game installation

Greetings all! I thought I would post this here and see if anyone had any ideas before I am reduced to wiping my drive and starting with a fresh install of Vista. The problem is this. I am trying to install a Virtual CD program that is, according to their site, Vista compatible. However, the...

i have a question i checked and windows 7 beta comes with directX 11 does that mean installing a game on windows 7 will be better that vista or xp? does it means games will run smooother look better?

Anyone have any luck getting Halo 2 to work? I get the following error when I try to install it on 32-bit Windows 7: The ordinal 125 could not be located in the dynamic link library dwmapi.dll. Looks like someone coded with the assumption that the DWM API DLL would not change AT ALL between...

Anyone else try to instal this game? I got it installed and patched but when the xtrap loads it crashes. I suspect there is a permission I haven't found that needs to be alocated I've unchecked the read only and I've alos ran it in xp compatability mode. Nothing seams to work I've also used...

Okay, read through many dual boot threads here but none seem to be quite like my problem. My system drive failed in a media center PC I have built. I used my XP MCE 2005 install CD to create a new system drive, on a 1TB disc which had formerly been reserved for movies only. There was still...

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...

I was reading this forums news posts and followed up on one in particular, this can be found here: Link Removed The article in question discuss's how MS has dropped prices in an effort to generate more sales of Vista with the author then proposing why Vista is already a doomed os. I would be...

Well, I Installed my trusty copy of Jedi Knight Academy, when this error popped up in the script box, not letting me open the game. --- ambient sound initialization --- Sound memory manager started Loading dll file ui. Failed to load dll, looking for qvm. Loading vm file vm/ui.qvm. Failed...

hi i have recently upgraded my video card to a geforce 8600gt and after i installed it i purchased medal of honour airborne when i try to install the game windows installer shuts down i have been into the data execution prevention slot and selected the program i want to run but when i try to...

i have just got my laptop that has windows vista home basic, i installed a game no problem but when i go to load the game it needs to install some protection software in which i get a message saying i need admin privs. which i do have as im the only user and an admin, i also get this when...

I have installed RC1 on a computer and now a bunch of games won't install. Is the compatability problem going to be resolved when Vista go final, or will I be better off running XP? The main game I want to install right now is Command and Conquer Generals, and the Zero Hour expansion...