Harry Potter-Order of the PHoenix problem

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dgoogle

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Team,
I have had HP Order of the Phoenix running on Vista Ultimate before.
Just tried running it and it does not appear to run.
I can see that there is a hp.exe process (by guess is its the gaming trying to start).
I wait for a while and nothing happens.

If the game dvd is not in the drive it complains as expected.
So I load up the dvd; still nothing appears to happen.

Kaspersky has been installed since the last time it ran;
I have checked and the game is trusted to run.
Even tried running it as admin; no luck.

Tried uninsalling/reinstalling (a number of times); no luck.

Any thoughts would be appreciated as the kids are driving me nuts for the game.

cheers,
dg
 

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Hello dgoogle,
Can you list your system specs, when you say you had it running on Vista before, was it on this pc ?.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
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    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
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    Logitech G15
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    20Mbps
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    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
I have run the EA EasyInfo v3 to test system compatibility; it shows ticks for everything.

BTW: I can run other EA games like Spore, SIMCity4 without any problem.

Also checked event logs, nothing there.

System:
Vista 32 + SP2
Asus P5W DH Deluxe + 4GB RAM + Intel Core2 [email protected]
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS with current drivers
Realtek High Definition Audio

dg
 

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You have run it as an administrator, how about compatibilty mode ?.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
:cry: stoneys-nutz, I have tried as admin + compatibility mode (xp+sp2) nothing....

Tried the following: removed CD, started program, was asked for CD, put in CD, then...... nothing :cry:

Also, tested running an XP guest on virtualbox on another PC and it worked fine.
Tried to run the same XP guest install on virtualbox on my vista host..... and it still did not work.


dg :(
 

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Disable Kaspersky and try, it could be blocking it.
I have seen a few people have good results with this fix, although not really a fix, more of a work around.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
sounds like it could be a misread from the dvd to hdd,

you could try a NO-CD FIXED .EXE, since you own the game it is not really an issue to use it.

you are on your own to find it though.
 

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    CUSTOM BUILT BY ME
    CPU
    AMD PHENOM II X3 710 2.6GHZ Overclocked to 3.25GHZ Stable
    Motherboard
    Ecs Gf8200a Phenom-2 X4 Quad Core Mboard
    Memory
    8BG PC5300 4 x 2GB OCZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    PCI-E ATI HD 4670 1GB Overclocked 4GB Total
    Sound Card
    Onboard 7.1 HD AUDIO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    55" Vizio LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 HD
    Hard Drives
    1TB Seagate, 1TB Hitachi, 250GB Maxtor, 250GB Seagate
    PSU
    Kingwin ABT-610MM Maximum Power 610 Watt ATX 12V
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    GENERIC
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    Zalman CNPS7500-AlCu LED Universal CPU Cooler, 4 CASE FANS
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    MICROSOFT WIRELESS KEYBOARD
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    MICROSOFT WIRELESS MOUSE
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    CABLE 15MBPS
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