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Dungeon Keeper 1 on Vista???? Possible???
Hi,
I am trying to install one of my absolute fave games on Vista Home Basic and it installes perfectly but just wont run... I get the first screen of the game and then it just crash. I don't get any error message or anything of such. It just stop working... now I know its a VERY old game but is there ANY way to make this game work??? I love this game so much, can't get sick of it... hate to think its all over... Dungeon Keeper 2 is working fine but its not the same... Sometimes you just find a game that captures your heart and it sticks with you... for me those games are tetris, dungeon keeper 1 and mahajong... can never get sick of any of them... now Keeper wont work and it breaks my heart since Vista has been sooooooooooooooooooooo nice to me so far... havent had much of those problems you are suppose to get with this OS... Plz help... someone????? |
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Dungeon Keeper 1 on Vista???? Possible???
Have you tried running in administrator mode? Right-click and select "run as
administrator" Another idea, check the application event log and see if there is an event. Right-click on "computer" and select "manage", then open "Event viewer", "windows logs", "Application" and see if there is any errors that show up. It might give a clue. Hope that helps! Mark "esmnh" wrote in message ... Hi, I am trying to install one of my absolute fave games on Vista Home Basic and it installes perfectly but just wont run... I get the first screen of the game and then it just crash. I don't get any error message or anything of such. It just stop working... now I know its a VERY old game but is there ANY way to make this game work??? I love this game so much, can't get sick of it... hate to think its all over... Dungeon Keeper 2 is working fine but its not the same... Sometimes you just find a game that captures your heart and it sticks with you... for me those games are tetris, dungeon keeper 1 and mahajong... can never get sick of any of them... now Keeper wont work and it breaks my heart since Vista has been sooooooooooooooooooooo nice to me so far... havent had much of those problems you are suppose to get with this OS... Plz help... someone????? |
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Dungeon Keeper 1 on Vista???? Possible???
Mark... thanks for trying but I have tried everything... including joing
Vista Ready Games forum and it turns out that not even the experts there could get the game to run anymore... It seems like my computer has been upgraded too much or something... "Mark" wrote: Have you tried running in administrator mode? Right-click and select "run as administrator" Another idea, check the application event log and see if there is an event. Right-click on "computer" and select "manage", then open "Event viewer", "windows logs", "Application" and see if there is any errors that show up. It might give a clue. Hope that helps! Mark "esmnh" wrote in message ... Hi, I am trying to install one of my absolute fave games on Vista Home Basic and it installes perfectly but just wont run... I get the first screen of the game and then it just crash. I don't get any error message or anything of such. It just stop working... now I know its a VERY old game but is there ANY way to make this game work??? I love this game so much, can't get sick of it... hate to think its all over... Dungeon Keeper 2 is working fine but its not the same... Sometimes you just find a game that captures your heart and it sticks with you... for me those games are tetris, dungeon keeper 1 and mahajong... can never get sick of any of them... now Keeper wont work and it breaks my heart since Vista has been sooooooooooooooooooooo nice to me so far... havent had much of those problems you are suppose to get with this OS... Plz help... someone????? |
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Dungeon Keeper 1 on Vista???? Possible???
"esmnh" wrote in message
... Hi, I am trying to install one of my absolute fave games on Vista Home Basic and it installes perfectly but just wont run... I get the first screen of the game and then it just crash. I don't get any error message or anything of such. It just stop working... now I know its a VERY old game but is there ANY way to make this game work??? I love this game so much, can't get sick of it... hate to think its all over... Dungeon Keeper 2 is working fine but its not the same... Sometimes you just find a game that captures your heart and it sticks with you... for me those games are tetris, dungeon keeper 1 and mahajong... can never get sick of any of them... now Keeper wont work and it breaks my heart since Vista has been sooooooooooooooooooooo nice to me so far... havent had much of those problems you are suppose to get with this OS... Great game, SOOOO HARD, espically the expansion pack where each mission took like 2-4 hours, was crazy challenging. Wish I had troubleshooting for you, but I can't even recall if this is a dos or windows based game. Good luck, oh post your system specs with your problem, every time, could be hardware related. |
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Dungeon Keeper 1 on Vista???? Possible???
