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Since: Jan 20, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:21 pm
Post subject: some games wont open
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2 of my games will not work. Zoo tycoon 2 and Age of Empires 3, both
mircrosoft.
They have the same problem; i put the cd in, the menu comes up with "play,
uninstall, web, ect." and then I click play, and... NOTHING HAPPENS! My
computer acts like its doing something but nothing happens. Also, if I click
the shortcut, nothing happens.
The weird thing is.. that Zoo tycoon 2, used to work, but now it doesn't.
At first I though Age of Empires 3 didn't work because of the video card,
but I checked to see if it was okay and it was. What do I do? |
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Since: Sep 25, 2006
Posts: 11
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:07 pm
Post subject: Re: some games wont open [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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That usually happens if you are trying to play the game from a
backup disc and not the original. The copy protection is kicking
in. If you have the original discs and it's not starting then it
could be that you need to update your drivers. Or if you are
already current then perhaps you could try an older driver version.
I had to rollback to older drivers with Broken Sword 4 to get it to
play right.
"sad sarah" <sad sarah.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1ED13381-F18D-42E7-BB44-22918468F101@microsoft.com...
| 2 of my games will not work. Zoo tycoon 2 and Age of Empires 3,
both
| mircrosoft.
| They have the same problem; i put the cd in, the menu comes up
with "play,
| uninstall, web, ect." and then I click play, and... NOTHING
HAPPENS! My
| computer acts like its doing something but nothing happens. Also,
if I click
| the shortcut, nothing happens.
| The weird thing is.. that Zoo tycoon 2, used to work, but now it
doesn't.
| At first I though Age of Empires 3 didn't work because of the
video card,
| but I checked to see if it was okay and it was. What do I do? |
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External
Since: Jan 21, 2007
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:07 pm
Post subject: Re: some games wont open [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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They are both originals.
I'll try the driver, thanks
"Sam" wrote:
> That usually happens if you are trying to play the game from a
> backup disc and not the original. The copy protection is kicking
> in. If you have the original discs and it's not starting then it
> could be that you need to update your drivers. Or if you are
> already current then perhaps you could try an older driver version.
> I had to rollback to older drivers with Broken Sword 4 to get it to
> play right.
>
>
> "sad sarah" <sad sarah DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1ED13381-F18D-42E7-BB44-22918468F101@microsoft.com...
> | 2 of my games will not work. Zoo tycoon 2 and Age of Empires 3,
> both
> | mircrosoft.
> | They have the same problem; i put the cd in, the menu comes up
> with "play,
> | uninstall, web, ect." and then I click play, and... NOTHING
> HAPPENS! My
> | computer acts like its doing something but nothing happens. Also,
> if I click
> | the shortcut, nothing happens.
> | The weird thing is.. that Zoo tycoon 2, used to work, but now it
> doesn't.
> | At first I though Age of Empires 3 didn't work because of the
> video card,
> | but I checked to see if it was okay and it was. What do I do?
>
>
> >> Stay informed about: some games wont open |
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Since: Sep 25, 2006
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:21 pm
Post subject: Re: some games wont open [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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You probably already know this but it's wise to uninstall before
the upgrade.
There's a great program for cleaning up files that are left behind
after using the uninstall program. Driver Cleaner Professional
(freeware) It works with Nvidia, ATI, Creative, Realtek and some
others.
Driver Cleaner Pro download:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Uninstallers/Driver-Cleaner-Prof
essional.shtml
"sad sarah" <sadsarah.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6ACC482-A640-4B40-BDE2-592FE1D38AFA@microsoft.com...
| They are both originals.
| I'll try the driver, thanks
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| "Sam" wrote:
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| > That usually happens if you are trying to play the game from a
| > backup disc and not the original. The copy protection is
kicking
| > in. If you have the original discs and it's not starting then
it
| > could be that you need to update your drivers. Or if you are
| > already current then perhaps you could try an older driver
version.
| > I had to rollback to older drivers with Broken Sword 4 to get
it to
| > play right.
| >
| >
| > "sad sarah" <sad sarah.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
| > news:1ED13381-F18D-42E7-BB44-22918468F101@microsoft.com...
| > | 2 of my games will not work. Zoo tycoon 2 and Age of Empires
3,
| > both
| > | mircrosoft.
| > | They have the same problem; i put the cd in, the menu comes
up
| > with "play,
| > | uninstall, web, ect." and then I click play, and... NOTHING
| > HAPPENS! My
| > | computer acts like its doing something but nothing happens.
Also,
| > if I click
| > | the shortcut, nothing happens.
| > | The weird thing is.. that Zoo tycoon 2, used to work, but
now it
| > doesn't.
| > | At first I though Age of Empires 3 didn't work because of
the
| > video card,
| > | but I checked to see if it was okay and it was. What do I do?
| >
| >
| > >> Stay informed about: some games wont open |
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