Getting Vista to work with Applications!

Hi,

I've had windows vista on my laptop for over a year (it came with it)
and it's pretty slick and clean looking but why isn't it compatible with
a lot of software! like for instance, the window's chess game...worked
twice then never worked again...always gives the "executable for chess
game has stopped working". I gave up on that. another one,
iTunes...has numerous problems in running. Now, I've just recently
gotten the sims 2 deluxe and it was running okay but now I've gotten an
expansion pack for it and the game works okay once after installation
then will no open again and gives me an error. "The application has
crashed and will now terminate" I've tried absolutely everything (and
making sure my games and applications meet the system requirements, and
they do, running it in compatibility mode, updating my sims games which
open for business update will not update after installing it once. It
works if i install it immediately after I install OFB..but even then
so, it crashes after one time playing the game!)

So, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 comes out, I immediately get it,
although the first time I couldn't get it from off your site, I had to
for some reason get it from my update manger. It took forever but
installed (great!) but then when I rebooted ect...half my applications
gave me errors like MSN live messenger. It wouldn't even boot up!
Crashed. So I uninstalled it and MSN is working again. My games never
worked after the install either. What can I do to make my games work
and get rid of those errors?? Help!

Annoyed Vista User...


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"music4life_81" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've had windows vista on my laptop for over a year (it came with it)
> and it's pretty slick and clean looking but why isn't it compatible with
> a lot of software! like for instance, the window's chess game...worked
> twice then never worked again...always gives the "executable for chess
> game has stopped working". I gave up on that.

Sounds you have some kind of hardware problem - maybe bad RAM. I'd send
the laptop back, assuming it's still under warranty.

"music4life_81" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've had windows vista on my laptop for over a year (it came with it)
> and it's pretty slick and clean looking but why isn't it compatible with
> a lot of software! ...

Lots of possibilities, including the fact that a lot of game (or other
programs) programmers like to use tricks to gain a little speed or other
advantage. They test it out with current operating systems, but when a new
operating system comes along it may not work because that undocumented
"feature" the programmer used had been deleted or changed.


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What are the details for the crashes according to the Problem Reports and
Solutions Center control panel after you Check for Solutions?
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket
has how to do this if you don't know how. =)

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"music4life_81" <> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I've had windows vista on my laptop for over a year (it came with it)
> and it's pretty slick and clean looking but why isn't it compatible with
> a lot of software! like for instance, the window's chess game...worked
> twice then never worked again...always gives the "executable for chess
> game has stopped working". I gave up on that. another one,
> iTunes...has numerous problems in running. Now, I've just recently
> gotten the sims 2 deluxe and it was running okay but now I've gotten an
> expansion pack for it and the game works okay once after installation
> then will no open again and gives me an error. "The application has
> crashed and will now terminate" I've tried absolutely everything (and
> making sure my games and applications meet the system requirements, and
> they do, running it in compatibility mode, updating my sims games which
> open for business update will not update after installing it once. It
> works if i install it immediately after I install OFB..but even then
> so, it crashes after one time playing the game!)
>
> So, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 comes out, I immediately get it,
> although the first time I couldn't get it from off your site, I had to
> for some reason get it from my update manger. It took forever but
> installed (great!) but then when I rebooted ect...half my applications
> gave me errors like MSN live messenger. It wouldn't even boot up!
> Crashed. So I uninstalled it and MSN is working again. My games never
> worked after the install either. What can I do to make my games work
> and get rid of those errors?? Help!
>
> Annoyed Vista User...
>
>
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Well, this is my last hope, I swear...if this doesn't work ill try a
clean install and if that doesn't work...goodbye vista...going to head
backwards to XP! a more stable OS!!

If anybody else has any other suggestions please feel free to let me
know! I'm gain for anything, although I've tried almost everything out
there,lol...


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I apologize - I didn't see you post fault details here. What are those? I
can potentially attempt to see if there's useful data in that chunk of
information if you post it up. =)

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> Well, this is my last hope, I swear...if this doesn't work ill try a
> clean install and if that doesn't work...goodbye vista...going to head
> backwards to XP! a more stable OS!!
>
> If anybody else has any other suggestions please feel free to let me
> know! I'm gain for anything, although I've tried almost everything out
> there,lol...
>
>
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so installing the standalone SP1 didn't work either!! it downloaded but
wont even execute! Gives me an error! what a piece of $*%&(*$& vista
is...lol...anybody else have trouble installing the standalone version
of SP1 for vista??

Annoyed Vista User


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