Windows XP Problems

[t4ejudge]

Hello everyone.

I have been playing red alert 2 since it was released. I have recentley upgraded my PC to an AMD 2400+ with 256Mb NVIDIA graphics and Windows XP.

Whenever I try to install Red Alert 2 the pop up window appears "Warning. Military software detected", and I click on the Install button. But then a little white square appears in the middle of the screen and windows says "Setup.exe has a problem and will now terminate. Do you want to send an error report?"

I have tried downloading the latest drivers for my graphics card but It had no effect. I also borrowed my friends copy of the game and I get the same error.

Is there a problem with NVIDIA or Windows XP and this game?

I tried the official site technical support pages but they were useless.

Please help

Thanks

t4ejudge

[Camel]

:\ I wouldn`t put too much trust in the 'latest' nVidia drivers...but that error does not sound grafix-card related.. :shifty:
It`s a CD reading problem, by the sound of it......or it could be the old 2 CD-drives error...

[Kravvitz]

you could try using Win98 compatibility mode and/or copy the contents of the CD-ROM to your hard drive and install it from there.

[SirSnake]

42.72 are the best drivers for RA2 imo

that happens, and its to do with the cds im pretty sure, if you have got 2 cd drives (as has been mentioned) then unplug one and install, and get the crack for it later

[Piscinex]

yeah put setup.exe into win 98 compatability mode.

[smilodon]

Find and delete all files pertainging to RA2/YR. I had the same problem with anotherr game deleted all the files pertaining to the game and it worked fine.

[xFraserx]

I am having this problem too. I'm running XP Pro on my new PC, and when I try to install the game I get "An error has occurred in sextup.exe". I have tried running it in compatability mode and also tried copying the CD files to the HDD and installing from there. Neither of these fix the issue.

[Chemical Ali]

Have you got service pack 2?

[troop2814]

I have a Dell Latitude D600 and I believe it has a nVidia board, and a PentuimM 1.4Ghz. I can't put C&C3 on this machine and was going to load RA2 to have on the notebook.

Anyway, running setup.exe continually gets the same "encounterd a problem..." and does not allow me to install the game.'

Anyone have any suggestions??

Thanks in advance!!

[NuclearDreams]

How about some specs on that Dell.

-RAM
-Hard Drive
-Operating system / service pack

[troop2814]

XP Pro SP2
1GB RAM
60GB HDD

I did try the Win95 & 98 Compatibility modes. I just installed Generals and it's a little choppy - but it installed fine...

More from System Information below.



OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name NOTEBOOK
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model Latitude D600
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 9 Stepping 5 GenuineIntel ~1398 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A14, 9/7/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name NOTEBOOK\user
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 533.19 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.03 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys


Name MOBILITY RADEON 9000
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4C66&SUBSYS_011D1028&REV_02\4&1BFA44D4&0&0008
Adapter Type MOBILITY RADEON 9000 AGP (0x4C66), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible
Adapter Description MOBILITY RADEON 9000
Adapter RAM 32.00 MB (33,554,432 bytes)
Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6476
INF File oem4.inf (ati2mtag_M9 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xE8000000-0xEFFFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF
Memory Address 0xFCFF0000-0xFCFFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 11
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ati2mtag.sys (6.14.10.6476, 770.00 KB (788,480 bytes), 3/15/2005 9:51 AM)


Drive C:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 55.89 GB (60,011,610,112 bytes)
Free Space 28.57 GB (30,677,204,992 bytes)
Volume Name
Volume Serial Number F4561FA4

[SirSnake]

Anyway, running setup.exe continually gets the same "encounterd a problem..." and does not allow me to install the game.'



when you say "continually" you mean you keep running it over and over?


perhaps you are being impatient, just run it once and leave it a while.

also are you installing RA2 original or RA2 from "The First Decade"?

[troop2814]

I have waited and it keeps stopping with the dialog box that Setup encountered a problem and needs to quit. Do you want to send an error report..."

I tried the compatibility modes with no luck...

It is the original RA2 that I had as I have each version & expansion.

I tried starting with RA2 - YR - but that quit saying I needed RA2 loaded first...

Thanks for looking!!