Vista - Problem with Age of Empires II

Has anyone found the solution yet ?!
I was able to play the game fine on a low spec win98 PC with a simple
Riva TNT 64 (does any one remember these??) and unable to do so on my
much higher spec winXP laptop with an ATI X1400 ...

really frustrating

Age of nations, AoE III and the rest are all ok ...
Just AoE II doesn't work ...

You bet I have directDraw!!
(dxdiag performed wonderfully!)

I even tried the stupid suggestions in MS Knowledge base ... of course
they didn't work ...

any help is appreciated ... i really miss this game!

oh sorry, i'm spanish and i haven't understand you

i have the same problem as everyone, i have a new toshiba laptop with a ati mobility radeon hd2600 with all ok, new drivers, last directx and all these things, i have tried a lot of things, i have searched the problem in three different languages in google for more results but nothing, everytime the same message, so what can we do? i hope i have tell all correctly

What to do? For a start, tell us WHAT the problem is! "The same problem as
everyone" is, you'll have to admit, rather all-encompassing....

my problem is when i run age of empires ii, a message says "Could not initialize graphics system. Make sure that your video card and driver are compatible with DirectDraw"

nothing?

I have a Windows Vista Home -32bit laptop. Just like OP.

I have the same problem as OP. Can somebody please tell me WHERE I can download these things? All the links on this thread are dead.

would be nice to get the link....I have emailed original poster..hope he post what he did

Hey thanks alot this has helped. I bow to your great knowledge and skill.