xp games vista

for anyone who is having issues with the games on vista because of low RAM, low VRAM or anything like that. i am making a game pack for vista that will allow you to run the xp version of the games on vista. reply if you are interested.

Yes I am interested
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message

for anyone who is having issues with the games on vista because of low RAM, low VRAM or anything like that. i am making a game pack for vista that will allow you to run the xp version of the games on vista. reply if you are interested.

ok, thats good to hear. the initial release of the xp games on vista will be tomorrow. i just gotta fix some bugs for some stuff and get required files for certian games so that they will work properly on vista. what xp games are you interested in playing on vista? "Tony" wrote in message

Yes I am interested
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message for anyone who is having issues with the games on vista because of low RAM, low VRAM or anything like that. i am making a game pack for vista that will allow you to run the xp version of the games on vista. reply if you are interested.

Most XP games run fine on Vista. Most use the WOW64 technology.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message

ok, thats good to hear. the initial release of the xp games on vista will be tomorrow. i just gotta fix some bugs for some stuff and get required files for certian games so that they will work properly on vista. what xp games are you interested in playing on vista? "Tony" wrote in message Yes I am interested
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message for anyone who is having issues with the games on vista because of low RAM, low VRAM or anything like that. i am making a game pack for vista that will allow you to run the xp version of the games on vista. reply if you are interested.

The second remark concerns x64, of course.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

Most XP games run fine on Vista. Most use the WOW64 technology.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message ok, thats good to hear. the initial release of the xp games on vista will be tomorrow. i just gotta fix some bugs for some stuff and get required files for certian games so that they will work properly on vista. what xp games are you interested in playing on vista? "Tony" wrote in message Yes I am interested
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message for anyone who is having issues with the games on vista because of low RAM, low VRAM or anything like that. i am making a game pack for vista that will allow you to run the xp version of the games on vista. reply if you are interested.

Why not just run the game (or any app, for that matter) in "Compatibility Mode?"
"Steven Wabik" wrote:

for anyone who is having issues with the games on vista because of low RAM, low VRAM or anything like that. i am making a game pack for vista that will allow you to run the xp version of the games on vista. reply if you are interested.

i'm putting the xp games on vista because for one thing the vista solitaire is not working properly on my pc because of the low specs on the pc and the xp games don't need the compatibility mode thing to run "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

Why not just run the game (or any app, for that matter) in "Compatibility Mode?"
"Steven Wabik" wrote:
for anyone who is having issues with the games on vista because of low RAM, low VRAM or anything like that. i am making a game pack for vista that will allow you to run the xp version of the games on vista. reply if you are interested.

Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?

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Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?

Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
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Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
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Which game might that be?

Regards, Rasmus Bertelsen

Games which to use OpenGL libraries WILL NOT play on Vista.
The Vista recognize DirectX games ONLY.
Doom 3, Quake 4, Pray and so on are NOT Vista compatible.
"AshT93" <Notts Ash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?

"Andre" wrote in message

Games which to use OpenGL libraries WILL NOT play on Vista.
The Vista recognize DirectX games ONLY.
Doom 3, Quake 4, Pray and so on are NOT Vista compatible.
That's hopefully not the case with the final version of Windows Vista.

If so I will not be buying Windows Vista :-(
Regards, Rasmus Bertelsen

Oh Really? I was able to play the Prey demo on Vista x64 using the Nvidia 88.61 drivers which ..."Includes OpenGL driver for compatibility testing. "
I think I might install Doom 3 and check it out now....
"Andre" wrote in message

Games which to use OpenGL libraries WILL NOT play on Vista.
The Vista recognize DirectX games ONLY.
Doom 3, Quake 4, Pray and so on are NOT Vista compatible.
"AshT93" <Notts Ash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?

Hi I play America's Army on XP and copy the AA map to the programfiles of Vista and it starts good only when i logon to an server i been kicked wath can i do
"AshT93" wrote:

Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?

You probably have to install the game into Vista. You may have copied the Programs file, but you didn't mention whether you transferred all the Registry settings.
"MAX" wrote in message

Hi I play America's Army on XP and copy the AA map to the programfiles of Vista and it starts good only when i logon to an server i been kicked wath can i do
"AshT93" wrote:
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Hi Mark, are you dutch?

Hi Mark, i have a new computer D940 3.2ghz 2gb int 2 SATA HD Nvidia 9700GTX 1disk is XP and the other is Vista i did the same with XP and it works fine on this site i found something obout user rights I think that it may by the problem MAX

I am, but do not speak, read or write any Dutch.
"MAX" wrote in message > Hi Mark, are you dutch?

