Windows 7 x64 can't install anything.

Hello guys! I have just bought a new MacBook Pro 13'' (2010) and I wanted to install my games via Bootcamp. So I set up bootcamp and install a copy of Win7 x64, but when the drivers were ready and I tried to install any game it now says - "The version of the file is not compatible with the version of windows that you are running. Check your computer system information to see whether you need and x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program and contact the software publisher."
Ok it sounds like I need a 64bit copies of the games, but the thing is I installed the same games from the same DVD's to my brother's 64-bit Win7 machine with no problems.
If it matters the games are - Assassin's creed 2, Prince of Persia The forgotten Sands and Splinter Cell Conviction.
Thank you for your time.

The game installer or application was on the Mac side, which unlike Windows which uses NTFS, uses an HFS file system instead.
And, you can't run programs off HFS+ if it is read-only.
Apple HFS 'service' is read-only and doesn't enable writing.
Not everyone likes having read-only and wish it was disable button, or they want to write and have to buy MacDrive.
Normally your game would be downloaded, or on CD/DVD to the OS you use it in, not a foreign file system.

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