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Great news, glad that helped!
🙂
Cheers,
Jimmy.
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6eb701c475e3$6cc2fac0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >
| >"Lanza_Me3" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
| in message news:6cd001c475b6$bf458b00$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| >| I've got Conquerors. I went and downloaded the 1C
| patch
| >| so that I could play on the internet at zone.com. But
| >| now, whenever I try to get into a game or start one on
| >| the CD, it says "ERROR: Please insert correct CD-ROM in
| >| drive and try again." I've tried offloading the patch
| >| and downloading it again, but it hasn't worked. I
| have a
| >| brand new Sony Vaio Pentium 4. What should I do.
| >
| >Let's try troubleshooting that issue. Here's some
| solutions which have worked:
| >
| >1. Before we begin, please save a restore point for
| your system.
| > How to use Windows XP System Restore:
| >
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp
| /systemrestore.asp
| >
| >2. You might be affected by problems similar to the
| Insert CD error.
| > - Try the advice and DL at:
|
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=228985
| > Another trick that I found sometimes works is to
| make the limited account an
| > administrator account and run that game once. This
| should create the registry
| > settings and permissions for that user to be able to
| properly run the game.
| >
| >3. Kazaa or Kazaa light is installed on your system.
| > - Uninstall the game(s) and Kazaa, and reinstall
| from original CD.
| >
| >4. Multiple CD drives on your system including Virtual
| CD drives.
| > - Disconnect all but the main CD drive and try the
| game. You
| > might have an older drive, or a CD Writer which
| is incompatible
| > with the Safe Disk copy protection on the CD.
| (Contact Vendor).
| >
| >5. Your antivirus or application firewall might be
| conflicting with it.
| > - Disable the software temporarily.
| >
| >6. There might be a patch available for your game to
| correct the issue.
| > - Try www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a/
| or the game's site.
| >
| >7. Your desktop may need to be set at least 800x600 and
| 16 colors.
| > - Click Start / (Settings) Control Panel / Click
| Display
| >
| >8. Your Video, Sound, or Monitor drivers may need
| updating.
| > - Try updating your Video drivers using the
| instructions at:
| >
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers
| >
| >9. You might have software running on your system which
| is causing conflicts.
| > - Temporarily disable Startup programs one at a
| time, starting with Firewall,
| > AV, and ad blockers using:
|
http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php
| > You can lookup what a program does before you
| disable it here:
| > http://www.pacs-
| portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm
| >
| >10. If you created other drive letters on your system
| by installing another drive,
| > creating partitions or virtual drives you may
| need to change the CD back
| > to the same drive letter it was originally.
| Usually the CD uses the letter D:
| > - Click Start / Run / type: diskmgmt.msc < to
| access the tool to change it.
| >
| >11. Maybe a Microsoft Security patch is the culprit.
| The only way to be sure is
| > to Unplug from your Internet connection, and then
| repair Windows using
| > this method:
|
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
| >
| > After you reboot, try the game again. If it works,
| save a new restore point.
| >
| > Lastly, boot up your system, turn on your XP
| Internet Firewall, plug back
| > into your Internet connection and install all
| Critical and Recommended updates
| > from:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com one at a
| time. Test the game after
| > each update to find which is causing the game not to
| start on your PC.
🙂
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
|
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >
| Thank you, it got fixed.
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