Games worked before, why not now?

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I recently had a HD failure and had to reload x64. Before the failure, all my
games were working on x64, Joint Ops, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty 4, etc,
etc..
Now, after reloading the x64 operating system, non of my games work.
Activision states the game will not run on x64. HHHMMM, it was working
before the HD failure. They don't believe me. Now non of the games work on
x64.
Any guesses?
 
RE: Games worked before, why not now?

Hi,
What about the other games?
What is the error?
Give us some clues.
Carlos

"VertiTech" wrote:

> I recently had a HD failure and had to reload x64. Before the failure, all my
> games were working on x64, Joint Ops, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty 4, etc,
> etc..
> Now, after reloading the x64 operating system, non of my games work.
> Activision states the game will not run on x64. HHHMMM, it was working
> before the HD failure. They don't believe me. Now non of the games work on
> x64.
> Any guesses?
 
Re: Games worked before, why not now?

If you re-installed the OS, did you also install everything from the system
CD and the updates that you had? Did you also re-install all games?

What about the rest of your programs, app's and utilitites? They run
allright?


Tony. . .


"VertiTech" <VertiTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32AA75C7-AD07-4F29-9874-C9295B9AF0CD@microsoft.com...
>I recently had a HD failure and had to reload x64. Before the failure, all
>my
> games were working on x64, Joint Ops, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty 4, etc,
> etc..
> Now, after reloading the x64 operating system, non of my games work.
> Activision states the game will not run on x64. HHHMMM, it was working
> before the HD failure. They don't believe me. Now non of the games work on
> x64.
> Any guesses?
 
Re: Games worked before, why not now?

I installed OS & Direct X, let microsoft update automatically, installed x64
drivers for hardware and upgraded apps as needed like WMP and Explorer. Not
sure if I have covered all of the system CD. I will check it though.

The games try to start, but when they go through the Video adjustment flash
on screen, the program(game) just shuts down and my desk top re-apears. Some
times I get a messege that the game didn't shut down properly and ask's to
start in safe mode. It still kicks me out. I have also adjusted my video
settings manually down to 800 X 600 and started, no good. Most of this
testing has been with the Call of Duty 4. Brothers in Arms just says it's not
compatible with 64 bit systems. These games have run on x64 before. They all
are loading correctly to the x86 file.

I have upgraded my Dir X to 10 and will be upgrading my ATI catalyst to the
new 8.1
All other apps run correctly after being re-installed. I re-installed the
apps because my HD configuration and designation changed. So I should be able
to re-install the games to the new location as long as they were properly
uninstalled previously, yes?

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> If you re-installed the OS, did you also install everything from the system
> CD and the updates that you had? Did you also re-install all games?
>
> What about the rest of your programs, app's and utilitites? They run
> allright?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "VertiTech" <VertiTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:32AA75C7-AD07-4F29-9874-C9295B9AF0CD@microsoft.com...
> >I recently had a HD failure and had to reload x64. Before the failure, all
> >my
> > games were working on x64, Joint Ops, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty 4, etc,
> > etc..
> > Now, after reloading the x64 operating system, non of my games work.
> > Activision states the game will not run on x64. HHHMMM, it was working
> > before the HD failure. They don't believe me. Now non of the games work on
> > x64.
> > Any guesses?
>
>
>
 
Re: Games worked before, why not now?

I don't think you answered one of Tony's questions: Did you reinstall the
games themselves?




"VertiTech" <VertiTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FF79CF3B-3D9D-4251-8C24-7C2192AD847C@microsoft.com...
>I installed OS & Direct X, let microsoft update automatically, installed
>x64
> drivers for hardware and upgraded apps as needed like WMP and Explorer.
> Not
> sure if I have covered all of the system CD. I will check it though.
>
> The games try to start, but when they go through the Video adjustment
> flash
> on screen, the program(game) just shuts down and my desk top re-apears.
> Some
> times I get a messege that the game didn't shut down properly and ask's to
> start in safe mode. It still kicks me out. I have also adjusted my video
> settings manually down to 800 X 600 and started, no good. Most of this
> testing has been with the Call of Duty 4. Brothers in Arms just says it's
> not
> compatible with 64 bit systems. These games have run on x64 before. They
> all
> are loading correctly to the x86 file.
>
> I have upgraded my Dir X to 10 and will be upgrading my ATI catalyst to
> the
> new 8.1
> All other apps run correctly after being re-installed. I re-installed the
> apps because my HD configuration and designation changed. So I should be
> able
> to re-install the games to the new location as long as they were properly
> uninstalled previously, yes?
>
> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
>
>> If you re-installed the OS, did you also install everything from the
>> system
>> CD and the updates that you had? Did you also re-install all games?
>>
>> What about the rest of your programs, app's and utilitites? They run
>> allright?
>>
>>
>> Tony. . .
>>
>>
>> "VertiTech" <VertiTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:32AA75C7-AD07-4F29-9874-C9295B9AF0CD@microsoft.com...
>> >I recently had a HD failure and had to reload x64. Before the failure,
>> >all
>> >my
>> > games were working on x64, Joint Ops, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty 4,
>> > etc,
>> > etc..
>> > Now, after reloading the x64 operating system, non of my games work.
>> > Activision states the game will not run on x64. HHHMMM, it was working
>> > before the HD failure. They don't believe me. Now non of the games work
>> > on
>> > x64.
>> > Any guesses?
>>
>>
>>
 
Re: Games worked before, why not now?

