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    my rig runs some games but not others???

    i have vista 64 ultimate on my rig and it seems to only play certain games! it runs call of duty 4 fine on single player but refuses to open or load up the multiplayer and comes up with an error msg! it also does this with lotr battle for middle earth 2, but plays spore fine and even the back dated black and white 2. i have no idea of why it wont play certain games but its really buggging me! all the games are legit and also play on other rigs! does any1 have any ideas? cheers guys

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    Re: my rig runs some games but not others???

    Quote Originally Posted by Marshalc11 View Post
    it runs call of duty 4 fine on single player but refuses to open or load up the multiplayer and comes up with an error msg!
    Whats the error message?

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    Re: my rig runs some games but not others???

    i think the the error msg that comes up is 'imp3sw has stopped working and was shut down'

    i think the file name is right but il double check when i get back from work!....

    thanks for your reply and any ideas?

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    Re: my rig runs some games but not others???

    You mean iw3mp.exe?

    Looking for the solution for you now mate... rings a bell though...

    EDIT/// Found this on a forum...

    I switched from a USB mic to an Analog one.

    Go to Start then Control Panel
    Double click on the Sound Tool
    Click on the Recording tab
    Right click and select "View Disabled Devices"
    Enable the Stereo Mix

    It helps to put something in your Analog 2.5mm Microphone jack (if you dont have a microphone, use a spare speaker plug as long as its not powered)

    Here is how i did it under Windows Vista.

    1. Change your default audio device to headphones
    2. Start the game.
    The stereo mix technique means there will be horrific feedback from game if you accidentally activate the mic. So it might be worth trying the other two techniques first. If you can though, use an analogue mic as the default recording device in vista.
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    Re: my rig runs some games but not others???

    yeah thats the one, iw3mp.exe! thanks richieuk, il check it out when i get in and let ya kno how i get on!

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    Re: my rig runs some games but not others???

    Rings a bell with me too.

    You might want to try reading some of these. I just typed that file name into google and lots of good stuff came up. Here it is:
    http://www.google.com/search?source=...=Google+Search

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    Re: my rig runs some games but not others???

    my sister thought of a solution you may want to try..

    make a shortcut to the exe file, alter the properties of shortcut to run as administrator, run the shortcut - its how she got diablo: hellfire to work on vista64.

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