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Old 11-10-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Re: XP games to Vista

Hey, I have been plating starcraft for a while on Vista, but all of a sudden
it tells me there's some error in the middle of the game and shuts it down.
Has that happened to you? How can I fix it?

"Paul Smith" wrote:
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> "Rasmus Bertelsen" <rasbert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1FF61D29-4B45-4208-B4FD-9B2DCBD0C50C@xxxxxx
>
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> > Which game might that be?
>
>
> Here's my current list:
>
> Zoo Tycoon 2*
> Half-Life 2*
> Civilization 4*
> Battlefield 2
> Rise of Legends
> Quake III Arena***
> Unreal Tournament 2003***
> Oblivion
> Morrowind
> Black and White 2
> Warcraft 3**
> World of Warcraft
> Halo
> Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher
> Sim City 4*
> Guild Wars
> Call of Duty 2
> FEAR
> Command & Conquer Generals
> Command & Conquer Renegade
> StarCraft
> Final Fantasy XI
> EverQuest 2
> Diablo II
> Star Wars Galaxies
> FIFA 2006*
> Call of Duty
> Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
> DOOM 3
>
> *Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them
> from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up
> resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution
> to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
>
> **Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
>
> ***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove 'nospam.' to reply by e-mail*
>
>

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