games on my computer won't work

[christopher]

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i have a packard bell pc which i bought on Dec 16 04 and i bought a game
called the rise of nations but when i play the game it stops and it returns
to the desktop.
the game meets the requirements of the computer but i don't understand why
this is happening. can anybody help!

 

[Guest]

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Hi Christopher,

"christopher" <christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FCE102F7-3E2B-4D49-9DA6-F18370E26B80@microsoft.com...
>i have a packard bell pc which i bought on Dec 16 04 and i bought a game
> called the rise of nations but when i play the game it stops and it returns
> to the desktop.
> the game meets the requirements of the computer but i don't understand why
> this is happening. can anybody help!

The 1.03 update should resolve most of those issues:
Download: Rise of Nations Update v1.03
From: http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/riseofnations.aspx

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