Vista Tutorial - Problems running games on Vista

I have Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4 on my computer but for some reason
when I load them the mouse cursor disappears. Obviously you can not play the
games without the mouse so how do I fix this?

AOE3 you should install patch in microsoft site .. It maybe can solve your
problem.
http://www.agecommunity.com/gameUpdates.aspx
If you did install it..then I have no idea.
Hope other can help.

"Tom Dawg" <Tom Dawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4 on my computer but for some
>reason
> when I load them the mouse cursor disappears. Obviously you can not play
> the
> games without the mouse so how do I fix this?

Make sure you have the newest drivers for your video card. AoE3 should work
out of the box with no patches (but patches do fix the other things!). I've
got it running on several Vista machines.

Since it is happening with both games, I suspect the video driver.

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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

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"Tom Dawg" <Tom Dawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4 on my computer but for some
>reason
> when I load them the mouse cursor disappears. Obviously you can not play
> the
> games without the mouse so how do I fix this?

I checked the drivers out on the site and it tells me that everything is up
to date. This computer is only a week old also and its a Dell XPS 410 with a
256mb ATI Radeon X1300. Intell dual duo core 6600 2.4GHZ thingy majig with
500GB ATA Serial II 7200 RPM. Now from my understanding this thing should
breeze through this stuff with no effort at all since its built for gaming.
So what the hell. I only really posted all that cuz im hoping it might help
one of you experts fix my problem. Anymore suggestions before the game goes
flying through the window?

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> Make sure you have the newest drivers for your video card. AoE3 should work
> out of the box with no patches (but patches do fix the other things!). I've
> got it running on several Vista machines.
>
> Since it is happening with both games, I suspect the video driver.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
> --
> "Tom Dawg" <Tom Dawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C1AF5E2F-597B-40C6-B557-F377A79B9E04@microsoft.com...
> >I have Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4 on my computer but for some
> >reason
> > when I load them the mouse cursor disappears. Obviously you can not play
> > the
> > games without the mouse so how do I fix this?
>

I dont need to update my video drivers according to Vista. This computer is
only a week old and its top of the line XPS 410 with just about every upgrade
in hardware and software. This thing was built for gaming specifically but
its not doing its job. Isnt there anyone that can help me before this thing
goes flying out the window?

"Tom Dawg" wrote:

> I have Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4 on my computer but for some reason
> when I load them the mouse cursor disappears. Obviously you can not play the
> games without the mouse so how do I fix this?

This may sound silly, but if you change mouse pointer scheme, does the
cursor then appear in your games?

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MVP Windows Shell/User

"Tom Dawg" <TomDawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06992786-4ADC-45B7-A7DA-D7D94F97F31E@microsoft.com...
>I dont need to update my video drivers according to Vista. This computer is
> only a week old and its top of the line XPS 410 with just about every
> upgrade
> in hardware and software. This thing was built for gaming specifically but
> its not doing its job. Isnt there anyone that can help me before this
> thing
> goes flying out the window?
>
> "Tom Dawg" wrote:
>
>> I have Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4 on my computer but for some
>> reason
>> when I load them the mouse cursor disappears. Obviously you can not play
>> the
>> games without the mouse so how do I fix this?

try running as an administrator or set compatibility mode for XP on


"Tom Dawg" <TomDawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06992786-4ADC-45B7-A7DA-D7D94F97F31E@microsoft.com...
>I dont need to update my video drivers according to Vista. This computer is
> only a week old and its top of the line XPS 410 with just about every
> upgrade
> in hardware and software. This thing was built for gaming specifically but
> its not doing its job. Isnt there anyone that can help me before this
> thing
> goes flying out the window?
>
> "Tom Dawg" wrote:
>
>> I have Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4 on my computer but for some
>> reason
>> when I load them the mouse cursor disappears. Obviously you can not play
>> the
>> games without the mouse so how do I fix this?

I am running AOE 3 on vista ultimate with no patches. I would also suspect
video card drivers as the likely culprit.

Regards,

Chris

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> Make sure you have the newest drivers for your video card. AoE3 should work
> out of the box with no patches (but patches do fix the other things!). I've
> got it running on several Vista machines.
>
> Since it is happening with both games, I suspect the video driver.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
> --
> "Tom Dawg" <Tom Dawg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C1AF5E2F-597B-40C6-B557-F377A79B9E04@microsoft.com...
> >I have Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4 on my computer but for some
> >reason
> > when I load them the mouse cursor disappears. Obviously you can not play
> > the
> > games without the mouse so how do I fix this?
>

I have similar problem with Doom3. My cursor runs out of screen, and i can't
control it. Patch can't fix it. Drivers up to date. E6600, abit ab9pro,
400giga samsung, 8800gts 320mb. STALKER goes nice. Any solutions or ideas?
On the end i installed dual boot with XP and i use xp for gaming and all
works great. So if you have problems with games on vista install xp for
gaming if you can. But it should run on Vista.

On Jun 3, 10:08 pm, Tom Dawg <Tom D...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I have Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4 on my computer but for some reason
> when I load them the mouse cursor disappears. Obviously you can not play the
> games without the mouse so how do I fix this?

I've experienced a different mouse problem. When I boot my computer,
my mouse doesn't want to work properly. I roll it over buttons on the
desktop (such as Start) and the buttons do not highlight. I also
cannot left click on most objects. But if I do a CTRL-ALT-DEL, then
right click on the background of the menu screen, then click CANCEL -
it works normally! I don't know why this works, but it seems to give
the mouse driver a good stiff kick. Perhaps it will work for you?

Yeah, I know, it's a longshot. But it's worth a try.