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Old 11-11-2007   #1 (permalink)
John
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lotr :bfme 2

Can anyone tell me how to get battle of middle earth 2 running on vista
ultimate edition? i have googled it and ppl have got it running but i dont
know how as i have nearly tired every combo in the compatiblity screen. From
John

Old 11-11-2007   #2 (permalink)
VRG Scotty
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"John" <johnrubble1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me how to get battle of middle earth 2 running on vista
> ultimate edition? i have googled it and ppl have got it running but i dont
> know how as i have nearly tired every combo in the compatiblity screen.
> From John
check my sig then we have it running
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Old 11-11-2007   #3 (permalink)
Dustin Harper
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Re: lotr :bfme 2

Try right clicking the exe and select "Run as Administrator". You can do
that in addition to the compatibility settings.

Also, are you getting any errors, or will it just not start?

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John wrote:
Quote:

> Can anyone tell me how to get battle of middle earth 2 running on vista
> ultimate edition? i have googled it and ppl have got it running but i
> dont know how as i have nearly tired every combo in the compatiblity
> screen. From John
>
Old 11-12-2007   #4 (permalink)
John
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Re: lotr :bfme 2

all i get is it to start loading then it just stops on titile screen and
says bfme 2 has stopped working looking for a solution. I have tried
checking the admin box turning off the the uac and it still doesnt work. I
have update the patches for it and am running the lastest drivers for my
graphics card. I have followed EAs advice in there forum. I have followed
VG scottys ideas but still cannot get it to work.

Old 11-12-2007   #5 (permalink)
VRG Scotty
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"John" <johnrubble1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> all i get is it to start loading then it just stops on titile screen and
> says bfme 2 has stopped working looking for a solution. I have tried
> checking the admin box turning off the the uac and it still doesnt work. I
> have update the patches for it and am running the lastest drivers for my
> graphics card. I have followed EAs advice in there forum. I have followed
> VG scottys ideas but still cannot get it to work.
We are working on it now John, will let you know.
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Old 11-12-2007   #6 (permalink)
John
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many thanks i have followed the link at the bottom of your message and have
joined many thanks for your help.

Old 11-17-2007   #7 (permalink)
123Collins123
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On Nov 13, 3:52 am, "VRG Scotty" <vrg-sco...@xxxxxx>
wrote:
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> "John" <johnrubb...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> news:O6$hW4UJIHA.3916@xxxxxx
>
Quote:

> > all i get is it to start loading then it just stops on titile screen and
> > says bfme 2 has stopped working looking for a solution. I have tried
> > checking the admin box turning off the the uac and it still doesnt work. I
> > have update the patches for it and am running the lastest drivers for my
> > graphics card. I have followed EAs advice in there forum. I have followed
> > VG scottys ideas but still cannot get it to work.
>
> We are working on it now John, will let you know.
> --
> VRG Scotty
>
> www.vistareadygames.com
> Register, it's free, checkout the Xbox section.
Hey VRG Scotty, i have exactly the same problem as john (bfme2 not
running on windows vista), did you end up solving it? If so, could you
please tell me.



Cheers, Sean
Old 11-17-2007   #8 (permalink)
VRG Scotty
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<123Collins123@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hey VRG Scotty, i have exactly the same problem as john (bfme2 not
> running on windows vista), did you end up solving it? If so, could you
> please tell me.
Right I installed the game on my machine, and it went in just fine (I also
have UAC turned off and didn't bother running it in compat mode) and ran
without a problem, so I also installed it on my laptop and also it was fine,
so I'm waiting for a colleague to test it on his machine and see if we can
get it to fail, it's frustrating that we can't get it to fail (I know it
sounds strange) as I really want to sort this problem out.
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Old 11-17-2007   #9 (permalink)
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On Nov 17, 9:32 pm, "VRG Scotty" <vrg-sco...@xxxxxx>
wrote:
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> <123Collins...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> news:dbf692e5-6c20-4096-928b-12321b437e73@xxxxxx
>
Quote:

> > Hey VRG Scotty, i have exactly the same problem as john (bfme2 not
> > running on windows vista), did you end up solving it? If so, could you
> > please tell me.
>
> Right I installed the game on my machine, and it went in just fine (I also
> have UAC turned off and didn't bother running it in compat mode) and ran
> without a problem, so I also installed it on my laptop and also it was fine,
> so I'm waiting for a colleague to test it on his machine and see if we can
> get it to fail, it's frustrating that we can't get it to fail (I know it
> sounds strange) as I really want to sort this problem out.
> --
> VRG Scotty
>
> www.vistareadygames.com
> Register, it's free, and use the 'search for solution' tab for any problems
Thanks man, i appreciate it.


Sean
Old 11-18-2007   #10 (permalink)
VRG Scotty
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<123Collins123@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Nov 17, 9:32 pm, "VRG Scotty" <vrg-sco...@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
Quote:
Quote:

>> Right I installed the game on my machine, and it went in just fine (I
>> also
>> have UAC turned off and didn't bother running it in compat mode) and ran
>> without a problem, so I also installed it on my laptop and also it was
>> fine,
>> so I'm waiting for a colleague to test it on his machine and see if we
>> can
>> get it to fail, it's frustrating that we can't get it to fail (I know it
>> sounds strange) as I really want to sort this problem out.
Quote:

>
> Thanks man, i appreciate it.
OK so we installed the game on my colleagues machine and it froze at startup
(great we thought, we have the problem) so we turned off UAC, still no joy,
ran in compat mode, still no joy, then we gave the game exe and dat files
full permissions and atfer about a minute of watching the splash screen for
the game it fired into life and worked fine.
So here's the fix that worked for us (taken from VRG as suggested by
Janesty)

Right click the lotrbfme2.exe and go to properities, and then goto the
Security tab, and look and the level of permissions for your user account.
On mine only 'Read and execute' and 'Read' were checked. I gave full
permissions to lotrbfme2.exe and game.dat and restarted the game.

Hope this also works for you guys.
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