have you tried turning it off and on again?
To try on your x p netbook you can get an external disc drive to read and play the disc. I suppose for performance issues you can make sure no unnecessary programs are running using ctrl + alt + delete (task manager) yes try to run install/run in compatibility settings and to run as administrator (when right clicking) and check if any pc your are going to use is missing any Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable(s) because some games require them to play the game properly (in my experience skyrim is one I remember for sure) or you can try to find any documentation of said game to see if there's anything you are missing. Hope it helps.