"VRG Scotty" <vrg-scotty@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "VRG Scotty" <vrg-scotty@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> It has nothing to do with M$ it is upto the game makers to supply a
>> patch.. But I have Gold running on my Vista machine. Installed as
>> administrator, didn't have to do anything else.
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> Found this on VRG
> Hi there. Believe it or not, I just finished the entire game again
> (for the nth time), but this time on Vista! I was having the exact
> same issues as you, crashing, freezing... then I went into the Windows
> DEP (Window key+pause - Advanced System Settings - Performace tab,
> Settings - Data Execution Prevention tab - Add) then add the
> Keeper95.exe to the list. Then go into the program file Keeper95.exe,
> right click it and choose compatibility - Windows XP SP2. Now after
> all this, if I run the game from the shortcut it won't work! You have
> to go into the program files\bullfrog\keeper\ and run the game by
> directly clicking on keeper95.exe. Weird, but worked every time! I tried that, didn't help me, I did something else to get the game working,
but won't know til I get home tonight. DOSBox is still my recommendation.
The game in DOS lacks some things, but it's playable.
DK2 runs better, but fans don't seem to like that version as much.
-A.