrow when the disks get here in the mail (long story) so I'll be starting over. Can anyone tell me if TLJ has been upgrade for W10? It looks so from the comments here. It's in my library from years back, How do I determine that? I was so happy to see that GOG has been working hard to get the games working in W10.... way to go GOG!!
I have a new 8.1 computer that got trashed, twice, by a Windows 10 push. So I have decided to immediately upgrade to W10 after the reinstall. But I do enjoy playing my old games, and I'm really looking forward to playing TLJ again.
Thanks for your consideration. JJ
I have no trouble at all with Win10 and this game or any other game I own-- > 250 games (between my private disk library, my GOG Library, my Steam library & of course my Origin library--with a few UBISoft --most of them GOG titles and many of them decades old but nicely tweaked by GOG to run fine under Win10x64. I ran Win8/.1 for a couple of years before switching permanently to Win10, and I find game compatibility for my collection to look like this:
1) Win10x64 (Most compatible of all by a noticeable margin)
2) Win8.1x64 (Slightly less compatible than Win10 with older games)
3) Win7 x64 Noticeably less compatible with older games than Win8.1, and much less compatible with them than Win10x64.
Yes, GOG is doing a super job getting its older titles updated for Win10--and so is Microsoft--and it is noticeable! Surprisingly so, imo. 99 times out of 100, if someone is having difficulty with Win10 and a game, it's most likely going to be a driver problem (GPU, sound card, etc.)
As to your GOG version, it will definitely work fine under Win10! If you haven't upgraded your GOG game version in awhile then you'll want to start fresh with a new download and a new installation--I guarantee you the present GOG library install package is different if yours is more than 6-12 months old. I always keep my GOG setup files for each game in a separate library (So I'll have them even if the Internet goes down locally for me for some reason--or GOG gets nuked, or some other horrific tragedy should strike...if you happen to have your original setup files then just compare them to the current setup files, etc.)
This is a great source for some fixes you may or may not need, etc.:
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_Longest_Journey ---Windows 10 ought not ever trash anyone's install during the upgrade process, but I'd start with the Win10 DVD you have do an *upgrade install* right from that disk--just copying the ISO image to a hard-drive and then mounting the image file under Win8 works really well for the upgrade install to Win10, btw. It depends on whether you want to do an upgrade install or a clean install of Windows 10--it's your choice, but I'd recommend a clean install of Win10, and from there you can easily *upgrade install* to the latest Win10 build (Anniversary Edition, etc.) But a new, official release of the next major Win10 version is due in just a few weeks--but upgrading to that will be a snap when it's released (and free of course--however you obtained your original Win10 version, whether you bought it or got it free during the free-upgrade period, all upgrades from there to future versions of Win10 are *free* for the life of your computer.)
Good luck...! No problems here with WIn10 and any of the games I own--completely happy--and I'm on the beta build of Windows 10, build 15031, which is almost the build that will constitute the new *official version* release a just a few weeks--March or April.