"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message

Which game might that be?

Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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Can you test: The Sims, and The Sims 2
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"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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What is your system? What is the ver. of Vista? In what mode did you start OpenGL games (Doom 3, Prey etc.). In DirectX? What was the resolution? Performance? How did you turn on support of OpenGL in Vista Beta 2 x32? Is it possible for ATI Radeon x700 Pro? Newest drivers from ati.com do not set up OpenGL libraries into Vista and do not recognize them if they already in. All these OpenGL games playing only in 640x480 DirectX mode or hang up on my machine with Pentium 630 and 2Ggb RAM
"Paul Smith" wrote in message

"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2 do not work on my vista build (beta 2 with all the updates) Robert McGinely
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"Paul Smith" wrote in message Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
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Which game might that be?
Regards, Rasmus Bertelsen

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"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
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Add: (For list of "working" games - at least for me anyway!)
NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED: Black Edition (DVD)
SIN EPISODES: Emergence
F.E.A.R. (Needed taskman to end a few unecessary processes in order to work)
Sorry for repeating F.E.A.R. but I thought the added piece of info might help others! No patches were installed for games! They were installed and played straight out of box! All games were played in the 32-bit ver of Vista.
My PC-Setup:
Mobo: ASUS P5GDC-Deluxe (LGA775, Intel 915P+ICH6R, CPU-Lock Free, FSB-800 O/C'ed) BIOS: AMI ver: 1011 beta-005 CPU: 3.0GHz Intel P4 630 (O/C'ed to 3.6GHz and Vista doesn't seem to mind!) System RAM: 1GB (Generic) Dual DDR2, PC4200 (533MHz - O/C'ed) Video: "Xpert-Vision" GeForce 6600LE (512meg) Sound: Onboard CMI 9880 (Vista seems to have issues with onboard CMI chips but I have this working fine now nonetheless!)
Cheers,
Lee-roy (Australia)

"Notts Ash" wrote:

Can you test: The Sims, and The Sims 2
The Sims 2 works fine, all expansions also works fine on Vista RC1

The Sims 2 works fine on Vista, aswell any of the expansions.

My PC-Setup:
Mobo: ASUS P5GDC-Deluxe (LGA775, Intel 915P+ICH6R, CPU-Lock Free, FSB-800 O/C'ed) BIOS: AMI ver: 1011 beta-005 CPU: 3.0GHz Intel P4 630 (O/C'ed to 3.6GHz and Vista doesn't seem to mind!) System RAM: 1GB (Generic) Dual DDR2, PC4200 (533MHz - O/C'ed) Video: "Xpert-Vision" GeForce 6600LE (512meg) Sound: Onboard CMI 9880 (Vista seems to have issues with onboard CMI chips but I have this working fine now nonetheless!)
Cheers,
Lee-roy (Australia)

HELLO LEE-ROY!
Hey man. This is amazing I have P5GD2 motherboard I try these days the Vista RC1. Please could you tell me how you managed to make the Onboard CMI 9880 to work ? For me after clean installation of Vista it does not find the chipset and thus i get a tray icon that shows i dont have sound. I have not tried to install anything then.
Your help will be appreciated! THanks, Markos.

My PC-Setup:
Mobo: ASUS P5GDC-Deluxe (LGA775, Intel 915P+ICH6R, CPU-Lock Free, FSB-800 O/C'ed) BIOS: AMI ver: 1011 beta-005 CPU: 3.0GHz Intel P4 630 (O/C'ed to 3.6GHz and Vista doesn't seem to mind!) System RAM: 1GB (Generic) Dual DDR2, PC4200 (533MHz - O/C'ed) Video: "Xpert-Vision" GeForce 6600LE (512meg) Sound: Onboard CMI 9880 (Vista seems to have issues with onboard CMI chips but I have this working fine now nonetheless!)
Cheers,
Lee-roy (Australia)

How did you make the CMI 9880 WORK man ? THank you, Markos.

My PC-Setup:
Mobo: ASUS P5GDC-Deluxe (LGA775, Intel 915P+ICH6R, CPU-Lock Free, FSB-800 O/C'ed) BIOS: AMI ver: 1011 beta-005 CPU: 3.0GHz Intel P4 630 (O/C'ed to 3.6GHz and Vista doesn't seem to mind!) System RAM: 1GB (Generic) Dual DDR2, PC4200 (533MHz - O/C'ed) Video: "Xpert-Vision" GeForce 6600LE (512meg) Sound: Onboard CMI 9880 (Vista seems to have issues with onboard CMI chips but I have this working fine now nonetheless!)
Cheers,
Lee-roy (Australia)

How does the CMI 9880 work man ?? Please help

I can't get guild wars to work on my vista RC1 to work, any suggestions on what to do?
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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I can install Battlefield 2 fine on Windows Vista 5728(Rc1) and Windows Vista 5744(rc2) and i dont get any errors the only "Warnings" i get it that its only been tested on "Windows XP 32bit" but it does work
thanks John
"Nerkixxx" wrote in message

battlefield2 on vista64 rc1. When i press setup.exe it shows up: http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/308/untitledjq2.jpg I tried compatibility methods, but nothing... Any suggestions?