VertiTech,
I am a little confused here.
What x64 OS are you running?
You say "I have upgraded my DirX to 10".
DirectX 10 is not a separate download and is embedded in Windows Vista x64.
There is no DX10 for Windows XP x64.
You also say you "reloaded the x64 operating system".
Did you install it again from scratch or you copied it from the failing HD?
Did you replace the failing HD with a new one and the new installation is
equal to the one you had before?
Carlos

"VertiTech" wrote:

> I installed OS & Direct X, let microsoft update automatically, installed x64
> drivers for hardware and upgraded apps as needed like WMP and Explorer. Not
> sure if I have covered all of the system CD. I will check it though.
>
> The games try to start, but when they go through the Video adjustment flash
> on screen, the program(game) just shuts down and my desk top re-apears. Some
> times I get a messege that the game didn't shut down properly and ask's to
> start in safe mode. It still kicks me out. I have also adjusted my video
> settings manually down to 800 X 600 and started, no good. Most of this
> testing has been with the Call of Duty 4. Brothers in Arms just says it's not
> compatible with 64 bit systems. These games have run on x64 before. They all
> are loading correctly to the x86 file.
>
> I have upgraded my Dir X to 10 and will be upgrading my ATI catalyst to the
> new 8.1
> All other apps run correctly after being re-installed. I re-installed the
> apps because my HD configuration and designation changed. So I should be able
> to re-install the games to the new location as long as they were properly
> uninstalled previously, yes?
>
> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
>
> > If you re-installed the OS, did you also install everything from the system
> > CD and the updates that you had? Did you also re-install all games?
> >
> > What about the rest of your programs, app's and utilitites? They run
> > allright?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> > "VertiTech" <VertiTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:32AA75C7-AD07-4F29-9874-C9295B9AF0CD@microsoft.com...
> > >I recently had a HD failure and had to reload x64. Before the failure, all
> > >my
> > > games were working on x64, Joint Ops, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty 4, etc,
> > > etc..
> > > Now, after reloading the x64 operating system, non of my games work.
> > > Activision states the game will not run on x64. HHHMMM, it was working
> > > before the HD failure. They don't believe me. Now non of the games work on
> > > x64.
> > > Any guesses?
> >
> >
> >
 
Re: Games worked before, why not now?

I have fixed it with 8.1 ATI driver that included Steam. Steam must have been
left out on the file transfer.

I replaced the failing HD with a greater HD but with a new location
designation, so I reloaded XP X64 from scratch. This is where the Steam files
must have gotten droped.

Thx

"Carlos" wrote:

> VertiTech,
> I am a little confused here.
> What x64 OS are you running?
> You say "I have upgraded my DirX to 10".
> DirectX 10 is not a separate download and is embedded in Windows Vista x64.
> There is no DX10 for Windows XP x64.
> You also say you "reloaded the x64 operating system".
> Did you install it again from scratch or you copied it from the failing HD?
> Did you replace the failing HD with a new one and the new installation is
> equal to the one you had before?
> Carlos
>
> "VertiTech" wrote:
>
> > I installed OS & Direct X, let microsoft update automatically, installed x64
> > drivers for hardware and upgraded apps as needed like WMP and Explorer. Not
> > sure if I have covered all of the system CD. I will check it though.
> >
> > The games try to start, but when they go through the Video adjustment flash
> > on screen, the program(game) just shuts down and my desk top re-apears. Some
> > times I get a messege that the game didn't shut down properly and ask's to
> > start in safe mode. It still kicks me out. I have also adjusted my video
> > settings manually down to 800 X 600 and started, no good. Most of this
> > testing has been with the Call of Duty 4. Brothers in Arms just says it's not
> > compatible with 64 bit systems. These games have run on x64 before. They all
> > are loading correctly to the x86 file.
> >
> > I have upgraded my Dir X to 10 and will be upgrading my ATI catalyst to the
> > new 8.1
> > All other apps run correctly after being re-installed. I re-installed the
> > apps because my HD configuration and designation changed. So I should be able
> > to re-install the games to the new location as long as they were properly
> > uninstalled previously, yes?
> >
> > "Tony Sperling" wrote:
> >
> > > If you re-installed the OS, did you also install everything from the system
> > > CD and the updates that you had? Did you also re-install all games?
> > >
> > > What about the rest of your programs, app's and utilitites? They run
> > > allright?
> > >
> > >
> > > Tony. . .
> > >
> > >
> > > "VertiTech" <VertiTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:32AA75C7-AD07-4F29-9874-C9295B9AF0CD@microsoft.com...
> > > >I recently had a HD failure and had to reload x64. Before the failure, all
> > > >my
> > > > games were working on x64, Joint Ops, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty 4, etc,
> > > > etc..
> > > > Now, after reloading the x64 operating system, non of my games work.
> > > > Activision states the game will not run on x64. HHHMMM, it was working
> > > > before the HD failure. They don't believe me. Now non of the games work on
> > > > x64.
> > > > Any guesses?
> > >
> > >
> > >
 
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