Finding meaning in problem solving
For a while I have had issues of Running Call of duty 4 on my machine, so when I got Red alert 3 I was not surprised that it did not run at first. I installed Red alert 3, I watched the opening Videos with Tim Curry. they were fun. when it got to the menus they would bug out and I would have to wait for them to come back. They would unfreeze after a time but all the buttons would be artifactie and only show oddly shaped blocks for text. then I tried to play the tutorials, it hard crashed. No Ctrl Alt Del, no alt f4 just fail. so I rebooted and tried again. same problem. eventually I got Alt tab to work if I had a window open.
So after fiddling for a while I desided to talk to a technical support. This will at least waste EA's money and at best solve my problem. The call took 2 tries to get a person. he went over about checking my compability and asked if I had windows updated. After that he requested that I check to see if my system drivers were upto date, He said that he would send me an Email with how to do this. I never got the email, I think that I failed to communicate it correctly. No bother I know how to do this my self. Then I look on the back of game box to double check required stats. It notes that only supports 32 bit Vista.
So that was my problem.
I back up my data on Sara's old HD and proceed to download and create a disk of 64 bit XP. I had to wait several days for the MSDNA to come back online. After the disk was ready I used it to format my main drive and install XP 64 bit.
It was hard to return to the older windows. I found that Vista had a better system for moving through directories, and had tighter security checks for programs. After getting vista up to speed I installed Red alert 3 again and tried to play the Tutorials. it ran for a while, but then it would do the same thing COD 4 would do.
screen would flicker black and you game would stop.
then
"your graphic driver had an error in nvlddmkm.sys but it has recovered." would popup
other time after that it would just crash to the desktop.
so now I have them same problem that I had before. graphic driver problems
So after fiddling for a while I desided to talk to a technical support. This will at least waste EA's money and at best solve my problem. The call took 2 tries to get a person. he went over about checking my compability and asked if I had windows updated. After that he requested that I check to see if my system drivers were upto date, He said that he would send me an Email with how to do this. I never got the email, I think that I failed to communicate it correctly. No bother I know how to do this my self. Then I look on the back of game box to double check required stats. It notes that only supports 32 bit Vista.
So that was my problem.
I back up my data on Sara's old HD and proceed to download and create a disk of 64 bit XP. I had to wait several days for the MSDNA to come back online. After the disk was ready I used it to format my main drive and install XP 64 bit.
It was hard to return to the older windows. I found that Vista had a better system for moving through directories, and had tighter security checks for programs. After getting vista up to speed I installed Red alert 3 again and tried to play the Tutorials. it ran for a while, but then it would do the same thing COD 4 would do.
screen would flicker black and you game would stop.
then
"your graphic driver had an error in nvlddmkm.sys but it has recovered." would popup
other time after that it would just crash to the desktop.
so now I have them same problem that I had before. graphic driver problems