I have found games that do not run yet:
FEAR Combat Hero Online War Rock
"Andre" wrote:

Games which to use OpenGL libraries WILL NOT play on Vista.
The Vista recognize DirectX games ONLY.
Doom 3, Quake 4, Pray and so on are NOT Vista compatible.
"AshT93" <Notts Ash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?

Fear Combat does work ive been playing it !!
"flashtek" wrote in message

I have found games that do not run yet:
FEAR Combat Hero Online War Rock
"Andre" wrote:
Games which to use OpenGL libraries WILL NOT play on Vista.
The Vista recognize DirectX games ONLY.
Doom 3, Quake 4, Pray and so on are NOT Vista compatible.
"AshT93" <Notts Ash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?

"Andre" wrote:

Games which to use OpenGL libraries WILL NOT play on Vista.
The Vista recognize DirectX games ONLY.
Doom 3, Quake 4, Pray and so on are NOT Vista compatible.
"AshT93" <Notts Ash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?

Yes HOWEVER I own the following games for my pc and i own the windows vista home premium:
Sims 2: Works fine when compatabillity set to run as admin and XP " " " " " University: Same Applies " " " " " Night Life: Same Applies " " " " " Open for Bussiness: Same Applies Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition: Works fine when set to run as an admin Micrsoft Flight Simulator 2004: Works fine Age of Mythology: Works fine when Compatability set to run as XP
My pc has the following specs:
AMD athlon 64 processer 3500+ 2.20 GHz Ram: 1022mb (1gb) System: 32-bit Operating System
P.S the sims 2 on my pc is fine however when trying to run the pc game with all the expans installed it takes ages to load and freezes ocasionally for 5mins.

"Paul Smith" wrote:

"AshT93" <Notts Ash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?
Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
*Remove 'nospam.' to reply by e-mail* ***Got a question, how do u get FFXI to work on vista cause I cant, is there another way besides the whole having a 2nd hd with xp and ff alrdy installed on it way?

hey i have a list of games/stuff i wanna know if theyll work; i cant get win. vista yet Rakion Gunbound Gunz online macromedia flash maker 8/anything flash Tibia GTA Vice City GTA III Lego Racers Lego Racers 2 WoW warcraft 3 <with expansion> Diablo Hellfire Diablo II: LOD Fable: The Lost Chapters multi theft auto<a mod for vice city; san andreas; and gta3>
oh and can u get on the internet on win. vista? i havent heard any info on that

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Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
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yes, and as well as my nvidia graphics are longer recognised,as i have 82.? ok? or auran's trainz sim's specially 2006 and says to update your mb and nvidia drivers. "AshT93" wrote:

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Diablo 2 Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound. let me know if you come by an answer please let me know as i would like to load my saved games...they are all based on the patch.it would be cool if i could find a way around that.
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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Diablo 2 LOD works fine as long as you dont install the latest patch.otherwise you loose sound when upgrading to patches after 1.07.....had to create all new characters as my saved games were all saved from the latest patch (1.11).
"Helltrum" wrote:

hey i have a list of games/stuff i wanna know if theyll work; i cant get win. vista yet Rakion Gunbound Gunz online macromedia flash maker 8/anything flash Tibia GTA Vice City GTA III Lego Racers Lego Racers 2 WoW warcraft 3 <with expansion Diablo Hellfire Diablo II: LOD Fable: The Lost Chapters multi theft auto<a mod for vice city; san andreas; and gta3
oh and can u get on the internet on win. vista? i havent heard any info on that

this list of games does not work?

paul smith had a huge list of games listed 1 of witch was final fantasy XI i must say im a royaly addicted ffxi'er(not proper english but it works) scence upgrading to RC1 i installed it got a window saying known copatability issues click 4 fix click to run anyway or cancle i cheacked for a fix could not find 1 tried to run anyway crashes imediatly even b4 pol splash screen (if u play ffxi u know what pol is if u dont dont worry bout it). i upgraded to vista RC2 nomore pop up known error window but it still crashes straight up i have tried everything i can think of besides using azarils windower to launch ffxi the only thing that i know that works its VMware (witch is as good as formatting & putting xp back on witch is what im tring to avoid i wanna keep my vista but i must say im addicted & if i can find a work around vista jus might get the boot!) so mr. paul smith if u were able to make it work plz tell me how!!!??
Tblomega-Fairy - WHM 73(was 75 but mission & no exp can do that to ur level)

