Thank you, I'll give both of those a shot. Don't think I'll get Red Storm Rising to work on Win 7 64 bit though lol.
The original Masters of Orion one of my all time favorite games. Wish I could get that one to work =/
I would also recommend Galactic Civ II. Also Sword of the Stars (the first one, not the buggy second one) is a good game. Though not really like the MOO games Sins of a Solar Empire series is a very good.
If you want to play MOO you can get it from gog.com (Good Old Games). They sell old games that run on Windows XP and Windows 7. You can get the MOO pack, Moo 1 & 2 for $5.99 from them.