Vista - NFS: Carbon

First day with my Vista, after having a little fun with World of Warcraft, I
installed my recently bought NFS:C, but to my amazment, it installed but
failed to run.

On thought it might need a patch, a trip to EA, downloaded the 1.3 patch,
wacked it on, again after the EA logo it quits the program and Vista
reported the program is not working and the same advice to solve the problem
and close or just close. Well worth a try I thought, I clicked on the Solve
problem button but no luck. Anyone have the same problem? or is it just me.

My PC spec is rated 4.2, and I think it's half decent enought to run NFS:C,
can anyone shed some light on the matter?

You can do either one of two things. 1st is that you can rename the movies
dir to something else. This means you wont see some movies. Or you can set
the exe to win98me compatability mode.

Ken



"zetex" <yz83qq@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:08A0B8CA-5323-43A2-B898-D368E4A4A1CA@microsoft.com...
> First day with my Vista, after having a little fun with World of Warcraft,
> I installed my recently bought NFS:C, but to my amazment, it installed but
> failed to run.
>
> On thought it might need a patch, a trip to EA, downloaded the 1.3 patch,
> wacked it on, again after the EA logo it quits the program and Vista
> reported the program is not working and the same advice to solve the
> problem and close or just close. Well worth a try I thought, I clicked on
> the Solve problem button but no luck. Anyone have the same problem? or is
> it just me.
>
> My PC spec is rated 4.2, and I think it's half decent enought to run
> NFS:C, can anyone shed some light on the matter?

thanx for the great tip, both works. now i'm really confused, so what is
wrong with it? if codec wise, shouldn't it perform the same under anything
window?

i mean i've even tried running it under Win XP compatability mode and it
wouldn't work.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken" <notforu@sothere.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: Carbon


>
>
> You can do either one of two things. 1st is that you can rename the movies
> dir to something else. This means you wont see some movies. Or you can set
> the exe to win98me compatability mode.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> "zetex" <yz83qq@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:08A0B8CA-5323-43A2-B898-D368E4A4A1CA@microsoft.com...
>> First day with my Vista, after having a little fun with World of
>> Warcraft, I installed my recently bought NFS:C, but to my amazment, it
>> installed but failed to run.
>>
>> On thought it might need a patch, a trip to EA, downloaded the 1.3 patch,
>> wacked it on, again after the EA logo it quits the program and Vista
>> reported the program is not working and the same advice to solve the
>> problem and close or just close. Well worth a try I thought, I clicked on
>> the Solve problem button but no luck. Anyone have the same problem? or is
>> it just me.
>>
>> My PC spec is rated 4.2, and I think it's half decent enought to run
>> NFS:C, can anyone shed some light on the matter?
>

Would'nt have a clue. I only found out three days ago or so myself on how to
get it working. You couldnt get it to work at all under win xp? Thats odd

Ken


"zetex" <yz83qq@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uaS1pvGQHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> thanx for the great tip, both works. now i'm really confused, so what is
> wrong with it? if codec wise, shouldn't it perform the same under anything
> window?
>
> i mean i've even tried running it under Win XP compatability mode and it
> wouldn't work.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken" <notforu@sothere.com>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Carbon
>
>
>>
>>
>> You can do either one of two things. 1st is that you can rename the
>> movies dir to something else. This means you wont see some movies. Or you
>> can set the exe to win98me compatability mode.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>>
>> "zetex" <yz83qq@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:08A0B8CA-5323-43A2-B898-D368E4A4A1CA@microsoft.com...
>>> First day with my Vista, after having a little fun with World of
>>> Warcraft, I installed my recently bought NFS:C, but to my amazment, it
>>> installed but failed to run.
>>>
>>> On thought it might need a patch, a trip to EA, downloaded the 1.3
>>> patch, wacked it on, again after the EA logo it quits the program and
>>> Vista reported the program is not working and the same advice to solve
>>> the problem and close or just close. Well worth a try I thought, I
>>> clicked on the Solve problem button but no luck. Anyone have the same
>>> problem? or is it just me.
>>>
>>> My PC spec is rated 4.2, and I think it's half decent enought to run
>>> NFS:C, can anyone shed some light on the matter?
>>
>

no i mean under vista's winxp (sp2) compatability mode.