"Andreas" wrote:

this list of games does not work?

how did u get final fantasy xi to work on vista i cant seem to get the playonline viewer to load it tells me the program dose not support this windows
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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others say quake iv works fine yes it runs after instlaling v 1.3 but even after going in and setting to smp mode (I have a pentium d 915) it still takes about 10 minutes to start up.. that is unacceptable.. same graphics card as under xp (6600gt) with nvidia latest 9965 vista drivers.. starts up in under a minute
10 minutes is too long to make it playable..

"MAX" wrote:

Hi I play America's Army on XP and copy the AA map to the programfiles of Vista and it starts good only when i logon to an server i been kicked wath can i do
"AshT93" wrote:
Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?

guys guys, i have a
AMD athlon 64 3500+ geforce 7600GT 2gb ram
after installing vista i tryed installing my geforce's drivers, i use 91.X if i remember right, however the drivers arnt recognized by the os, after rebooting its like i didnt install the drivers at all, when i go to properties>display settings>advance> i dont see the aditional nvidea tab with all the options, i tryed unistalling the drivers, and installing the latest drivers from nvideas site that didnt help either, also tryed the windows vista compatible nvidea drivers and didnt work 2. I also tryed runing counter strike 1.6, but it starts up and crashes immidiately after 3 seconds. so i was wondering if any1 had the same problems (with the drivers, and runing games like cs) and can help me out.
thnx

"AshT93" wrote:

Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?

Yes, as others on this board have said but I would like to add that a game that I was having issues with in Windows XP (XIII - it would load level 3) plays without issues in Vista Ultimate.

There are updated drivers for Vista on the nvidia site http://www.nvidia.com
"P" wrote in message

guys guys, i have a
AMD athlon 64 3500+ geforce 7600GT 2gb ram
after installing vista i tryed installing my geforce's drivers, i use 91.X if i remember right, however the drivers arnt recognized by the os, after rebooting its like i didnt install the drivers at all, when i go to properties>display settings>advance> i dont see the aditional nvidea tab with all the options, i tryed unistalling the drivers, and installing the latest drivers from nvideas site that didnt help either, also tryed the windows vista compatible nvidea drivers and didnt work 2. I also tryed runing counter strike 1.6, but it starts up and crashes immidiately after 3 seconds. so i was wondering if any1 had the same problems (with the drivers, and runing games like cs) and can help me out.
thnx

Actually... on quake 3 the sensitivity is not the only issue... probably on most of the games based on this graphic engine u will find that the gamma setting from the game, is not changing anything...

will football maneger 2006 and 2007 work with windows vista
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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I have 2 games that still won't work after installing the Jan 5 nVidia driver to the RTM version of 32 bit Vista released November 18
NFS Carbon Collector's Edition DVD does NOT work arrggghhhhhh also Star Wars Battlefront II fails, both these games ask for the "correct" DVD and EA will not support Vista at all, don't even bother
what really bugs me about Carbon is that every other NFS game I have works flawlessly . . .

For the love of god i can't get battlefield 2142 to play! it loads up fine but when i try to play the game i.e join a server, the game just crashes to windows. I just don't understand it.

well my names Luis. and i was wondering if farcry can work on vista. iv'e tried it many times but it won't work. i need solutions. thank you! -Luis
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
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Hi. I am a major trekkie and was wondering if these games would work on windows vista home premium edition: Starfleet Command 3 Star Trek Legacy Star wars galactic battlegrounds Midtown madness 2 The sims makin' magic.
Thanks.
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Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
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yes they do i have thm all!! command 3 needs compatiblity enabled "Trekkie" wrote in message

Hi. I am a major trekkie and was wondering if these games would work on windows vista home premium edition: Starfleet Command 3 Star Trek Legacy Star wars galactic battlegrounds Midtown madness 2 The sims makin' magic.
Thanks.
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Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
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Thanks thomas.
What is compatiblity enabled and how do I get it? Is it a download?
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yes they do i have thm all!! command 3 needs compatiblity enabled "Trekkie" wrote in message Hi. I am a major trekkie and was wondering if these games would work on windows vista home premium edition: Starfleet Command 3 Star Trek Legacy Star wars galactic battlegrounds Midtown madness 2 The sims makin' magic.
Thanks.
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Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
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find the icon right click and on the compatiblity tab run it in xp sp2 compatiblityand visual theme disabled
"Trekkie" wrote in message

