NHL 2006 weird startup problem

[Einari Polkko]

Hi, Recently got my hands on nhl 2006 but i think its not compatible with win7. When i start the game everything goes fine and looks fine until the menu screen pops up middle of the screen is black and shows nothing but the sides of the screen looks fine but i cant acces the menu. I think it has something to do with resolution maybe its not suitable for 16:9 is there common fix for these type of things ? ive tried running it on win xp compatitble mode

 

[WildCard999]

It appears Win7 may be the issue.
OS: Windows 2000 or XP only
https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/nhl-06/10346

Have you tried to run the game with Windows 7 XP Mode?

 

[Einari Polkko]

Yes if you mean properties-->Windows xp servicepack 2 or 3 then yes

 

[WildCard999]

No I meant running the game in Windows 7 XP mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qAamIj4T8w

 

[Einari Polkko]

For some reason i cant get the virtual pc installed when i try to start the setup it tells "the service cannot be started either because it is disabled or becaues it has no enabled devices associated with it "

 

[WildCard999]

Try this.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/cannot-install-virtual-pc-on-win-7/9669dcb6-d48b-452f-af15-79b584175131?auth=1

 

[Einari Polkko]

Okay got it working now. is there some way i transfer the nhl 2006 files to the xp or a way to run it with xp mode or i have to reinstall it ?

edit:yeah found a way to get it but srsly i need to install my gpu drivers and stuff?

 

[WildCard999]

Just install the GPU driver.

 

[Einari Polkko]

trying but when i download the version for xp 64 bit it tells me wrong driver or wrong os ? Ive tried with 32 and 64 bit xp but still the same its definatly the right driver! Gtx 670

 

[WildCard999]

TBH as long as the game runs smooth I wouldn't worry about the driver for XP mode.

 

[Einari Polkko]

yeah but the problem is that it doesnt start game tells me the "Your 3D accelerator card and/or your video card could not be intizlised properly. please update the drivers for your 3d and / or video card

Slowly losing my hope haha just wanted to nostalgy with this game

 

[WildCard999]

So apparently you can't use your dedicated GPU in Windows XP Mode (sorry), I've tried to find a workaround but no luck yet.

"You cannot get XP Mode to see your physical card's driver. Virtual PC and Hyper-V present an emulated S3 Trio graphics card with limited features to the virtualized operating system. There is no workaround to use the drivers for your physical graphics card because the virtual machine can't access the physical hardware."
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/aac37d4d-8a7e-4a6f-b706-eb62f0158a0d/xp-mode-not-seeing-nvidia-graphics-card?forum=w7itprovirt

 

[WildCard999]

Try removing the GPU from the system (connect monitor to MB) then go back into XP Mode and try playing off your systems iGPU.

 

[Einari Polkko]

Yeah totally no problem man! ill try this tommorow enough screwing around for today, thanks for helping

 

[WildCard999]

Np, as long as the game can run off the iGPU this *should* work, good luck!