Doom 3 wont work with windows 7 64 bit???

[cliobritt]

doom 3 demo wont work, everytime i launch it windows tells me its stopped working and searches for a soloution, i have latest updates and drivers - also latest drivers for windows.

any ideas?

 

[JackoR26]

Try running it in compatibility mode, right click the shortcut, go to properties, go to compatibility tab and try windows xp or vista sp2

 

[cliobritt]

So 7 has xp mode built in then?

 

[sargey]

Yup.

 

[Darren S]

Try running it in compatibility mode, right click the shortcut, go to properties, go to compatibility tab and try windows xp or vista sp2

That should fix it. I remember it didn't work with Vista either, unless you ran it in compatibility mode....

https://activision.custhelp.com/cgi...F9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD12aXN0YQ!!&p_li=&p_topview=1

So 7 has xp mode built in then?

Only the Professional version has, iirc. And its shat. A clever half-baked attempt by Microsoft to provide a token gesture for XP, but ideally wanting to get people off XP.

It works.... kind of, and its far from fool-proof.

D.

 

[@Spoonie]

Only the Professional version has, iirc. And its shat. A clever half-baked attempt by Microsoft to provide a token gesture for XP, but ideally wanting to get people off XP.

It works.... kind of, and its far from fool-proof.

D.

XP Mode is Virtual PC with a full blown version of XP as a guest image, hardly half baked.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/windows-xp-mode.aspx?tabid=2&catid=5

 

[Mike_182]

XP Mode is Virtual PC with a full blown version of XP as a guest image, hardly half baked.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/windows-xp-mode.aspx?tabid=2&catid=5

Aye, what he said. Windows XP Mode is f**king ace. Enables me to run Windows XP/Office 2003 to recreate any issues users experience without having to put up with that s**t on a daily basis.

 

[Darren S]

XP Mode is Virtual PC with a full blown version of XP as a guest image, hardly half baked.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/windows-xp-mode.aspx?tabid=2&catid=5

Aye, what he said. Windows XP Mode is f**king ace. Enables me to run Windows XP/Office 2003 to recreate any issues users experience without having to put up with that s**t on a daily basis.

You guys must be lucky - we've just ended up recreating issues and problems on a full blown XP machine instead!

And lets face it - its not in MSoft's interest to keep people hankering-on for a 9-year-old O/S. Probably why they omitted it from the mass-market Home Premium Edition of 7?

D.

 

[Mike_182]

You guys must be lucky - we've just ended up recreating issues and problems on a full blown XP machine instead!

And lets face it - its not in MSoft's interest to keep people hankering-on for a 9-year-old O/S. Probably why they omitted it from the mass-market Home Premium Edition of 7?

D.

Because Business users can't always afford to let legacy stuff go, which is why it's there... Home users have to suck up and get in with the times!

 

[Darren S]

Because Business users can't always afford to let legacy stuff go, which is why it's there... Home users have to suck up and get in with the times!

Lol - tell me about it! We still have a few W2k machines dotted about!

D.

 

[cliobritt]

No joy. The games not patched though could that be why?

 

[H182]

^Worth a try

 

[cliobritt]

I'm regretting getting 7 now

 

[Mike_182]

How much memory have you got?

 

[cliobritt]

6 gig bud

 

[cliobritt]

1TB HD

 

[cliobritt]

sure thats not the issue.