Thanks thomas.
What is compatiblity enabled and how do I get it? Is it a download?
"thomas" wrote:
yes they do i have thm all!! command 3 needs compatiblity enabled "Trekkie" wrote in message Hi. I am a major trekkie and was wondering if these games would work on windows vista home premium edition: Starfleet Command 3 Star Trek Legacy Star wars galactic battlegrounds Midtown madness 2 The sims makin' magic.
Thanks.
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Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
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Thanks again.
Just a couple more questions. Does Pirates of the Carribean (game) work on vista? And does Vista run games withou the use of disks? If not, how do I get games to run without the use of disks?
Thanks.
"thomas" wrote:

find the icon right click and on the compatiblity tab run it in xp sp2 compatiblityand visual theme disabled
"Trekkie" wrote in message Thanks thomas.
What is compatiblity enabled and how do I get it? Is it a download?
"thomas" wrote:
yes they do i have thm all!! command 3 needs compatiblity enabled "Trekkie" wrote in message Hi. I am a major trekkie and was wondering if these games would work on windows vista home premium edition: Starfleet Command 3 Star Trek Legacy Star wars galactic battlegrounds Midtown madness 2 The sims makin' magic.
Thanks.
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Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
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Have you seen today's Windows Update deling with compatibility issues on a long line of programs including games?

no. where is it? maybe you can awnser my qusetion. Do games run without disks on vista? if not, how do you get them to do so?
"Hugh Wyn Griffith" wrote:

Have you seen today's Windows Update deling with compatibility issues on a long line of programs including games?

I found the updates when I ran Windows Update manually and when I got the list, double clicking on one to see the details.
I don't do games so can't help you about your other question. I know that MS Streets & Trips gives the option of keeping the maps on the CD or transferring them to the hard drive but I don't know what games do -- I would think it would affect speed to much to run from a CD or DVD.

Hey all, Dont even think that you are going to run COD United Offensive on VISTA ........NO way no how.....IT loads fine but when you go to multi player it crashes.Single player works,,,,but who wnats to play yourself!
Just a thought (I HATE VISTA)
"DanteLA" wrote:

"AshT93" wrote:
Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?
Yes, as others on this board have said but I would like to add that a game that I was having issues with in Windows XP (XIII - it would load level 3) plays without issues in Vista Ultimate.

I offer some suggestions to your other post. Maybe you should go for CoD2 ?
"rcop" wrote in message

Hey all, Dont even think that you are going to run COD United Offensive on VISTA .......NO way no how.....IT loads fine but when you go to multi player it crashes.Single player works,,,,but who wnats to play yourself!
Just a thought (I HATE VISTA)
"DanteLA" wrote:
"AshT93" wrote:
Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?
Yes, as others on this board have said but I would like to add that a game that I was having issues with in Windows XP (XIII - it would load level 3) plays without issues in Vista Ultimate.

Will "Age of Mythoudology" work on a Vista Home Premium System?
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Battlefront II has worked for me just fine but would love to get the regular battlefront working......One that really bugs me is actually one of my favorites of all time is Red Alert 2....I can load it and get it all ready to go but tells me that there is a fatal error when it goes to load and then NOTHING....What the hell was going through these guys minds when they released something with no backwards compatibility?!!!!!!
"metallhd" wrote:

I have 2 games that still won't work after installing the Jan 5 nVidia driver to the RTM version of 32 bit Vista released November 18
NFS Carbon Collector's Edition DVD does NOT work arrggghhhhhh also Star Wars Battlefront II fails, both these games ask for the "correct" DVD and EA will not support Vista at all, don't even bother
what really bugs me about Carbon is that every other NFS game I have works flawlessly . . .

Try Running in winxp sp2 compatibility mode.... just a thought, Till there's a patch ready. Works in vista x86 and x64 for me.


"Red Alert 2.....NO GO" <Red Alert 2.....NO GO@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

Battlefront II has worked for me just fine but would love to get the regular battlefront working......One that really bugs me is actually one of my favorites of all time is Red Alert 2....I can load it and get it all ready to go but tells me that there is a fatal error when it goes to load and then NOTHING....What the hell was going through these guys minds when they released something with no backwards compatibility?!!!!!!
"metallhd" wrote:
I have 2 games that still won't work after installing the Jan 5 nVidia driver to the RTM version of 32 bit Vista released November 18
NFS Carbon Collector's Edition DVD does NOT work arrggghhhhhh also Star Wars Battlefront II fails, both these games ask for the "correct" DVD and EA will not support Vista at all, don't even bother
what really bugs me about Carbon is that every other NFS game I have works flawlessly . . .

