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Windows 7 Getting Older Games to Work on Windows 7: Need Help with Sins of a Solar Empire
I recently redownloaded Sins of a Solar Empire. It won't work on my laptop. I heard there is software or something you can get/do to get older games to work on Windows 7. Is it true? If so can you provide a link?- WoWDeathknight
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- compatibility game issues gaming old games redownload sins of a solar empire software windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Videogame Isuue, No error message?!?!
ok so im runnin 64 bit win 7 pro. ive installed many games and only one never worked on this laptop which is warcraft 3. now, however, the same thing is happening to half of my games, one day they just stopped working ang i cant figure out why. here is what happens, i double click the shortcut...- tripplefes
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- 64-bit diablo ii disc executable game installation game issues gaming oblivion pc games performance issues reinstall restart software compatibility task manager tech support troubleshooting warcraft 3 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Jerking Motion During Gaming
Hey guys. I've been having some issues with games (Mass Effect 2 and Call of Duty 4) jerking around a lot during gameplay. I've updated my graphics drivers and for the hell of it i updated turbo boost and my sound card drivers. I've also uninstalled a crapload of unnecessary software and...- rockonfender
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- boost call of duty dell studio directx 11 driver update game issues gaming graphics driver jerking motion mass effect performance radeon sound card system specs troubleshooting windows 7
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Can Motocross Madness 2 run properly on Win7?
I installed it the other day for kicks. I loaded up a stunt map, Arizona I think, and noticed the graphics were very pixelated. I went back to options and set it up. Still happening. I shutdown and fired it up again and now it wont even enter the game. And of course now I've got a hankering...- Grub
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- game issues gaming graphics installation madness motocross performance pixelation stunt windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Games running abnormaly slow
Hello people, I just put windows 7 on my Toshiba M305D-S4380 and I have loved it up until this point. Any game that I try to run, runs way slower than I've previously been able to run them. For instance, Garrysmod before was around 50 - 60 fps Now, its around 20. Ive tried to deal with this...- MajorTom
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- amd turion compatibility drivers fps frame rate game issues gaming graphics hardware laptop optimization performance radeon resolution slow support system specs toshiba windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 [HELP] Problems when playing games
Whenever I try to play a game, whether it is World of Warcraft or the basic built-in Chess game (hell, it even happens with Skype sometimes), I get a very weird problem. Everytime I click with my mouse, it is as if it clicks on the application that is running 'behind' the current game. For...- Seanz1ll4
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- application conflicts desktop background full screen game issues gaming bugs help request mouse issues video games windowed mode world of warcraft
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Fallout 3 (V 1.7) crashes when I try to start a new game.
Here's my system specs ------------------------- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6400 @ 2.00GHZ 2.00 GHZ Installed memory(RAM) 3.00 GB Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit) -------------------------- Here's the dxdiag ---------------------------- ------------------ System Information...- sabastianj
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- 32-bit appcrash application error bug report compatibility crash directx dpi driver update exception fallout 3 fault module game issues game settings graphics card hewlett-packard intel performance issues system specs windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Installation problem: Terminator Salvation for PC Please Help !
I have tried to install Terminator Salvation on my new Windows 7 but it keeps giving me an error as soon as a pick the language for the installation the error is Error Code: -5006 : 0x80070002- kyo6699
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- application error compatibility error game issues gaming installation setup issues terminator salvation troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Windows 7 and Icewind Dale 2
Greetings everyone. I am using Windows 7 Professional x64bit. I've currently installed Icewind Dale 2 (reminds me a great time back there in school years). I wanna play this game in lan. 1) So, lets begin with some general problems. I have set Compatibility with Vista SP2 (wich is supported...- Orestes
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- compatibility game issues hamachi icewind dale 2 lan network performance resolution typing delay windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Kernelbase.dll crash, when launching games (APPCRASH)
Hi guys, i'm posting here my problem, because i think there's someone out there having the same issue as me. My problem is, i can't launch most of newest games at my new computer. I'm using Windows Seven, Ultimate 64 bit version. I've read tons of topics about Appcrash problem (kernelbase.dll...- Valsir
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- 64-bit amd appcrash assassin's creed call of juarez crash directx drivers error game issues games gaming kernelbase metro 2033 radeon software system specs troubleshooting visual c++ windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Game issues on Windows 64 bit? Why?
