Recent content by Venomouspain

After a ridiculous amount of messing around, i found that re-installing registry files made it work Has nothing to do with it, but whatever happened it hit a chain reaction and now my games work, so im not really complaining Thanks for all the advice and help, it was very useful, and without...

And just a quick reply here, my previous operating system was windows 7 and it worked perfectly, i wiped the drive and re-installed with the same disc, the sole thing to have changed is windows updates, others like direct x, i have kept as a lower version so old games would be compatible,

I feel the same way about it being basic, and i feel as though ive missed something when re-installing all the drivers e.t.c Yes sorry, the partition with my windows is on 500gb, with 300gb currently in use, and of course since i made only 1 partition, windows automatically makes a 100mb second...

Hi, thanks for the reply, and in answer to your questions Compatibility mode was the first thing that i tried, because i do use it quite abit (liking for old games) I completely wiped the HDD and installed from disc,then installed the games to my HDD so the installs are recent and i have...

Hi, i recently wiped my HDD and re-installed Windows 7, i then installed all the necessary audio and video drivers e.t.c My problem is that games that worked before the wipe have now stopped, such as Civilization 5, Command and Conquer and Dawn of War DirectX has been upgraded, my graphics...