Vista - Problem with games Vista.. plz help

When I try to enter the game a black window appears
Then pop-up message that says for example:

"nfs.exe has stopped working"

Something like that.
This error appears every game I try to get it.
Thank you for your help.


(sorry about the English)

what are your system specs and do you have the latest drivers for your video card ?, also which nfs is it ?

i have the lastest drivers..

my system is:
- intel e7300 @ 3.33GHz
- 4GB RAM
- Gigabyte EP43-DS3L
- ATI HD4850 512MB
- Crosiar 550VX

i use vista x64 ultimate..
i don't think there is a problem with the camputer..

i try to enter to Need for speed pro street..
plz help me..
i also install SP1... the game work for 1 sec and crash...

Download and install the latest Catalyst Software Suite then reboot.

Once thats done come back here and click the ling in my signature and download and install everything under STEP 2 then reboot your pc. Once back at the desktop try running your game again.

It still does not work .. Thanks in any way, I go back to XP.

If you had a good video card (Nvidia), you wouldn't have this problems...

But I am only kidding of course... seriously! I am

Anyways, sometimes, the problem with the games is not Vista. Believe you me, I have my issues with Vista and sometimes, I want to go crying back to Vista but, because Vista plays very well with the games and this is why I went to Vista in the beginning, I can honestly tell you that some games are just not coded correctly or they have been ported extremely poor.

Chances are that if you visit the Need For Speed forums, you will find that others are having the same issues as you are, then again, some aren't. The thing is that you may need to update to the latest patch they have or may be able to find solutions since all they do is talk about that game in particular.

Good Luck and don't give up on Vista just yet... even though is getting harder and harder not to!

Vista runs just fine . I seriously dont know why so many people have problems with it. If you set it up correctly it will run fine and is loads more stable than XP.

Update all your drivers, update your programmes, clean out the trash, defrag everything then tweak it and you'll have no problems.

Hi DarkCrystal,

It maybe that you are trying to run the game under 64 bit architecture which the game may not like. have you tried changing the compatability setting to xp service pack 2 as that SHOULD help I have done that for many games within vista as I use Vista Ultimate x64. Also as AstaLaVista mentions some games just aren't coded correctly which is a shame especially for good games.

Thanks for all responses.
I have installed a few days before Vista.
Updated all drivers few times, re-installed the game and it's not working.
For example, Call of Duty 4 works only in multi and the single not work ..
I do not have enough power to work with the system .. I just want to play.

In any way .. I give up and going back to XP
Even I do not want to.

And again.. sorry about the English.

I have call of duty 5 installed on my pc and when i tried to run it initially all i got was a white screen. I fixed that problem by doing the following:

Click on the vista start orb and in the search bar type sound and click on the sound programme.

Click the audio device in use and then click Properties. Go to the Advanced tab and lower the format. I set mine to 24 bit 44100 Hz (Studio Quality). Then click Apply then OK then click OK on the open window.

That should allow you to play the game but if not then keep lowering the quality level of the sound till it does.