Another cry for help,or a challenge for you.Just managed to get Microsoft's Midtown Madness game for the children,the old one got damaged.got this new one and it installed ok but when press the play icon message reads validating etc,then nothing.Now this machine used to play the game as this is a replacement.The game itself plays on mine (just tested it)but I don't want my machine being hogged.The machine in question plays other game ie Harry Potter etc,any ideas?
If this isn't solved I will not be able to sit here and watch you all......... :fingers:
Perhaps there was some residue of the old game left, David? Would be worth removing it from Control Panel > Add/Remove, then reinstalling.
will try thanks Rik :fingers:
no joy same thing :mad:
Sorry, as a non-gamer that was my best shot, David. Possibly you are going to have to go down the route of a registry cleaner. :(
I only know mrs smith with her bad back ,but its her day off >:D
;D
Shall I move this over to gaming in the hope that someone picks up on it?
thanks Rik,just looking at downloading RC but might have better luck over in Gaming :fingers:
What OS are you using?
I know very little about gaming, but I'd suggest updating DirectX and graphics drivers.
Xp on windows 2000
Not sure I'm with you there, David?
Quote from: Sebby on Apr 05, 2008, 17:20:27
I know very little about gaming, but I'd suggest updating DirectX and graphics drivers.
Thanks sebby do i get this from ms
Quote from: Rik on Apr 05, 2008, 17:21:40
Not sure I'm with you there, David?
in what respect Rik ?
DX9 (http://directx.goofull.com/uk/programa?gclid=CIudhdCqxJICFQVEMAodoAMlYw)
What Graphics card have you got?
Quote from: badpianoplayer on Apr 05, 2008, 17:23:31
in what respect Rik ?
XP on Win2K? Are you running dual-boot or...
windows xp Rik and two noisy angels valium please
Quote from: jester212 on Apr 05, 2008, 17:25:05
DX9 (http://directx.goofull.com/uk/programa?gclid=CIudhdCqxJICFQVEMAodoAMlYw)
What Graphics card have you got?
Hav nt a clue.where would I find this info ?
Have a look in Device Manager. Click Start, right-click on My Computer and select Properties. Then click the Hardware tab, then click Device Manager. Expand Display adaptors and post what you've got there. :)
Quote from: badpianoplayer on Apr 05, 2008, 17:28:56
windows xp Rik and two noisy angels valium please
White, yellow or blue? ;)
Or use this little program to give you exact details....GPU-Z (http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1031/mirrors.php)
If you do decide to run the program, in the Driver Version colum tells you what drivers you are using if you could post what it says then we can establish if there out of date. :thumb:
Radeon 9200 se hope this is the one
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeon-prer300-xp.html
:)
Quote from: Rik on Apr 05, 2008, 17:33:15
White, yellow or blue? ;)
give me one of each or a week in The Priory
Sebby beat me too it :thumb:
Quote from: badpianoplayer on Apr 05, 2008, 17:36:52
give me one of each or a week in The Priory
A blue is worth 5 white or two yellow, so two blue would be better than one of each and less to carry on your journey there. :)
Quote from: Sebby on Apr 05, 2008, 17:36:42
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeon-prer300-xp.html
:)
Do I download the suite ?
Yep, then when you install it you can choose what to install (probably just let it install whatever it wants to). :)
Quote from: Rik on Apr 05, 2008, 17:40:51
A blue is worth 5 white or two yellow, so two blue would be better than one of each and less to carry on your journey there. :)
Fair enough 2 blues ;D
You might need to install net framework if you don't already have it.
Quote from: badpianoplayer on Apr 05, 2008, 17:45:02
Fair enough 2 blues ;D
In the router as I speak... :)
Link (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en), if you need it, David.
No luck.downloaded the netframe and installed the suite from the link and still the same ...repeat prescription please Rik panic attack imminent :-X
What minimum hardware spec does the game have on it, David? Does the machine meet that?
Quote from: Rik on Apr 05, 2008, 18:50:38
What minimum hardware spec does the game have on it, David? Does the machine meet that?
Yes Rik its odd because a the children had this game up to about nine months back that copy was scratched and wasn't until now the decided they wanted another copy so Im confused,and yet the game will
play on my new pc,(they have the old one) cant work it out really there is no logic to it. I will just double check .
I'm just in best straw clutching mode, David. The next step is to review what's running on the machine in the background.
I will do one thing more with this and then it will make a great frizbee,the front cover states its for windows 98 so I guess I could try having a look in that area.failing that its what is known as a shame
If it's for '98, David, right-lick on the short cut, select Properties and then the Compatibility tab. Choose to run it in compatibility for Win 98, see if that does the trick.
In the folder on hard drive where it is in installed you should find some shortcuts? One should read something like midtown madness safe mode. If you find this,it should start the game in software rendering mode and redetect the video card, then presumably you can try starting the game normally, Good luck :)
PS.There is more inf on the microsoft site.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231828/EN-US/ (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231828/EN-US/)
That sounds like it could be promising. :thumb:
Quote from: Rik on Apr 05, 2008, 19:17:42
If it's for '98, David, right-lick on the short cut, select Properties and then the Compatibility tab. Choose to run it in compatibility for Win 98, see if that does the trick.
Thanks Rik this one just gave me send an eror report etc.so will try the other.last chance.
:fingers:
Sounds like the protection to me. Their must still be protection registry entries in the registry looking for the old CD / dvd.
You need to uninstall the previous version completely. then clean the registry, you can use ccleaner,
http://www.ccleaner.com/download
it's free.
Then reboot and install the new CD.
Hope this works.
Quote from: Malc on Apr 05, 2008, 22:32:10
Sounds like the protection to me. Their must still be protection registry entries in the registry looking for the old CD / dvd.
You need to uninstall the previous version completely. then clean the registry, you can use ccleaner,
http://www.ccleaner.com/download
it's free.
Then reboot and install the new CD.
Hope this works.Worth a go is this or the hammer,thanks guys :thnks:
Edit: markup sorted
Was about to say give ccleaner a run
DO both clean and registry scan/fix
Update directx?
Run in compatability mode to 2000 or something?
I see you have updated graphics drivers :)
You dont have something like daemon tools running do you? Could be checking for virtualisation tools (a common tool for peeps runnin downloaded games)