help with xp and games not playing after install

[dijer]

Hi im running xp home edition and i have tried to get heaps of games to play on it the most recent being battelfield 1942 and throne of darkness. It lets me install them but when i go to play them they either dont do anything or keep telling me to put the cd in when its already in there. I have updated my graphics drivers but to no avail, my friend tried them on his which is also running xp home and they run fine so i cant figure out why they wont play on mine here is a copy of my diagnostic report.

Report Date: 05,14,2003
Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 15:33:16
Driver Version: 6.13.01.2872
Operating System: Windows NT* 5.1.2600
Default Language: English (United States)
DirectX* Version: 8.0
Physical Memory: 253 MB
Processor: x86 family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1
Processor Speed: 1196 MHZ
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x7125
Device Revision: 3


* Accelerator Information *

Accelerator In Use: Intel(R) 82810E Graphics Controller
Video BIOS:2438

Any help would be appriciated:confused: :(

[Morpher]

Looks like you are having problems with your cdrom drive recognizing cd copy protecions.

[dijer]

mmm...interesting so how do i fix that can u give me more info please? but why wont my other game do nothing after install when i go to play it?

[Tone]

have you got all of the updates for xp? like Morpher said, sounds like a problem with auto detect in your cdrom, or your cdrom is on its way out unfortunatly

[Dr.MAD]

It is probably because of the protection of the games. Many protected games can only be run from certain types of CD-Rom drives if you play them with a copy.
For Example, SafeDisk 2 protected games which have been copied with CloneCD can only be run from a standard CD-Rom drive and not from a CD-Writer if no crack is applied (this is only an example). Have you cracked all the games?

I suggest you get yourself another CD-Rom drive anyway. And ask your comrade what XP updates he has (what version it currently is) and see if your version is the same.

[knackers]

I'de also like to know weather the games are back up copies
If bf1942 requires direct x 8.1
If the file format of your hdd is fat 32 or ntfs
Is your graphics card compatable
All these can create probs so get some answers and reply

[dijer]

Hi bf1942 does require directx8.1 and i have directx9 i dont know what sort of hdd i have and my graphics card does meet the reqirments i have also updated my drivers.It is a back up cd and i have installed the backup cd patch and now it goes to play then goes back to the windows screen so im at a loss i have tryed everything

[dijer]

sorry and as for throne of darkness i now have got that 1 running fine it is on battlefield im having trouble with now

[hank 900]

:flame:

Totally agree. Makes us $%#^@**&^%) mad. We have Throne of Darkness and Enclave. Both will not run on XP Home or Pro. Called all the help desk...they said it was seeing the video card as a copy attempt and shutting down. Laptop, A********.

Anyone help out there?

Bob & Travis

[IcIrIs]

With battlefield they have a new protection which checks what type of CD is in the cdrom drive. So if it is a burnt copy then it will kick in the protection and you wont be able to play, you need to use a Vertual CD Drive. That is how i am doing it.

[Lidor_Ba]

Mayb just buy a new cd-rom? i dunno

[Dr.MAD]

Try to run the game from the original. If it works from the original, maybe you just made a bad copy.

[knackers]

I didnt have any probs backing up bf 1942 1/1 using clone cd and a lite on
However dijer needs to check if he has xp on fat 32 or ntfs.
Because ntfs will give him all sorts of probs
I have also found that you get all sorts of probs with gaming on xp if you use the xp disk to partition and format.
Now I set up all computers using a 98 boot disk to partition and format .
xp disk just to load the os
havent had a problem since