Getting old versions of Quicktime to run under XP...

I need to get a pre-7 version of QT running in order to play Riven. However, all pre-7 versions I install crash when I try to open them. Does anyone know if this is common? If so, what's generally the problem? v7+ work fine, it's just the versions I need that aren't functioning.
I think the issue must be with my computer, because I got QT 6.4 working fine on a friends laptop (Riven also worked, as it were)

Old players are available here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266.
Here's a quite helpful program that lets you switch between
installed versions:
http://www.kewbee.de/produkte/PluginSwitcher.html.
Look at the readme how to get it to work, it's a bit strange to
setup, but works fine once it's installed properly.
greets,
blemmo

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