Running Game Maker games on Windows 8

It appears that games compiled with Game Maker (7 or 8 I know for sure, haven't tested Studio) can experience crashes on Windows 8. The crashes seem to be related to sounds; I've seen it happen when two instances of the same sound try to play at once. Disabling all sounds in the game code worked, but that's not really an option for people without the source. Fortunately, running in compatibility mode for Windows 7 generally fixes the problem.