game compatibility

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...

So this happened yesterday. I was playing GoW for around 20 minutes, and then the game just froze. No sound, and a frozen picture. So I decide to open up task manager and end the process. Following this, I re-open the game, play another ~20 minutes, and then the same nonresponsive screen shows...

Usually when I install a new OS I load up my games with great trepidation but all the games that ran in Vista 64 also run in Windows 7 64. They are: Age of Empires (I should hope so MicroSoft released it) Company of Heroes Dangerous Waters DCS Black Shark Falcon Allied Force Flashpoint...

before windows 7 i had vista and the game crossfire and combat arms work perfectly and now i upgraded to windows 7, crossfire won't work and combat arms works.. combat arms graphics are a lot more better so it uses more memory than crossfire.. what should i do? update video driver or...

Crysis - Works Theme Hospital (1999) - Has mouse problems, slight x64 problems Fallout 3 - Works Hitman Blood Money - Works The Matrix Online - Works Stronghold 2 - Works Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 - Works Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines - Works World of Warcraft -Works Timeshift - Works Startcraft...

I install X3 Reunion to Window Vista and I have problem with Driver StarForce to start the game. The Message said: {The installed Starforce Protection driver is not compatible with this version os Window and will be disabled. Application that require this driver will not function propertly...

I downloaded the Windows 7 beta about a month ago not even and I haven't had a problem with it till now. It wont let me play one of my MMO games out of the 4 that I have. I've no reason why, but it refuses to run Bloodymare: Requiem. I need to know if there is a way I could switch back to Vista...

Hello: Im new in this forum and this will be my first question , When I want to start my "star defender 3 " game,I get this ERROR: STAR DEFENDER 3 HAS STOPPED WORKING A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is...

I am using a Geforce 6200 pci slot graphics card, with a intel p4 2.93 ghz processor and 2.5 ghz of ram. Win 7 beta 32 bit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have tested it with 4 main games, CS 1.6, CSS, Left 4 Dead, and...

Hello folks. I installed the MS game Age of Empire Gold Edition but it's slow and also shows an error: VIDS:1V41'DECOMPRESSOR NOT FOUND. The game itself works but sometimes it stucks (it also happens on any video). Audio is a mess, it gets stuck sometimes!!! Any suggestions?? :( ---- MY...

Hi all, I need vista sp1 for the new game age of conan, but everytime i download it from the microsoft website, the download will suddenly stop. I tried this on my wireless laptop a few times but it eventually led me to downloading it off my main computer. Except the problem still happened. So...

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1390&page=2 Well, looks like some newer games are good on Vista SP1, but older games, like Doom 3 are a bit worse on Vista than XP still, and oddly, Vista with SP1 is even slower than Vista SP0 at Crysys.

Does anyone know what Game developers think about Vista? With Microsoft moving much of the display work to the video card, what is left for the high end games we are, or will be playing in the months ahead? Games, like, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, need lots of video horse power, but...