my old winxp works fine.

well thanx anyway =)

"Ken" <notforu@sothere.com> wrote in message
news:uWt%23T0GQHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Would'nt have a clue. I only found out three days ago or so myself on how
> to get it working. You couldnt get it to work at all under win xp? Thats
> odd
>
> Ken
>
>
> "zetex" <yz83qq@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uaS1pvGQHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> thanx for the great tip, both works. now i'm really confused, so what is
>> wrong with it? if codec wise, shouldn't it perform the same under
>> anything
>> window?
>>
>> i mean i've even tried running it under Win XP compatability mode and it
>> wouldn't work.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ken" <notforu@sothere.com>
>> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: Carbon
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can do either one of two things. 1st is that you can rename the
>>> movies dir to something else. This means you wont see some movies. Or
>>> you can set the exe to win98me compatability mode.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "zetex" <yz83qq@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:08A0B8CA-5323-43A2-B898-D368E4A4A1CA@microsoft.com...
>>>> First day with my Vista, after having a little fun with World of
>>>> Warcraft, I installed my recently bought NFS:C, but to my amazment, it
>>>> installed but failed to run.
>>>>
>>>> On thought it might need a patch, a trip to EA, downloaded the 1.3
>>>> patch, wacked it on, again after the EA logo it quits the program and
>>>> Vista reported the program is not working and the same advice to solve
>>>> the problem and close or just close. Well worth a try I thought, I
>>>> clicked on the Solve problem button but no luck. Anyone have the same
>>>> problem? or is it just me.
>>>>
>>>> My PC spec is rated 4.2, and I think it's half decent enought to run
>>>> NFS:C, can anyone shed some light on the matter?
>>>
>>
>

Oh that na that dont work because i tried it as well

Ken


"zetex" <yz83qq@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:A365301C-AADE-49C4-B93C-A0310B9D63FC@microsoft.com...
> no i mean under vista's winxp (sp2) compatability mode.
>
> my old winxp works fine.
>
> well thanx anyway =)
>
> "Ken" <notforu@sothere.com> wrote in message
> news:uWt%23T0GQHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Would'nt have a clue. I only found out three days ago or so myself on how
>> to get it working. You couldnt get it to work at all under win xp? Thats
>> odd
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>> "zetex" <yz83qq@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uaS1pvGQHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> thanx for the great tip, both works. now i'm really confused, so what is
>>> wrong with it? if codec wise, shouldn't it perform the same under
>>> anything
>>> window?
>>>
>>> i mean i've even tried running it under Win XP compatability mode and it
>>> wouldn't work.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ken" <notforu@sothere.com>
>>> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:07 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Carbon
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can do either one of two things. 1st is that you can rename the
>>>> movies dir to something else. This means you wont see some movies. Or
>>>> you can set the exe to win98me compatability mode.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "zetex" <yz83qq@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:08A0B8CA-5323-43A2-B898-D368E4A4A1CA@microsoft.com...
>>>>> First day with my Vista, after having a little fun with World of
>>>>> Warcraft, I installed my recently bought NFS:C, but to my amazment, it
>>>>> installed but failed to run.
>>>>>
>>>>> On thought it might need a patch, a trip to EA, downloaded the 1.3
>>>>> patch, wacked it on, again after the EA logo it quits the program and
>>>>> Vista reported the program is not working and the same advice to solve
>>>>> the problem and close or just close. Well worth a try I thought, I
>>>>> clicked on the Solve problem button but no luck. Anyone have the same
>>>>> problem? or is it just me.
>>>>>
>>>>> My PC spec is rated 4.2, and I think it's half decent enought to run
>>>>> NFS:C, can anyone shed some light on the matter?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>