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Safe to Dual Boot with Upgrade?
Even when the performance difference between Windowsxp and Vista regarding games isn't huge any more, there still is a really noticeable performance difference in In fact, I took out WinXP hard-disk altogether before installing Vista x64. So you're comparing 32bit Windowsxp with Vista x64 running on (at least

SOLVED: Upgraded CPUs, Windows Media Player and Center SOLVED
I have just bought a new system, an intel core 2 extreme 3 GHz, an nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra and 4 gig of RAM and am running windows vista ultimate 32bit. I have problems with all games inlcuding Medieval 2, company of heroes, and Call of duty 4 which has been released since Vista came on the scene.

Running Games under VISTA
Rock r...@nospam.net microsoft public windows vista general "Trekkie" wrote Does GameDrive 9 work on windows vista? I suggest posting to the games newsgroup: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games -- Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

computer question
Charlie42 Charli...@spam.me.not microsoft public windows vista general "cathy-somethingpolish" <cathysomethingpol...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: I would like to This can happen because of software incompatibilities (usually with old games), hardware not meeting the stiff requirements for running Aero,

Bluescreen Vista Ultimate
Rick wrote: I am running 2 NVIDIA 7800 Gt with an AMD athlon 4800+ with XP for gaming play a lot of BF2. There is a read file in works that says if this problem occurs do to the hardware acceleration with ATI cards and possably others. "DaveLovesTrains" wrote: Interesting. Is this on Vista or XP, and what type of

Running Games Designed for XP
Lana L...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general When try to run a game I get this message "Please insert the original disc intead of a backup (4001)." Then the game doesn't play. these games are not backups or pirated copies. They were bought legally and it is really frustrating to pay so

Sims 2 and Civ IV graphic problems on Vista
Deke dekewe...@ntlworld.com microsoft public windows vista games try running as an administrator or set compatibility mode for XP on "Tom Dawg" <TomD...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:06992786-4ADC-45B7-A7DA-D7D94F97F31E@microsoft.com... I dont need to update my video drivers according to Vista.

Running Games under VISTA
johns johns...@moscow.com comp sys ibm pc games action comp sys ibm pc games rpg comp sys ibm pc games adventure Hoo! Wouldn't this be a kick in the ass if if fixes Vista XP compatibility. That is the find of the year in computing. We get to keep XP while Vista grows up. johns.

What is wrong with windows vista?
This is so frustrating since I lost a lot of my games when my old PC crashed. Oh, and don't ask the maker's help site for any help. They messed me up so much I had to go to Restore to get my computer back to running right! Well, make that as "right" as Vista is going to run! "tcoo...@gmail.com" wrote: Hello,

What kind of moron puts out a game in 2008 that doesn't run on ...
philo ph...@privacy.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup <petermcmillan...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:99053f0c-bb3b-45c9-a854-73cdac2d92d1@o77g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... Too bad the RAM does not work at it's rating... but glad you at least got the system up and running.

Problem running games
Andy [YaYa] android8...@MAPSONhotmail.com microsoft public windows vista games Yeah, I checked the Sierra website, they have no patches for the PC Only think I can suggest is running in Admin mode, and since the game doesn't seem to have any support for Vista you may not get it working without a little hacking.

Problems running games on Vista
But the leap from XP to Vista is of dubious value. What can a user do with a computer running Vista that wasn't possible (and just as easy if not easier) under XP? It matters if you are rendering video or playing the latest games... but most people aren't doing that. I like multi-core CPUs: I have 2 main comps;

PROGMAN.EXE
Bob nowh...@nowhere.net microsoft public windows vista security I don't have any games installed. In any event, I'm comfortable using AV, AS and firewall. So what if for example, one of your games that you're running with full rights has a security vulnerability? That gets exploited and as a result the entire

UAC
Dan Mazurowski kingsmed...@yahoo.com microsoft public windows vista games On Jun 3, 10:08 pm, Tom Dawg <Tom D...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: I have Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4 on my computer but for some reason when I load them the mouse cursor disappears. Obviously you can not play the games without

Cannot re-enable DEP
http://jagtalon.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/does-wine-linux-support-more-apps-than-vista/ StreamMyGame launches Linux player ; Play PC games on your PS3 ,----[ Quote ] StreamMyGame.com announced today the release of its free Linux Player, an application that enables you to play any PC game via a PlayStation 3 running

PROGMAN.EXE
(Which is ridiculous since all I was doing was browsing the internet with an nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512, not even playing any games). So far, after forcefully reinstalling the Chipset drivers, the system has been running better than ever. This makes me think that intel chipset drivers are one of the "small number

running games without disks.
Ricky Cheng rickych...@gmail.com microsoft public windows vista games AOE3 you should install patch in microsoft site .. It maybe can solve your problem. http://www.agecommunity.com/gameUpdates.aspx If you did install it..then I have no idea. Hope other can help. "Tom Dawg" <Tom D...@discussions.microsoft.com>

Linux Loaded Lenovo Laptop..More Linux Slopware..This is ...
Mark L. Ferguson MarkLFergu...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Progman is not in Vista. I am trying to install a game file on my new computer which is running Windows Vista. The previous computer I had was running XP and the same game installed without any problem.

The Bard's Tale - the game
popkorntin popkorn...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista games When ever I open games like Solitaire, heats, spider solitaire and the rest, the games will not always Thank you I have a nvidia 8800 ultra video card, 4 gigs of ram, a dual 3 ghz pross. and running windows vista home 64bit.

Problems running games on Vista
Apparently the DirectX 9.0L which is used for backward-compatibility in Vista is missing these files. Instead of coping these files from another installation, you can always install DirectX 9 proper which will guarantee these files are installed. I had just a quick try with some old DOS games ..eg.