For those of you who are running XP and NVIDIA 8800GT cards give this a try

[[MyIS] Buffpuff]

Call it nostalgia but after years of putting CMBO to rest I decided to re-install this masterpiece back on to my hard drive. Hell I don't even remember what I was running as to hardware when I got this game years ago. But I ran into a problem of getting the dreaded "exception" error and not being able to see the load screen. I decided to try running the .exe file under a compatibility mode (using Windows 2000 as the selected mode) and viola...I'm running CMBO with a DX10 card and the latest drivers without a hitch.

Here's my specs:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40 GHz

2 MB Corsair DDR2 800 RAM

BFG GeForce 8800GT with 169.25 NVIDIA drivers

Hope this helps some of you who may be running into compatibility problems

[jomni]

Yeah CMBO has less headaches than CMBB and CMAK

[TufenHuden]

I've been running all 3 CM's without

a problem.

AMD64 X2 4400 DC

3-gigs ram-PC-3200

8800 GTS-320mb

XP-pro SP-2

Nvidia drivers 174.93+NV Tray.....

Usually might be nvidia

drivers or installing new

drivers but old drivers still

in registry.

Install DriverCleaner.

There are 2 versions.

1.5 free the 3.0 like

$9.99.

When you install this.

1st-uninstall drivers on regular

mode-then reboot/get to safe mode

go to drivercleaner-then pick nvidia

driver-click on cleaning until it says

finished cleaning.

Then reboot-put new nvidia drivers in-

shouldn't be no problems with CM.....

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Other-DRIVERS-TOOLS/Others/Driver-Cleaner-Professional-15.shtml

[ May 09, 2008, 12:18 AM: Message edited by: TufenHuden ]