After installing AOE, when i open it the graphics don't all appear. for
example, the buildings and cliffs appear black.  also, random things like
treasure and animals apear in a clearish yellow color (only their
silhouette). After about a minute of playing, the game closes and an ...

While playing a casino slot machine game on the computor, Window kicks me
out. I get a blue screen with a msg which states that I may have to disable
my BIOS
caching and shadowing. It also gives me error codes 0X00000008E (0XC00000005,

I have a few dos games that are quite old and run on windows95/98 but
not on xp.  I can get a few to run but with no sound.  I've downloaded
dosbox (but not sure what to do with it, all I have is a screen with
"z:" on it) and also tried running the programs through VDMS but I

I'm having a problem running a game in XP Pro.  The game has installed
properly but when I click on the desktop icon to start the game, the 'hour
glass' spins as if it's starting up and then it just does nothing.  I have a
few other games that I have recently obtained and they ...

I'm running WinXP Pro and am having trouble running a game. The game itself
has installed properly but when I click on the game icon on the desktop to
launch it the 'hour glass' spins a little as if it's starting up then
just.... nothing. It doesn't start. The game is Alien Vs ...

While playing a casino slot machine off a CD, WindowsXP kicked me out with
this msg:
ERROR SIGNATURE
APPNAME: LOBBY.EXE

When trying to run the Direct X Diagnostic Tool, to troubleshoot a game
problem, I receive the following error message:
Dxdiag.exe-Bad Image
The application or DLL c:\windows\system32\dxdiagn.dll is not a valid

i've been trying to play this game "operation flashpoint" and on my
preferences window of the game is detecting a wrong cpu ("intel pentium pro
sse 2786.8 MHz"instead of "intel celeron 2.8MHz)what i believe to be the
cause of the problem.i  experience constant crashs, slow gaming ...

i have a dell 2400 xp trying to run jfiv.when i try to play sim screen comes
up black flickers goes to full screen black again.i go to task manager and it
says jf4.exe progam not responding.then i get warning dder surface
lost.computer freezes and i can only shutdown with front ...

I'm looking for an official Microsoft solution to run Age of Empires II
without a CD. I have a tiny Dell Latitude laptop with an external CD drive,
which suffice to say I don't always connect when I travel. Forcing me to run
the game with the CD in the drive (after I've gone out ...

We are trying to load the Sims 2 and the Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff for my
daughter.  However, we have a VIA/S3G Uni Chrome Pro IGP video card which is
not compatible. Please tell me what I need to do in very simple terms to make
this work for her.  I'm not very computer literate so ...

I really enjoy the classic Tetris game that I've moved from computer to
computer as I've upgraded over the years BUT it's lost its sound.  When a row
is cleared, the program used to make a "ping" sound.  Is there something
somewhere that I need to tweek in order to resolve a ...

Does anyone know what a general application error means ?  or no valid
texture format?  
this happened after I downloaded atlantis quest and tried to play it i
received this error.  

hi im having trouble with call of duty 2 i have a wireless router  and a very
good internet connection downstairs when try to go on  a lot of  servers it
wont let me on  because my ping is to high is there anything i can do about
this