game issues

Installed Viva Pinata today on win7 x64 build 7100. Not working. Tried runing it in xp compatability mode with no luck. This is the first game I've run into that did not work on this build. Anyone know of a work around for this?

I'm having difficulty turning on the windows defender. ever time I press on it, it takes me to the system 32 folder and then I'm guessing it wants me to do something? :confused: This could have come from me trying to adjust the security settings on the system 32 folder. I was trying to gain...

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...

So for certain programs, mostly games in my case, the UAC prompts me every time I try to run the game to tell it it's OK to run. For example if I want to play Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun, I click my icon and bam, UAC comes up with the prompt, "Do you want to allow the following program...

hi there.. I just installed windows 7. After that I installed css, but if I launch it, it wont start up. Please help Best regards, Alex

Hey all, I recently installed Windows 7 and a friend of mine asked me to try run Rainbow 6: Raven Shield as he is in the process of modding it. The install went fine however when I try to run it I get the spinning wheel on my cursor that tells me it's loading, but after a small amount of time...

Sorry for the vague heading, and I anot even sure if I can explaint he problem but i will try. I play a game called Eve - its an online space game (sad I know but hey ho). the game can play in full screen mode or windowed mode. I have to play in windowed mode as i have dual screens and if you...

I am having problems loading this game. The splash screen appears, and when a switch to full-screen mode should occur, nothing happens. I have reinstalled the game and patched it to 1.09 since upgrading from Vista to Win7 RC1. Further, I have run it in both XP and Vista compatibility modes...

im having some problems with fallout3 first i have to go in to the programs file and find it manual for some reason it didnt place a shortcut on my desktop or in my games but the main problem is the game itself i can get fallout to work but when im out in the open world i having lagging...

I have a Dell Studio 17. I've had it for less than a year now. I opened it to log in..and usually I just use the fingerprint reader or type my login, but this time I clicked on "Switch Accounts" (or whatever that button is).. and it completely froze. I attempted to reboot and got a black screen...

Zombie maps seem to work 80+% of the time. De_dust2 works about 50% of the time, and Cs_assault NEVER works. halp. Reinstalled the game, no luck.

I have no idea why this problem has started all of a sudden. I went as far to reinstall COD4 after punkbuster fails to update and I get that API kick as well. The same thing happens with Far Cry 2. But this problem seems to be unique to COD4... Within a couple of minutes of logging into a COD4...

started with fresh install win 7 ,tried to install bf2 gets to last 10 sec of install and stops wont install anyone had this prob as it seems people are running bf2 on win 7 Also tiger 2005 installed but wont run have tried compat mode gets to start screen then drops out,so seems TW2005 doesnt...

Hi people, I'm having a problem with Windows 7. When I try to start a game from my Drive E: it says that the drive is Write protected. Looks like this Link Removed Someone who could help me? Regards - Mjaffe

Not sure if there is a specific section for this to go so ill put it here. My friend is trying to run BF2142 but when he starts it up it instantly stops responding and crashes. Doesn't crash back to desktop it just says EXE has stopped responding and we have no idea how to fix it. He is using 7...

Call of Duty 4 and 5 installed just fine. Lord of The Rings Online Installed just fine. Starcraft & Diablo II: LOD installed just fine. They run great and have had no problems. I downloaded: Burnout: Paradise The Ultimate Box from fileplanet.com. Installed and updated just fine. When I go to...

ive tried the normal fix of creating the directory and it still happens x:\users\UrProfile\Local Settings\Application Data\Activision\players\profiles is the vista file path in win 7 its x:\users\UrProfiles\Application Data\local\Activision\players\profiles\profilename\ ive created the...

Windows 7 compatibility failure SOLVED!! Hi There! I've been running Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 since the release, without any major issues. But now I have a problem that's really annoying, and I just can't seem to fix it. I just bought the game Grand Theft Auto IV and I was happy to finally...

Well, I thought I'd try the old Broken Sword games again, for the pure nostalgic fun of it... Everything went well at first, Shadow of the Templars (BS1) and The Smoking Mirror (BS2) are working fine in ScummVM. Broken Sword 2.5 installed without a hitch and runs perfectly fine as well. But...

After installing Fifa09 (which re-installs OpenX9 automatically) w7 restarts every 5 min. with a bluescreen "tdx.sys..." Any idea how to fix it?