game compatibility

hello, Today i modificated DEP and since then if i restart windows all my apps crashing cant open anything. The original setting was: Turn on Dep for essential Windows programs and services only and i modificated it to: Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select: and i...

I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop.I want to use some games for Windows xp.But i tried windows xp mode and it want work becouse i have low memory just 1gb in my windows 7 then in windows xp mode i have just 256 mb. And i want to install windows xp in dual boot with windows 7 but when i...

Most games I try to play give me the message "Game"Stopped Working. For example when playing Mass Effect 2 I will get an error after anywhere between 1-30 minutes stating: Mass Effect 2 HAS STOPPED WORKING. Then of course it says windows will check to see if there is a solution to the problem. I...

I wish to obtain a copy of Windows 98SE so I can play my older games that don't work on Windows 7. Most notably Jane's Combat Simulations USAF. Microsoft is no longer allowed to distribute Windows 98 because of some deal they made with Sun Microsystems (apparently you can get OSes like MS-DOS...

hi, I'm having a sort of strange and isolated graphical issue with win7 32bit version. I play this online game that is kind of old and outdated. It uses cyan as the transparency color and for some reason, since I installed windows 7, I haven't been able to play this game as windows isn't...

This may have been addressed so far so I'm sorry for the re-post but I couldn't find anything helpful by searching. I ran several games fine (world of warcraft, counterstrike, etc) before installing windows 7 and now I cannot play them since the installation. The games run ridiculously choppy...

Hey guys, I've recently built my PC and installed Windows 7 64-Bit as my OS, since then though I've uncounted many graphical problems with my games and on desktop. The issues are shown below (picture and video not of my own setup, but are the same issue). The graphic issues in game happens on...

hello Dear Community ;) i've got a problem with running one of the most epic games of all times: SW KotOR here i upload some screens: 1. this is what happens when i use "Scan Hardware" option in SW KotOR config: Link Removed due to 404 Error 2. this window appears when i choose "Details": Link...

Ive been having issue with CoD2 ever since i did a full install of windows 7. My issue right now is my PING. Before i had windows 7 i ran the game on xp 32 bit, and my ping was usually between 50-90. Ive always played on the same dedicated server (PotW stock), and my internet connection is...

[RESOLUTE] Technical issue for one program and one game. Hello all a have a technical issue. i didn't exactly know where i must post my threat cause i have got a game problem (Battlefield bad company 2) and a program problem (Logitech G-serie key profiler). When i push on server browser, or...

hi guys.. i need a help... 1st...how to install virtual xp in win7...how to install it...i need guide... 2nd... my games don't run in full screen,someone told me that graphic acceleration in vista is 1.0 thats why my games run normal in vista and as it is 1.1 in win7 thats y it does not run in...

Hi people. I'm new in here, and my knowledge about computers are quite limited - therefore I need your help :) I just got HoMM3 + the 2 expansions from a Torrent (since my old HoMM3 CD broke) - and its said that the game should work just fine after it has been extracted to a folder. Now i'm...

Hi! I am new to Windows 7 & using both 7 & XP SP 3.Now my problem is that the my saved game files in XP arent working in 7. I installed the game both in 7 & xp but as my progress percentage was more in XP so I didn't want start all over again in 7 & thereby I copied the saved files but it ain't...

I installed W7 Home Premium on my computer, because a lot of my games won't run on W7 I've decided to install said W7 on my wifes computer and go back to XP.My question is can I deactivate it or do I need to call MS for a new key?This is a retail upgrade copy.

Hello folks I'm having a puzzling problem after upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista (clean install). Certain games are now completely shutting down the computer. The games in question are Dragon Age Origins and The Sims 3. Both of these games ran with no problems in Vista but now after about 5...

Hi, I recently installed Windows 7 64-bit on my 1TB hard drive, and have Windows XP 32-bit on my other 300GB Hard drive. I am in the process of reinstalling / moving my games over to Windows 7 from XP. Now this may be tough to answer, and may depend on the game, but: Where do I put my saved...

as the title states i cant run any games on win 7 without it crashing ive just installed windows 7 cause i couldent get used to xp after running windows 7. everything runs smooth except for games. i currently only have cod 4 installed and it runs for about 5 seconds before freezing the entire...

[SOLVED] PunkBuster Unknown Windows API Function [131124] [Solved] Solution that I missed and did not know about is to Run the game as admin pfff.... I got the idea from JCook Link Removed "I managed to get Punkbuster to run fine (on Windows 7 Home Premium) by taking a few simple steps.. 1...

Hi All, I just upgraded to windows7 and now when I play left4dead it minimizes the game back to the desktop when I hit escape, escape should bring up the in-game menu. Has anyone else had this, I've read this occurs on other games too but I'm not sure how to fix it. Thanks a lot, Russ

I want to go back to Vista Home Premium x64! Windows 7 disappointed me and actually gave me a harder time than Vista did when I moved from XP to Vista. \ I checked an instructions document out about how to rollback to Vista from an upgrade to Windows 7. By using the windows.old folder located...