alexbddorf
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- Jul 28, 2007
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I got a computer running Windows XP Pro SP2 with all current windows-updates including an ATI Radeon 9800 PRO (1 GB RAM, 3.2 GHz). It includes one DVD-ROM and one CD-Burner.
Civ4 1.52 was installed on this machine in 2005 (with radeon-driver 5.5 an dx 9.0c). It did run fine. I was not playing for about a year or so and as i tried to run the game today it just didnot start.
if i doubleclick the exe in the program-folder the process will show up in the process-list of the taskmanager and will vanish about 2 to 5 seconds later. no screen output happens, no error messages, just nothing.
I tried activating all logging-options in the ini-file. it didnot change a thing (and it didn't create any log files). i deleted the cache-folder (mygames) and tried holding down shift during start. no change.
so i decided to uninstall the whole game. than i deleted the game-program-folder, the "my games" folder and the civ-4 registry key manually and restarted the machine.
after that i reinstalled the whole civ-thing (1.00). no change. i installed patch 1.74. no change. i updated direct x to the most current (june 2006) version. dx diag states "no problems found", all tests run fine and other games also do run fine. I installed the current version of the ati-graphics-driver. no change.
i uninstalled the graphics-driver and tried with standard vga. no change.
I installed the omagedrivers.net driver. no change.
it even does not recreate the my games folder or the ini files.
the user does have adminsitrative rights and may access the "eigene dateien" folder and create files there. I tried starting the game in a newly created user account (with admin rights). no change.
pitboss by the way does start and run fine. PitBoss does also create the subfolders under my games (i am using a german windows so this is "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Alexander Barisic\Eigene Dateien\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\") and it does create logfiles.
McAfee VirusScan is installed on the machine, but i stopped the service during this testing. Nero 6 Express is installed (without the virtual CD thing) but was not running. CloneCD or something like that is not installed (and never was).
If i start diag.exe (contained on the civ-CD) nothing happens. the exe appears in the process list and just vanishes (no screen output at all).
anyone any ideas? don' know what to do...
Civ4 1.52 was installed on this machine in 2005 (with radeon-driver 5.5 an dx 9.0c). It did run fine. I was not playing for about a year or so and as i tried to run the game today it just didnot start.
if i doubleclick the exe in the program-folder the process will show up in the process-list of the taskmanager and will vanish about 2 to 5 seconds later. no screen output happens, no error messages, just nothing.
I tried activating all logging-options in the ini-file. it didnot change a thing (and it didn't create any log files). i deleted the cache-folder (mygames) and tried holding down shift during start. no change.
so i decided to uninstall the whole game. than i deleted the game-program-folder, the "my games" folder and the civ-4 registry key manually and restarted the machine.
after that i reinstalled the whole civ-thing (1.00). no change. i installed patch 1.74. no change. i updated direct x to the most current (june 2006) version. dx diag states "no problems found", all tests run fine and other games also do run fine. I installed the current version of the ati-graphics-driver. no change.
i uninstalled the graphics-driver and tried with standard vga. no change.
I installed the omagedrivers.net driver. no change.
it even does not recreate the my games folder or the ini files.
the user does have adminsitrative rights and may access the "eigene dateien" folder and create files there. I tried starting the game in a newly created user account (with admin rights). no change.
pitboss by the way does start and run fine. PitBoss does also create the subfolders under my games (i am using a german windows so this is "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Alexander Barisic\Eigene Dateien\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\") and it does create logfiles.
McAfee VirusScan is installed on the machine, but i stopped the service during this testing. Nero 6 Express is installed (without the virtual CD thing) but was not running. CloneCD or something like that is not installed (and never was).
If i start diag.exe (contained on the civ-CD) nothing happens. the exe appears in the process list and just vanishes (no screen output at all).
anyone any ideas? don' know what to do...
