game installation

I have been trying to play Fallout 3 GOTY for severl days. The game has installed (via Steam) but whenever I click on Play nothing happens. I have changed the properties to Run as Administrator and tried the Compatability as Windows XP, Vista and 7. Nowall I get is "The ordinal 42 could not be...

I am new to Windows 7 and new to gaming in general. With the purchase of a rather fast Video Card came 2 free games. I have never played computer games before, excepting spider solitaire. My operating system is located on a small SSD. Since I have installed the Video Games, they have used...

32 vs 64 bit programs on secondary drives or partitions? I recently built a new PC and made a major jump from WinXP to Windows 8. I have been so used to organizing things my own way on my system by partitioning two different hard drives, with each partition used for different types of...

After thinking that I'd fixed an error in the PrecisionX program for my new GPU, I find that it is not fixed. While looking to see that it was installed properly, I now find that all of my programs, including every game from Steam, is installed on both the SSD and the HDD. How did I mess up like...

i have installed a game on my c drive which is of 15gb.after the installtion i coudnt find the game or folder.but the space of 15 gb was filled.can anyone explain how to rectify this problem.

Hello! I recently installed the computer game The Movies (2005) made by Lionhead Studios, and its expansions The Movies: Stunts and Effects (2006) on my Windows 7 Prof. 64-bit computer (I have owned the game for years, and played on my Vista and XP PC earlier). The install was okay, though I...

hi, I recently downloaded a game installation file which consists of several *.bin files and an setup.exe file. when i run the setup i get an error:- Runtime Error (at -1:0): Cannot Import dll:C:\Users\(username)\Appdata\Local\Temp\is-VJ6JC.tmp\SkinH_EL.dll. Later i noticed that i am getting...

Hey, I brought the game on Steam and was able to play before but I recently reinstalled the game and now I cannot get past the launcher. I get a message box saying assertion failed and something regarding shippingpc-bmgame.exe (see image). I have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling...

While doing some system maintenance I discovered that I had an extra user account. After deleting it I did a search and found that it had most likely been silently created by the copy protection on some game I had installed. I don't mind if a game has copy protection on it, but I don't like that...

I'm new to this forum,i've searched for solutions and no luck so i came here. I don't know much about computers,laptops,technology etc... so if anyone has solution to my problem please explain it slowly and understandably. My problem: First time appeared while running steam (Valve product) I...

Hey guys, I got a problem installing Gears Of War in other partition but C. I have low space free in partition C, and every time I install the game and choose a different destination it installs to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Gears Of War. Can't help it I have Installed it 4 to 5 times but...

Hey guys, this is my first time doing this so please be patient, I bought GTA complete pack from steam from steam the other day and patiently waited for the 40gb of files to download and they all ran fine but when I play GTA IV it runs fine until I shoot someone or crash in a car. When I...

Hi, I am having an annoying problem that I would appreciate some help in resolving. I have deleted and reinstalled a game program, now, three times. Prior to the last installation I went thru and defragged and used disk cleanup. I got the same results: Instead of installing new files from the...

Hey guy's, I just got a new game called Hard to be a God and it seemed to install fine "except from AVG's false win32 Heir Virus that I get on EVERY game" So I click on the game and it comes up with Insufficient privileges. You must be an administrator to run this for the first time. I...

I just had my computer wiped and it was going well over a few weeks until I got this bluescreen: ================================================== Dump File : 071711-22448-01.dmp Crash Time : 7/17/2011 5:01:16 PM Bug Check String : Bug Check Code : 0x00000124 Parameter 1...

Hi I use windows 7 ultimate SP1 64 bit. I tried to install a program tonight and got the following dialog box. You may not have the necessary permissions to use all the features of the program you are about to run. You may run this program as a different user or continue to run the...

I bought a HP computer with Windows 7 installed, It worked perfectly for about 25 minutes, and then blam, BSOD. After some frustration, I returned it, and got a new one. Same... exact... problem. I don't know WHY it's doing this, at first I thought it was because I tried to install a game(which...

i'm having a windows 7( 32 bit),,,, i' hv installed prince of persia forgotten sands,,, but when i clicked the exe' file of the pop game to begin,,, it gv me a black screen n then it told me that "prince of persia is stopped working",, then it said "windows is finding the solution"(it running a...

i have windows 7 ultimate and as i was trying to install a game i got this blue screen. i ve tried to locate exactly what the problem is but i cant make sense of it all. i have the dmp files here if anyone can help me with these.

Hi, As of now I only have 1 game installed on my fastest drive which so happens to be my OS drive (is that a good idea?) Also I would like to know what defrag to use so I can tell it to put that one installed game folder on my OS drive to the fastest part of the drive? I currently use...