That worked for me when I ran RA2 and Tiberian Sun. What sux is that there isn't a network protocol that works outside of joining Westwood Online.
"Brian Lawson" wrote in message

Try Running in winxp sp2 compatibility mode.... just a thought, Till there's a patch ready. Works in vista x86 and x64 for me.


"Red Alert 2.....NO GO" <Red Alert 2.....NO GO@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message Battlefront II has worked for me just fine but would love to get the regular battlefront working......One that really bugs me is actually one of my favorites of all time is Red Alert 2....I can load it and get it all ready to go but tells me that there is a fatal error when it goes to load and then NOTHING....What the hell was going through these guys minds when they released something with no backwards compatibility?!!!!!!
"metallhd" wrote:
I have 2 games that still won't work after installing the Jan 5 nVidia driver to the RTM version of 32 bit Vista released November 18
NFS Carbon Collector's Edition DVD does NOT work arrggghhhhhh also Star Wars Battlefront II fails, both these games ask for the "correct" DVD and EA will not support Vista at all, don't even bother
what really bugs me about Carbon is that every other NFS game I have works flawlessly . . .

"Andreas" wrote:

this list of games does not work?

Im trying to get Jedi Knight Jedi Academy (jka) to work but i get a openGL error i have the windows vista home prem 32-bit edition of vista

Are you using the drivers that game with Vista ? Is so those default drivers don't support OpenGL. You will need to grab the updated drivers from Nvidia or ATI
"Patrick" wrote in message

"Andreas" wrote:
this list of games does not work?

Im trying to get Jedi Knight Jedi Academy (jka) to work but i get a openGL error i have the windows vista home prem 32-bit edition of vista

Im trying to get Jedi Knight Jedi Academy (jka) to work but i get a openGL error i have the windows vista home prem 32-bit edition of vista

Do you know what your video card is? You will have to update its drivers from its manufacturer's web site, the default video drivers in Windows do not fully support Open GL...
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Hello, We are having trouble with our Window's Vista. We have recently upgraded our computer to the new Window's Vista, but we cannot play Backgammon, checkers, or any games on the MSN. We didn't have any trouble with XP, but since getting the new computer with the Window's Vista we cannot play any of the games online. We upgraded the Active x, it says all is installed properly. When we are on the MSN, invite one another for a game it will open on both ends, but on our end ther's a little circle that keeps going around and around like it's still connecting but nothing happens further than that. I don't know if anything else is missing or what seems to be the problem. Our computer friend doesn't seem to know what the problem is either, he has uninstalled and reinstalled few programs, still nothing to avail. Please help, we are starting to get frustrated with this new program. I look forward hearing from you shortly, thanks. Solve the Problem before it becomes a problem...
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
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"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
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What type of crash were you getting?
Anything like this?
http://i15.tinypic.com/3yo45q9.jpg
Or this on install? http://i11.tinypic.com/3zjwxm8.jpg

"dpickle" wrote:

Diablo 2 Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound. let me know if you come by an answer please let me know as i would like to load my saved games...they are all based on the patch.it would be cool if i could find a way around that.
"Paul Smith" wrote:
"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
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As to what the list says , im having problems running world of warcraft on vista , this is a isolated issue so far to which when i log on to the game it flickers a bit then screen turns black . Now i never had problems before in running wow in Xp but now that im using vista it seems i cant even get a simple game to work ..Yes i have updated all my drivers . im running wow on a toshiba satellite laptop with my Intel mobile 945g express video card . i meet and exceed requirements for running world of warcraft and vista . I've read up on all problems reguarding vista and took a chance .

hi AJ is my name
im new to vista 64bit
how do i get my old games like warcraft and counter strike to play these are 32 bit games?
please help as this is very frustrating
"Canastajune" wrote:

