BFME2

Game is fully installed.
On start up the splash screens appear and then it asks me to install the
correct cdrom in the drive although the correct cd is in.
Tried installing the game onto a virtual drive but it only gets as far as
the splash screen and the stops.
Any one that has this game running on Vista 32bit, I would app any feed back.
Dave.

ZOOSTORM INTEL DUOCORE E6700 @2.67GHZ
MSI P6N SLI MB
2 GB DDR RAM
300 GB SATA
2X NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GTS X SLI
WRITEMASTER DVD/CDROM
XEROX 22" WS MONITOR
REALTEK HD AUDIO

No problems with it on my system, installs and plays as expected, the only
thing that doesn't work right is the patcher, which EA have acknowledged.

Have you got more than one DVD drive, have you installed it previously using
the same drive?

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
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"KARNAK" <KARNAK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:70D414AD-8B15-4FD2-AB39-1E0B547472F3@microsoft.com...
> Game is fully installed.
> On start up the splash screens appear and then it asks me to install the
> correct cdrom in the drive although the correct cd is in.
> Tried installing the game onto a virtual drive but it only gets as far as
> the splash screen and the stops.
> Any one that has this game running on Vista 32bit, I would app any feed
> back.
> Dave.
>
> ZOOSTORM INTEL DUOCORE E6700 @2.67GHZ
> MSI P6N SLI MB
> 2 GB DDR RAM
> 300 GB SATA
> 2X NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GTS X SLI
> WRITEMASTER DVD/CDROM
> XEROX 22" WS MONITOR
> REALTEK HD AUDIO

Only one dvd drive on system -- all other 'Vista' games work ok on this drive,
Stalker, C&C Tib Wars, Dark Messiah, Half-Life 2.
Game seems to install ok but will not fully boot - stops at splash screen
Tried running as admin and in xp compat mode, still nogo.
I have been playing this game for months on my old xp machine and because it
is listed as compat with Vista I thought I would carry on playing -- wrong!
Dave

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> No problems with it on my system, installs and plays as expected, the only
> thing that doesn't work right is the patcher, which EA have acknowledged.
>
> Have you got more than one DVD drive, have you installed it previously using
> the same drive?
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
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> "KARNAK" <KARNAK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:70D414AD-8B15-4FD2-AB39-1E0B547472F3@microsoft.com...
> > Game is fully installed.
> > On start up the splash screens appear and then it asks me to install the
> > correct cdrom in the drive although the correct cd is in.
> > Tried installing the game onto a virtual drive but it only gets as far as
> > the splash screen and the stops.
> > Any one that has this game running on Vista 32bit, I would app any feed
> > back.
> > Dave.
> >
> > ZOOSTORM INTEL DUOCORE E6700 @2.67GHZ
> > MSI P6N SLI MB
> > 2 GB DDR RAM
> > 300 GB SATA
> > 2X NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GTS X SLI
> > WRITEMASTER DVD/CDROM
> > XEROX 22" WS MONITOR
> > REALTEK HD AUDIO
>
>

"KARNAK" <KARNAK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Only one dvd drive on system -- all other 'Vista' games work ok on this
> drive,
> Stalker, C&C Tib Wars, Dark Messiah, Half-Life 2.
> Game seems to install ok but will not fully boot - stops at splash screen

Have you just tried leaving it on the splash screen for a few minutes?

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Tried that - Left on and get message that windows is looking for a solution
-- to no avail.
Just tried running the game from an external Freecom dvd and get same
problem as internal startup.

Dave.
"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "KARNAK" <KARNAK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A5A37AD1-3BBD-429B-AEF6-A7E537C440CB@microsoft.com...
> > Only one dvd drive on system -- all other 'Vista' games work ok on this
> > drive,
> > Stalker, C&C Tib Wars, Dark Messiah, Half-Life 2.
> > Game seems to install ok but will not fully boot - stops at splash screen
>
> Have you just tried leaving it on the splash screen for a few minutes?
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
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>
>

ps the event log is showing that this is closing with event id1000
Any use to you for diagnosis.
Dave.

"KARNAK" wrote:

> Tried that - Left on and get message that windows is looking for a solution
> -- to no avail.
> Just tried running the game from an external Freecom dvd and get same
> problem as internal startup.
>
> Dave.
> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>
> > "KARNAK" <KARNAK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A5A37AD1-3BBD-429B-AEF6-A7E537C440CB@microsoft.com...
> > > Only one dvd drive on system -- all other 'Vista' games work ok on this
> > > drive,
> > > Stalker, C&C Tib Wars, Dark Messiah, Half-Life 2.
> > > Game seems to install ok but will not fully boot - stops at splash screen
> >
> > Have you just tried leaving it on the splash screen for a few minutes?
> >
> > --
> > Paul Smith,
> > Yeovil, UK.
> > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> > http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> > http://www.windowsresource.net/
> >
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> >
> >

Faulting application game.dat, version 1.6.2429.30210, time stamp 0x45185e33,
faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549bdc9,
exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00061ad5, process id 0xf18,
application start time 0x01c7b8ce346447aa.

This is also listed in error log.
Dave.

"KARNAK" wrote:

> ps the event log is showing that this is closing with event id1000
> Any use to you for diagnosis.
> Dave.
>
> "KARNAK" wrote:
>
> > Tried that - Left on and get message that windows is looking for a solution
> > -- to no avail.
> > Just tried running the game from an external Freecom dvd and get same
> > problem as internal startup.
> >
> > Dave.
> > "Paul Smith" wrote:
> >
> > > "KARNAK" <KARNAK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:A5A37AD1-3BBD-429B-AEF6-A7E537C440CB@microsoft.com...
> > > > Only one dvd drive on system -- all other 'Vista' games work ok on this
> > > > drive,
> > > > Stalker, C&C Tib Wars, Dark Messiah, Half-Life 2.
> > > > Game seems to install ok but will not fully boot - stops at splash screen
> > >
> > > Have you just tried leaving it on the splash screen for a few minutes?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Paul Smith,
> > > Yeovil, UK.
> > > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> > > http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> > > http://www.windowsresource.net/
> > >
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Paul,
EA has informed me that the problem could be rectified by using 'secpol.msc'
to change the admin settings of Vista Home Premium. This would be great but I
have just learnt that secpol.msc is not included with Home Premium, only
Ultimate.
**!!"""***
Dave.

Any ideas that might help.

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "KARNAK" <KARNAK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A5A37AD1-3BBD-429B-AEF6-A7E537C440CB@microsoft.com...
> > Only one dvd drive on system -- all other 'Vista' games work ok on this
> > drive,
> > Stalker, C&C Tib Wars, Dark Messiah, Half-Life 2.
> > Game seems to install ok but will not fully boot - stops at splash screen
>
> Have you just tried leaving it on the splash screen for a few minutes?
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
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