HOW TO PLAY RED ALERT 2 AND YURI'S REVENGE ON WINXP

It has been an old time problem which I can't resolve. I think the game is too old to be played and for me it's better to install and play the recent games, but I'm still curious how to solve the problems. The problems:
1. On winxp, RA2 cannot be played in multiplayer game mode.
2. Yuri's revenge cannot be played.

Eventually one of my customers insists me to play RA2 in multiplayer game mode and for me it's hard to reject what the customer wants. So I begin googling and find some solutions.
Solution 1: To play RA2 in multiplayer game mode on winxp:
1. Install Hamachi, and the version MUST HamachiSetup-1.0.1.5-en.exe
You can download it from: http://files.hamachi.cc/HamachiSetup-1.0.1.5-en.exe
install it on free mode.
in Hamachi Network properties, Put in the following values in NWLINK IPX properties:
Internal Network Number: 00000000
Frame Type: Ethernet 802.2
Network Number: 00000001
if there are more clients, the next client must have network number: 00000002, and so on.
2. Now download the patch from: http://rapidshare.com/files/127176635/ts_ra2_lanpatch_1_00.zip
or
http://www.cnc-community.de/downloads/ts_ra2_lanpatch_1_00.zip
or
http://nyerguds.arsaneus-design.com/cncstuff/?C=N;O=D
put the winsock.dll file to the RA2 directory
To play the RA2:
1. Run the hamachi app
2. Run the RA2
ENJOYY!!

To play Yuri's revenge:
gamemd.exe, yuri.exe and RA2MD.exe, set the compatibility properties to run in windows98.
ENJOYY!!!