Hello,
We are having trouble with our Window's Vista. We have recently upgraded our computer to the new Window's Vista, but we cannot play Backgammon, checkers, or any games on the MSN. We didn't have any trouble with XP, but since getting the new computer with the Window's Vista we cannot play any of the games online. We upgraded the Active x, it says all is installed properly. When we are on the MSN, invite one another for a game it will open on both ends, but on our end ther's a little circle that keeps going around and around like it's still connecting but nothing happens further than that. I don't know if anything else is missing or what seems to be the problem. Our computer friend doesn't seem to know what the problem is either, he has uninstalled and reinstalled few programs, still nothing to avail. Please help, we are starting to get frustrated with this new program. I look forward hearing from you shortly, thanks.
Solve the Problem before it becomes a problem...
"Paul Smith" wrote:
"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
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There isn't anything to do to make them play under a 64bit OSes (whether XP or Vista64 or Longhorn server)
I installed Warcraft 3 and Steam (CS, HL2 etc) under Vista 64 with no special effort.
Though in most cases, when you go to install such programs, you'll want to right click on the installer (Setup.exe) and choose the Run As administrator option. Sometimes, you might have to right click on that installer and choose properties and choose Compatibility mode and choose to run as XP:SP2
Outside of that, nothing special.

"Aj" wrote in message

hi AJ is my name
im new to vista 64bit
how do i get my old games like warcraft and counter strike to play these are 32 bit games?
please help as this is very frustrating
"Canastajune" wrote:
Hello,
We are having trouble with our Window's Vista. We have recently upgraded our computer to the new Window's Vista, but we cannot play Backgammon, checkers, or any games on the MSN. We didn't have any trouble with XP, but since getting the new computer with the Window's Vista we cannot play any of the games online. We upgraded the Active x, it says all is installed properly. When we are on the MSN, invite one another for a game it will open on both ends, but on our end ther's a little circle that keeps going around and around like it's still connecting but nothing happens further than that. I don't know if anything else is missing or what seems to be the problem. Our computer friend doesn't seem to know what the problem is either, he has uninstalled and reinstalled few programs, still nothing to avail. Please help, we are starting to get frustrated with this new program. I look forward hearing from you shortly, thanks.
Solve the Problem before it becomes a problem...
"Paul Smith" wrote:
"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
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"AshT93" wrote:

Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?
i dont know thats what i am wondering except the sims compleet colection

When i run Sims 2 as an administrator on my vista basic it comes up with compatability problems, tried to change to XP but no luck and am unsure of how to download and use patch at sims website as it doesnt ask me if i want to save to disk. Wondering if you have any ideas on how i would do that?
"zero lime" wrote:
> The Sims 2 works fine on Vista, aswell any of the expansions.

Does wwe-raw game can be played in vista
"dpickle" wrote:

Diablo 2 Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound. let me know if you come by an answer please let me know as i would like to load my saved games...they are all based on the patch.it would be cool if i could find a way around that.
"Paul Smith" wrote:
"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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I lost the ability to play any of my Might and Magic games when I upgraded to Windows Vista. However, I was able to fix all but one by upgrading my video card to a radeon x1300/x1500. I am still having trouble with might and magic IX however which still does not seem to be compatable with Windows Vista at all. (The screen does not refresh between "Loading" screens.) Can anyone offer any suggestions to this problem?
CoffeeGnome
"wesley" wrote:

"AshT93" wrote:
Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?
i dont know thats what i am wondering except the sims compleet colection

The problem with Might and Magic IX not refreshing after the load screen is a definite bug. Fortunately there is a workaround, do an alt-tab, then alt-tab back into the game and it should come right up.
If you are having problems with the other ones, check my online help page for getting the Might and Magic games working, its at: http://markbsplace.net/tutorials/mminvista/MightAndMagicInVista.htm
Hope that helps! Mark

"CoffeeGnome" wrote in message

I lost the ability to play any of my Might and Magic games when I upgraded to Windows Vista. However, I was able to fix all but one by upgrading my video card to a radeon x1300/x1500. I am still having trouble with might and magic IX however which still does not seem to be compatable with Windows Vista at all. (The screen does not refresh between "Loading" screens.) Can anyone offer any suggestions to this problem?
CoffeeGnome

Thanks for the tip Mark but this still does not work. Now instead of the loading screen I simply get a black screen with a Might and Magic IX window/border around it. Thanks for trying to help.
"Mark" wrote:

The problem with Might and Magic IX not refreshing after the load screen is a definite bug. Fortunately there is a workaround, do an alt-tab, then alt-tab back into the game and it should come right up.
If you are having problems with the other ones, check my online help page for getting the Might and Magic games working, its at: http://markbsplace.net/tutorials/mminvista/MightAndMagicInVista.htm
Hope that helps! Mark

"CoffeeGnome" wrote in message I lost the ability to play any of my Might and Magic games when I upgraded to Windows Vista. However, I was able to fix all but one by upgrading my video card to a radeon x1300/x1500. I am still having trouble with might and magic IX however which still does not seem to be compatable with Windows Vista at all. (The screen does not refresh between "Loading" screens.) Can anyone offer any suggestions to this problem?
CoffeeGnome

