What's the deal here ?? ..

Windows Games 5469 This topic was started by OriginalShadow, 2000-12-30 22:22

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2000-12-30 23:22

What's the deal with W2K and all these people who cannot install or play so many different games??

I have NEVER had a problem with ANY game that I have tried under W2K on my PC.

I have only ever witnessed NFS5 not working on my dad's setup (works on mine)..., but this game seems to be the most common head scratcher.

I am just puzzled by this ..

I must just be extreeeeemly lucky ! .

Now I'm off to play Project IGI .. which worked first go ! .. soz.

OriginalShadow

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DosFreak

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#36222

2000-12-31 09:14

It's very common. The most common factor in not being able to install games in Windows 2000 is because of self-checks or of differences in registry and directories.

Igor

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#36223

2001-01-01 06:25

I think I/O error is the most common cause of the problem

I/O = Idiot Operator

jdulmage

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#36224

2001-01-01 07:29

exactly...

ilya

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#36225

2001-01-01 08:36

this is what happened to me:
if you install the game in win98 and then install win2k, the game will work
but if you install it after install win2k it might not work.

DeadCats

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#36226

2001-01-01 09:50

I've formatted & reinstalled Win2K a few times, and have noted on at least two occasions that one game or another didn't run properly because of an error during the install. An error with no error message, other than the game didn't run or ran really crappy. Uninstalling and reinstalling the game again did the trick in each case.

But, the only games I run are those that happen to reportedly work well with Win2K in most cases.

OriginalShadow

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#36227

2001-01-06 01:22

Hehe .. nice reply Igor ..

OriginalShadow

EddiE314

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#36228

2001-01-06 05:54

yup, an I/O error

jdulmage

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#36229

2001-01-06 06:50

i'm confused

why is deadcats unregistered?

felix

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#36230

2001-01-06 07:34

I was about to ask the same thing.

Has he been baiting newbies again?

DeadCats

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#36231

2001-01-06 14:47

Hmmm...

Good question. I dunno.

Maybe I wasn't logged-in at the time. Must be an I/O error.

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[This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 06 January 2001).]