CM03/04 install problem..

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rat wrote:
> Has anyone experienced this problem and how is it overcome
> pleeeeeeeeeeese!!!!1!?
>
> Game is installed but nothing happens when I click the desktop icon
> or the original in the folder.
>
> Windows xp pro with sp1 and 2
> Via chipset mobo
> 1400 duron
> 256mb ddr
> g4 mx440 64mb agp
> 40gb 7200 hdd
> cdrw
> cd
> floppy
> 15" vga monitor
>
> The pc is less than a year old and the xp install was clean and very
> recent. The game was installed after everything else and I'm now
> pulling my hair out in frustration.
>
> Things I have tried:
> unin/reinstall (several times)
> patches (lots)
> defrag
> turning off av
> compatibility (all of them)
> via chipset service pack upgrade
> nvidia driver upgrade
> set res to 1024x768 16bit 75mhz
> I don't seem to be able to restore to any earlier points to try
> reinstalling it before sp1 or 2 as that always results in a failed
> restoration.
> Also installed on the pc, running perfectly, are FM2005 and
> Snooker2003. These were also loaded after sp1 and 2 as well, but
> before CM.
> Am I missing something here?
> Any info very much appreciated.
> Cheers for your time.

Do you have the CD in the drive? If you do try a no-CD patch, the
copy-protection used might not like your CD drive (Is it a CDRW? They seem
to assume everyone who has a CDRW nowadays has/is copying the game), if
thats not the problem double click the cm0304.exe and wait about 10mins it
might just take a while to load up (especialy if you have added extra pics
etc...) Though if FM2005 works fine Cm03/04 should as well, if anything FM
should take longer due to more stuff and the annoying copy-protection.


--
Michael Murray

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rat wrote:
> Has anyone experienced this problem and how is it overcome
> pleeeeeeeeeeese!!!!1!?
>
> Game is installed but nothing happens when I click the desktop icon or the
> original in the folder.
>
> Windows xp pro with sp1 and 2
> Via chipset mobo
> 1400 duron
> 256mb ddr
> g4 mx440 64mb agp
> 40gb 7200 hdd
> cdrw
> cd
> floppy
> 15" vga monitor
>
> The pc is less than a year old and the xp install was clean and very recent.
> The game was installed after everything else and I'm now pulling my hair out
> in frustration.
>
> Things I have tried:
> unin/reinstall (several times)
> patches (lots)
> defrag
> turning off av
> compatibility (all of them)
> via chipset service pack upgrade
> nvidia driver upgrade
> set res to 1024x768 16bit 75mhz
> I don't seem to be able to restore to any earlier points to try reinstalling
> it before sp1 or 2 as that always results in a failed restoration.
>
> Also installed on the pc, running perfectly, are FM2005 and Snooker2003.
> These were also loaded after sp1 and 2 as well, but before CM.
>
> Am I missing something here?
> Any info very much appreciated.
> Cheers for your time.
>
>
>
Did you patch the game? I know that the game in its original version,
are having problems with starting up. Patch it does the trick.

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rat wrote:
> "Mikael Schøler" <QM3mik_s@tdcadsl.dk> wrote in message
> news:41be945d$0$265$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk...
>
> snip
>
>
>>>Things I have tried:
>>>patches (lots)
>
>
>>Did you patch the game? I know that the game in its original version, are
>>having problems with starting up. Patch it does the trick.
>
>
> Yep tried that.
> Thankks anyway, but sorted now. It was SP2 it didnt like. Took that off and
> everything ok now cheers.
>
>
Seems like sp2 causes a few problems with everything...