Sorry it didn't work. If you come up with a solution let me know and I will post it on the web-page. MMIX does seem to be very display-driver-setting sensitive. You might try turning off all of your 3d settings (i.e. anti-aliasing, anistropic filtering, etc.) and see if that helps.
Mark

"CoffeeGnome" wrote in message

Thanks for the tip Mark but this still does not work. Now instead of the loading screen I simply get a black screen with a Might and Magic IX window/border around it. Thanks for trying to help.
"Mark" wrote:
The problem with Might and Magic IX not refreshing after the load screen is a definite bug. Fortunately there is a workaround, do an alt-tab, then alt-tab back into the game and it should come right up.
If you are having problems with the other ones, check my online help page for getting the Might and Magic games working, its at: http://markbsplace.net/tutorials/mminvista/MightAndMagicInVista.htm
Hope that helps! Mark

I saved my saved games to my desktop and reinstalled the game the way you say to at your web site. This time however I did not install the 1.3 patch (only the 1.2 patch.) I also changed my screen resolution to 800 by 600 with 32 bit color. Now the alt+tab trick works. It takes a while (half a minute to three minutes (in one instance,)) but the game so far does manage to get past the loading-screen glitch. I also removed all of the graphic extras provided by the game (tripple-buffering, one pass, shadows, environmental mapping, etc.) but I am so far hesitant to reactivate them. I do not yet know if any of them were interfereing with the loading glitch.
Thanks Mark, at least it is now working thus far.
"Mark" wrote:

Sorry it didn't work. If you come up with a solution let me know and I will post it on the web-page. MMIX does seem to be very display-driver-setting sensitive. You might try turning off all of your 3d settings (i.e. anti-aliasing, anistropic filtering, etc.) and see if that helps.
Mark

"CoffeeGnome" wrote in message Thanks for the tip Mark but this still does not work. Now instead of the loading screen I simply get a black screen with a Might and Magic IX window/border around it. Thanks for trying to help.
"Mark" wrote:
The problem with Might and Magic IX not refreshing after the load screen is a definite bug. Fortunately there is a workaround, do an alt-tab, then alt-tab back into the game and it should come right up.
If you are having problems with the other ones, check my online help page for getting the Might and Magic games working, its at: http://markbsplace.net/tutorials/mminvista/MightAndMagicInVista.htm
Hope that helps! Mark

I am having troubles with the Star Wars Battlefront II game on vista. I installed it and played it once. After that, when i shutdown my computer, it would still start-but when i tried to load a map and actually play-the game would crash to the desktop without an error report. Does anybody have a solution?

Hey, I have been plating starcraft for a while on Vista, but all of a sudden it tells me there's some error in the middle of the game and shuts it down. Has that happened to you? How can I fix it?
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Rasmus Bertelsen" wrote in message
Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
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"zero lime" wrote:

The Sims 2 works fine on Vista, aswell any of the expansions.

In the Easy Info for my Sims 2 game it says that my system is unknown and the results says fail. The Easy info also says that there is no display memory and it also fails. Because these 2 things failed i cant run the game on windows vista. Any advice to get it working?

hi, i have c&c first decade, and when i try to install generals to vista 32-bit, it gets to the file: \Data\Movies\GLA06_00s.bik and then a window comes up and says: Feature: Command & Conquer Generals Component: Generals File: E:\data12.cab Error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. and then the installation closes.

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Which game might that be?
Here's my current list:
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Renegade StarCraft Final Fantasy XI EverQuest 2 Diablo II Star Wars Galaxies FIFA 2006* Call of Duty Grand Theft Auto San Andreas DOOM 3
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
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Dear All, Not long ago, I had to change my pc's HD. After installing my original windows XP PRO, all went well. However, later I found out that the games in c:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone\windows directory will not run any longer. I tried to run backgammon and it pops up a banner saying: "Backgammon is unable to start. Close some other programs and try again, or try reinstalling Backgammon using Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel"
1 - I have 2GB of ram and no other apps are running. 2. I tried the Add/Remove programs, and there is NOTHING there to help me re-install it - unless of course I am not looking in the right place.
Any help to fix this will be grrreatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Jago
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Zoo Tycoon 2 only wotks under Vista 64 woth no more than 2GB. If you try to run it with 4 GB it will not start!
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"AshT93" <Notts Ash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Will any of the games that are released for Windows XP editions be able to be played on the new Windows Vista editions (like The Sims 2)?
Yes, the bulk of games will work on Vista. I've tried a couple of dozen and have only found one that doesn't at the moment.
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