Games Have Generally Stopped Working.

[TheChosen]

Yup. Some games have just *stopped* working.

Some examples are Moonstone, Shadow President and True Love. They all worked on my old 90 mhz Windows 98 computer, but now, theyre just throwing me back to windows.

[JJXB]

if their windows games have you tried compatibility mode? plus which windows are you running? i have heard vista can cause some major compatability problems and XP's compatability is kind of flawed as well.

[Icewolf]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheChosen @ Apr 12 2007, 11:41 AM) 286723</div>They all worked on my old 90 mhz Windows 98 computer, but now, theyre just throwing me back to windows.[/b]
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JJXB @ Apr 12 2007, 03:26 PM) 286752</div>if their windows games have you tried compatibility mode? plus which windows are you running? i have heard vista can cause some major compatability problems and XP's compatability is kind of flawed as well.[/b]
Did you actually read what Chosen wrote JJXB?
It's an Win98 PC the games have worked before and now they do not anymore. For some reason... :huh:

[The Fifth Horseman]

Let's see...
Same machine, right?
Did you make any hardware changes before the problems started?
Did you make any software ones (anything from installing a new program or updating your drivers to reinstallation of the entire OS)?

[_r.u.s.s.]

try running the games through commandline and write us what does it say after a game quits to windws

[TheChosen]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 12 2007, 02:10 PM) 286760</div>
Let's see...
Same machine, right?
Did you make any hardware changes before the problems started?
Did you make any software ones (anything from installing a new program or updating your drivers to reinstallation of the entire OS)?
[/b]

I did changed the CD-Rom drive a couple of times (because of speed), but I dont think that did had any major impact. However, I still cant play any music cd's trought cd-rom drive.

One time, I accidently deleted both run32.dll and oleaut32.dll, but I later got new one's from the internet. Otherwise no, I havent installed any new programs.

[The Fifth Horseman]

One time, I accidently deleted both run32.dll and oleaut32.dll, but I later got new one's from the internet. Otherwise no, I havent installed any new programs.[/b]
Did the problematic games work right after you changed those files?

I did changed the CD-Rom drive a couple of times (because of speed), but I dont think that did had any major impact. However, I still cant play any music cd's trought cd-rom drive.[/b]
It shouldn't have such impact, indeed. As for music CD's, have you connected the CD-audio cable to the drive and the soundcard?

[_r.u.s.s.]

..soo what does the commandline say?

[TheChosen]

Okay, now its getting weirder: The games are working again. I dont know what I did, but theyre working again. Strange. :unsure:

[The Fifth Horseman]

Check your RAM wth Memtest86.
Check the SMART data of your hard drive.

Chances are one of them might be beginning to malfunction. A read error or an error caused by a faulty RAM chip may have resulted in temporary incorrect operation of your system.