Vista - games crashing

i have recently bought a few games to be used on my new pc. But for some
reason the games keep crashing, Saying "an error has caused the programe to
close and windows will let me what the problem is"
but i never get any reply`s.
i check problem reports and solutions on the control panel but nothing.
any help anyone, please

Video card: nvidia geforce 8800gt
sound card:X-Fi Extreme gamer sound card
Intel CoreT 2 Duo E6420 Duel Core Processor 2.13GHz
DirectX 10.
2048MB Memory

Hello,

What are the games that are crashing? Are they games that require DX10 or
DX9? In most cases games need DX 9 (that's they reason they work fine on
XP), so you will have to install DirectX 9 in order for them to work
properly.

--
Hope this helps,
Rishi
email: rishi@vista-news.com | web: http://vista-news.com


"Bear" <Bear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:18A46FE8-1603-405E-A6D4-D3D14D0C39C8@microsoft.com...
>i have recently bought a few games to be used on my new pc. But for some
> reason the games keep crashing, Saying "an error has caused the programe
> to
> close and windows will let me what the problem is"
> but i never get any reply`s.
> i check problem reports and solutions on the control panel but nothing.
> any help anyone, please
>
> Video card: nvidia geforce 8800gt
> sound card:X-Fi Extreme gamer sound card
> Intel CoreT 2 Duo E6420 Duel Core Processor 2.13GHz
> DirectX 10.
> 2048MB Memory
>
>
>

"Rishi" <rishi@vista-news.com> wrote in message
news:23A1D7AF-AE90-46DB-9AEB-0BD992D1BDB6@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> What are the games that are crashing? Are they games that require DX10 or
> DX9? In most cases games need DX 9 (that's they reason they work fine on
> XP), so you will have to install DirectX 9 in order for them to work
> properly.
>
>> Video card: nvidia geforce 8800gt
>> sound card:X-Fi Extreme gamer sound card
>> Intel CoreT 2 Duo E6420 Duel Core Processor 2.13GHz
>> DirectX 10.
>> 2048MB Memory

There could be other reasons the games aren't working, but Rishi has a
point, you should go to http://www.microsoft.com/directx and download the
latest directx (Vista doesn't come with a lot of DirectX 9 files).

Other than that do a search in these newsgroups, chances are someone has
talked about your game already, i'm sure you can find a solution if you just
poke around.

-A.

Without much information to go on, its difficult to troubleshoot and diagnose
each problematic game.

"Bear" wrote:

> i have recently bought a few games to be used on my new pc. But for some
> reason the games keep crashing, Saying "an error has caused the programe to
> close and windows will let me what the problem is"
> but i never get any reply`s.
> i check problem reports and solutions on the control panel but nothing.
> any help anyone, please
>
> Video card: nvidia geforce 8800gt
> sound card:X-Fi Extreme gamer sound card
> Intel CoreT 2 Duo E6420 Duel Core Processor 2.13GHz
> DirectX 10.
> 2048MB Memory
>
>
>

- what game, please post the names.
- are you sure they are windows vista compatible?
- try installing them by running the setup in compatibility mode on windows XP SP2.
- reinstall the video card drivers.
- try a lower resolution

"motarola2" wrote:

>
> - what game, please post the names.
> - are you sure they are windows vista compatible?
> - try installing them by running the setup in compatibility mode on
> windows XP SP2.
> - reinstall the video card drivers.
> - try a lower resolution
>
>
> --
> motarola2


>Hi Motorola 2

2 of the games are XP (Sid Meiers railroads (new Version, DX9), Hotel Giant,
DX8) and 1 game is XP but with Vista Compatable ( Sim City 3000 UK edition,
DX7).

i will try your other suggestions

Hi

The games are, Sid Meiers Railroads (XP version, DX 9) Hotel Manager (XP
version, DX 8) and Sim City 3000 (XP version but compatable with vista, DX7)

Bear

"IceHockeyJason" wrote:

> Without much information to go on, its difficult to troubleshoot and diagnose
> each problematic game.
>
> "Bear" wrote:
>
> > i have recently bought a few games to be used on my new pc. But for some
> > reason the games keep crashing, Saying "an error has caused the programe to
> > close and windows will let me what the problem is"
> > but i never get any reply`s.
> > i check problem reports and solutions on the control panel but nothing.
> > any help anyone, please
> >
> > Video card: nvidia geforce 8800gt
> > sound card:X-Fi Extreme gamer sound card
> > Intel CoreT 2 Duo E6420 Duel Core Processor 2.13GHz
> > DirectX 10.
> > 2048MB Memory
> >
> >
> >

"Andy" wrote:

> "Rishi" <rishi@vista-news.com> wrote in message
> news:23A1D7AF-AE90-46DB-9AEB-0BD992D1BDB6@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > What are the games that are crashing? Are they games that require DX10 or
> > DX9? In most cases games need DX 9 (that's they reason they work fine on
> > XP), so you will have to install DirectX 9 in order for them to work
> > properly.
> >
> >> Video card: nvidia geforce 8800gt
> >> sound card:X-Fi Extreme gamer sound card
> >> Intel CoreT 2 Duo E6420 Duel Core Processor 2.13GHz
> >> DirectX 10.
> >> 2048MB Memory
>
> There could be other reasons the games aren't working, but Rishi has a
> point, you should go to http://www.microsoft.com/directx and download the
> latest directx (Vista doesn't come with a lot of DirectX 9 files).
>
> Other than that do a search in these newsgroups, chances are someone has
> talked about your game already, i'm sure you can find a solution if you just
> poke around.
>
> -A.
>
The Games are: Sid Meiers Railroads (XP Version, DX9), Hotel Giant (XP
Version, DX8) and Sim City 3000 UK Version (XP but Vista Compatable, DX 7).

i have downloaded DX9 but still no joy. Its not that the games will not
install then run, they do, they can go for hours, but they will still crash.

Bear

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