I have done pretty much everything I can think of to fix this problem. I have a: 3.0 Ghz Dual Core Intel cpu 4670 HD Radeon ATI graphics card 4 GB Ram 500 GB HD Internet connection is fine... I recently upgraded to Win 7 because I wanted to be able to take advantage of DX10-11, and will be...- Wisper7
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- 64-bit battlefield directx drivers fps game issues gaming graphics card hardware indexing lag performance registry reinstall services smooth system requirements trackmania troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 battlefield 2 crashing to windows while playing
Hello, I have windows 7 x64 on my home computer, I recently installed bf2 and started playing, The game starts o.k and it aloud me to register to my user,and even play, but after 3-8 minutes the game crashes to windows. I have read all the threads about screen refresh rate, changed it to 60,and...- mad boy
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- battlefield 3 compatibility crash error reporting game issues game updates gamers graphics multiplayer performance registration single player troubleshooting video settings windows 7 windows refresh
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Hard drive failure after upgrading Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit to Windows 7 Professional 32-bi
I did a clean install of windows 7 professional over the Windows Vista Home Premium that came on my laptop (a XPS M1530) and it appeared to go smoothly. Once the install was completed I was having trouble with viewing screen savers and playing games (that I had played many times on my computer...- cat4moose
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- clean install coincidence cpu t8300 dell support diagnostics failure game issues graphics card hard drive intel matshita nvidia professional screensaver upgrade wd drive windows 7 windows vista xps m1530
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Ati Mobility Radeon X300 doesnt work in Windows 7
Hi. This is my first thread ever. I will try to explain my problem. I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, with Windows XP, and i updated it, installing Windows 7 Home Premium. Everything works perfect, the only thing that is not working properly is my graphics card. Its an Ati Mobility Radeon X300...- MidniteKing
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- ati compatibility dell drivers frame rate game issues gaming graphics laptop memory old games performance radeon support troubleshooting update windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Red Alert 3
Hello guys, i normally install red alert 3 in my laptop (win7 x64) and when i run the game it stops me to verify the key (which i bought) and when i confirm the key the message comes up again and again. what's the matter here? the game runs normally on my desktop (win vissta x32)... thanks.- georgetsamis
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- activation desktop game issues key validation laptop red alert 3 windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Audio distortion followed by a hard lockup
Basically, this issue seems to pop up at any time, with no warning, the only common thread being that some sort of audio is on. Sometimes it goes for hours without it, even a day, other times it crashes with barely five minutes' break between crashes. If the audio distort is in a program, for...- PurpleXVI
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- audio crash distortion drivers game issues gtx 275 intel internet explorer lockup mass effect memory issues motherboard nvidia opera performance realtek system freeze troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Games run absurdly slowly since upgrading to windows 7
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...- rhodester
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- 32-bit choppy games counter strike driver update drivers dual core game compatibility game issues gaming graphics hardware support intel graphics performance pro version quake 3 ram starcraft 2 system requirements windows 7 world of warcraft
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Virtual XP on Windows 7 active debugger in memory
I have bought a game called roller coaster tycoon 2. It installs but will not launch. I installed in on to virtual XP and it says I have an active debugger in memory. unload and restart. I have tried the demo of the product and it worked fine on my computer. I have tried the different things...- mgergs
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- 64-bit active debugger atari support compatibility debugging game issues graphics card installation issues memory rollercoaster tycoon virtual machine virtual xp windows 7
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- Forum: Virtualization
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Windows 7 Cannot open/install sims 3
Right yesterday i bought this game & since then i have been trying to solve this problem, i got home put the game into my laptop (2 week old dell inspiron with windows 7) & the usual window didn't pop up like it has with all of the other disks i have put in my laptop (including other dvd's). I...- iloveyrmum
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- dell disk recognition dvd drive game issues gaming installation sims 3 software troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 NO SOUND with most games which use the FMOD sound engine!!
From Vista x64 Ultimate to now Win7 x64 U, I still get no sound in certain games. After digging and digging, trying and trying, standard output format (frequency too high), enable Stereo Mix, run in XP compatibility, etc., still no sound! Then, I found the common of these games, they all use...- totalz
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- audio audio issues compatibility digital audio drivers fmod game issues games gaming heroes over europe mpeg ninja sound sound engine stereo troubleshooting video playback windows 7 windows issues windows vista
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Games