Ok i have a wierd.... er.... thing, for the lack of a better word.
I have installed 2k again recently, on the same Service pack ( 4 ) and some games ( which to be fair are only meant to run on 9x ) no longer run, but they used to fine on 2k before, with the same SP number etc, any one got any ideas?
Red Alert2 wont run ( does on my other pc with 2k on right now.. )
nore Dungeon Keeper2 ( also does on my other pc with 2k on right now...)
Any one?
Cheers for any feedback
tried the compatability settings? right click i the shortcut or exe, should be an option to run in legacyy mode for 95, 98me, or nt4
couldnt see an option for that, although i recall seeing it before some where, any one know where it is ? i check propities to with no luck.
Cheers hexxxxxxeh for the reply
edit; ta for move, didnt know where to put it
Last edited by Gr44; 20-01-2004 at 06:58 PM.
Log on as Administrator.
Click Start, click Run.
In the Open box, type the following command, and then click OK
regsvr32 Winnt\apppatch\slayerui.dll
You should then have the compatibility options available.
RA2 should run no problems! You sure the account running it has admin rights?
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lol i always log in as admin, im the only person who uses this pc- its mine, all mine *evil laugh*
will try than now, thanks Jiff
*edit*
Ok, tried it Jiff, the update thing worked ok, said it has Suceeded.
But there arent any more options on right click, going to propities has an extra "version" tab though, which has file details and stuff.
I have actually though of why it doesnt work now, because before my games partition was in Fat32, now its in NTFS, the only big differance i can think of.
Thanks for all the help, if you have any more ideas then please post back
Cheers
Last edited by Gr44; 20-01-2004 at 11:36 PM.
there's a patch for dk2 (trying to find a link) that makes it compatible with win2k, although admittedly I just reinstalled 2k with sp4 and am having similar problems with Dark Omen (which used to bloody work too)
Patch Here
It isn't NTFS either, mine have run from ntfs partitions.
Also, what do you mean by "don't run" do they just not start, or get a little distance, then crash?
Last edited by Byatt; 21-01-2004 at 12:34 PM.
Dungeon Keeper 2 definately needs the newest patch for it. I had problems on XP Pro with it and the patch sorted it out.
System Shock 2 you can install using the compatibility wizard and then it runs fine under NTFS system.
Blood 2 won't run at all unfortunately.
Project Eden is a nightmare to run under XP and 2000, Only way I could get the required performance was to use the software mixer for the sound.
(I know you havn't mentioned these games but just thought I'd mention them whilst here !)
As for RA2 that should be working fine. On XP to get the compatibility options up you right click on the games .exe file in the installation directory and select properties and in there you have a compatibility tab so you can select the mode you want. I havn't used 2000 on my system for a while now but I'm pretty sure its the same as XP.
i've had blood 2 working fine
system shock 2 will cause windows itsaelf to popup & preach a nightmarish world of doom & gloom unless it's patched up to the hilt
RA2 just loads the splash screen, then it seems to start ( black screen ) then closes back to windows, it is not supported by 2k, i was told its cus i have HT on my CPU, but thats crap, worked fine before
Will try DK2, thanks
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