So I recently upgraded from Win 7 Build 7000 x64 to Build 7077 x64
Previously to Build 7077 I had a long list of games that worked, including The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
However, with this new build, when I click play, it seems as tough the game is going to load as it takes me to a black screen, but then nothing happens. After waiting 5 minutes to see if anything would indeed happen, I tried to alt-tab out. At this point it seems like the comp recognizes I've tabbed out, but the screen remains black. I hit escape and it returns me to the desktop.
There is no crash report or error message, or any evidence that Oblivion was running or is still running in the task manager. It just disappears.
I'm running a Quad-core, 4gigs of ram, ati hd3870
I'm running the executable in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode.
Any suggestions?