Command & Conquer RA2 and YR not working correctly?

Hey guys, so I recently installed Red Alert 2 + Yuri through the Ultimate Collection version because I grew up with it and it's one of my favorite computer games.  I already knew there were some problems so I went ahead and changed compatibility to Windows XP Service Pack 3, I didn't bother with the color settings because I wanted to play in full screen.  I started an Allied campaign and as I was playing suddenly my laptop decided to go back to the desktop even though I didn't press the Windows key, and when I tried to go back into the game it went black.  I could hear my GIs attacking the Soviets, I just couldn't see it.  I had to go back to my desktop and terminate the game through task manager, haven't tried again since.

What can I do to fix this?  I'm running Windows 8.1 and I'm wanting to update to 10 but not sure if that would screw things up.  Another minor thing that happened was when I held my mouse down to drag over my soldiers my regular Windows cursor appeared by my in game cursor and didn't cooperate.  Instead of clicking like usual I had to double tap my mouse pad and do it that way.  Everything else seemed to be okay.

Thanks!