Jon Patrick Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 ARGH! I just noticed that SC is NOT starting up properly on my computer. I'm running XP, and have had a lot of problems for the past couple of weeks. When I start SC it shows up as a Process, but never actually starts, and never shows up as a Application when I ctrl-alt-del. HELP! Jon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.J. von Arnim Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Hi Jon, a couple of questions for: - Which version of XP are you running ? - Which version of SC are you running ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Hi Jon, That's a strange error. Can't say for sure but if it worked before it might be something up with your system. Perhaps a reinstall of SC might do the trick. Hubert 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Patrick Posted February 12, 2004 Author Share Posted February 12, 2004 Hey, Sorry it took me so long to get back - I had a video driver update go wrong! It's hard to fix when you can't see the screen!!! Anway, i'm running XP home and I've got SC with the update to 1.07. Now, I HAVE already removed and reinstalled SC. Since this last post, I've run 2 different virus softwares, registry mechanic, and pest patrol (just to be sure!!!). My computer is squeaky clean, and I JUST retried SC this morning, and it's the same deal. Double click, the hardrive gets really busy, but it only shows up as a process. Any thoughts? Thanks in advancE! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 Unfortunately it's difficult for me to say since I cannot see it first hand and I've never really heard of this type of problem before. Do you have any problems with other games/applications? If you reinstall I would also try (if you haven't done so already) uninstalling first as well as deleting the entire installation folder directory/contents before reinstalling. You could also try running with 'directx = 0' in the SC.ini file. Hope this helps, Hubert 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dutch Army Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 i have the same problem if i play SC after 1min it crasd please help my out 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Patrick Posted February 21, 2004 Author Share Posted February 21, 2004 Hubert, Thanks for trying to help. Last night I: 1. Changed the .ini file. IMPROVEMENT!- when I ran SC.exe, the screen went black... and then did the same thing it's always done. It's listed as a process, it's taking up memory and cpu power, but it's just not showing anything. 2. I uninstalled and reinstalled (again). Nothing. nada. same old, same old. You have NO idea how much this was my favorite game until I suddenly couldn't play it anymore!! Jon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 Sorry to hear about the troubles... I can't say for sure (as I have yet to see it) but I believe there was a problem with the old save/pbem directories, when you uninstalled did you delete all these directories/files before reinstalling/applying the latest patch? Another option would be to install to a different directory to see if that helps. Hubert 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 If I were you I'd be tempted to find a cheap HardDrive at a Flea market or Used Parts store, install 98 on it and run it seperately through the BIOS as a second OS and HD on the same computer. Sounds like a big hassle but in the end you'll likely pull less hair out then trying to figure out why your XP is giving you a headache. Could be Video, Sound, or another Driver conflict that is just super special, could be something very simple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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