Well, if you are really desperate you can always try the Microsoft
Application Compatibility Toolkit. It has an entry for Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2, so there is a good chance you can get it running. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have been updated for Vista yet and the built-in fixes don't always work, but its a try. Running the MACT is a little tough to figure out but it allows the system to ignore (essentially to turn on and off) old features that no longer function. I've used it with some old games and got them running but it is kind of a hit-and-miss process. Looking at the built-in fix, it appears that sound is a major element of what they were solving. You might try running the game without any sound at all and see if it will run. You can download the MACT at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Hope that helps! Mark "esmnh" wrote in message ... Mark... thanks for trying but I have tried everything... including joing Vista Ready Games forum and it turns out that not even the experts there could get the game to run anymore... It seems like my computer has been upgraded too much or something... |
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Dungeon Keeper 1 on Vista???? Possible???
Believe it or not Mark but I have already tried that... I seriously doubt
there is an advice that people here on Vista can give me that they havent given me already after I posted my first help post here... I tried that one and so did the admins at Vista Ready Game forum and we all came up with the same result... NADA... game wont start... Thanks anyway but I think its time for Dungeon Keeper to die.... "Mark" wrote: Well, if you are really desperate you can always try the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit. It has an entry for Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2, so there is a good chance you can get it running. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have been updated for Vista yet and the built-in fixes don't always work, but its a try. Running the MACT is a little tough to figure out but it allows the system to ignore (essentially to turn on and off) old features that no longer function. I've used it with some old games and got them running but it is kind of a hit-and-miss process. Looking at the built-in fix, it appears that sound is a major element of what they were solving. You might try running the game without any sound at all and see if it will run. You can download the MACT at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Hope that helps! Mark "esmnh" wrote in message ... Mark... thanks for trying but I have tried everything... including joing Vista Ready Games forum and it turns out that not even the experts there could get the game to run anymore... It seems like my computer has been upgraded too much or something... |
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Dungeon Keeper 1 on Vista???? Possible???
"esmnh" wrote in message
... Believe it or not Mark but I have already tried that... I seriously doubt there is an advice that people here on Vista can give me that they havent given me already after I posted my first help post here... I tried that one and so did the admins at Vista Ready Game forum and we all came up with the same result... NADA... game wont start... Thanks anyway but I think its time for Dungeon Keeper to die.... Try Overlord maybe? From the game descriptions the themes sound similar to DK... If I can find a copy of DK tonight I'll give it a whirl Esmnh. -A. |
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Dungeon Keeper 1 on Vista???? Possible???
On Aug 25, 7:42 pm, esmnh wrote:
Hi, I am trying to install one of my absolute fave games onVistaHome Basic and it installes perfectly but just wont run... I get the first screen of the game and then it just crash. I don't get any error message or anything of such. It just stop working... now I know its a VERY old game but is there ANY way to make this game work??? I love this game so much, can't get sick of it... hate to think its all over...DungeonKeeper2is working fine but its not the same... Sometimes you just find a game that captures your heart and it sticks with you... for me those games are tetris,dungeonkeeper1 and mahajong... can never get sick of any of them... nowKeeperwont work and it breaks my heart sinceVistahas been sooooooooooooooooooooo nice to me so far... havent had much of those problems you are suppose to get with this OS... Plz help... someone????? Hi there. Believe it or not, I just finished the entire game again (for the nth time), but this time on Vista! I was having the exact same issues as you, crashing, freezing... then I went into the Windows DEP (Window key+pause - Advanced System Settings - Performace tab, Settings - Data Execution Prevention tab - Add) then add the Keeper95.exe to the list. Then go into the program file Keeper95.exe, right click it and choose compatibility - Windows XP SP2. Now after all this, if I run the game from the shortcut it won't work! You have to go into the program files\bullfrog\keeper\ and run the game by directly clicking on keeper95.exe. Weird, but worked every time! Good luck! Now as a payback, I would appreciate if you can tell me how you got Keeper 2 to work on Vista! Mine will only load if it's set to W2K compatibility but then freezes frequently, it's unplayable.. Thanks in advance! |
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Dungeon Keeper 1 on Vista???? Possible???
Dont let dungeon keeper die, i also had this problem when i upgraded to vista, but i found a soloution. Dont know if you have tried this but, there is a program called dosbox I used this it allowed me to play my all time fav on vista it emulates DOS and allows you to play the games through the emulator Heres the download link : 'DOSBox, a x86 emulator with DOS' (http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1) If you have any probs ask me and ill help you to the best of my ability -- kairu10 |
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