First things first. I have a HP a410e, Windows XP home edition, AMD Athelon 3000+ processer, and Direct X 9 installed. I ran my Direct X tests and they seem to work fine--no problems.
Now on to the post:
I have the game Scrabble by Infograms. It works with Windows XP. In the past, this game has worked. Recently I tried to play it, so I clicked on it under the start-programs tab and it went to a completly blank, black screen. The only thing to be seen was the cursor around the edges. The only way I could shut down the game was to manually shut down the computer. I couldn't see the screen to even use ctrl/alt/delete.
Confused, I ran Spybot, AdAware, and Window Washer and uninstalled the game. Then I rebooted again and reinstalled. It registered me fine, but I don't remember InstallShield comming up. But, I went to play the game again and the same thing happened. I looked in programs and there it was--installed.
Have you applyed any new windows updates or drivers for you video card? Have you changed any hardware? If no and its an older game (for 98 or win me) try right clicking on the icon and going to compatability and set it to win 98 or me and see if that helps. Also did you try waiting a couple of minutes and see if it would go into the game?
have you considered upgrading your DX 9 to 9.0b? the update included many game fixes, maybe it'll help you. and you don't say what your graphic card is, but maybe you can upgrade the drivers for it, too.
have you tried to turn your hardware acceleration down? i'd recommend doing it one notch to the left, then checking your game. keep doing that till there's no more notches to try.
you can also try to change the compatibility for your game.
.... go to the shortcut, r/click it and choose properties.
.... click the "compatibility" tab and check off the box beside "Run this progrma in compatibility mode for: ........".
.... choose which program you want to try, either Windows 98/ME or Windows 95.
.... click "apply" then "ok".
.... open it and see what happens.
i m having a similar problem wid Splinter Cell. same black screen, i can see just the pointer!
system specs are win XP Pro(sp1), 128 Mb RAM, S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR Compaq graphics card(just 8 mb ), dx 9.0b, AMD Athlon processor.
can someone help me?
is there any update for my graphics card??
Thanx in advance
Karenftx,
1) go to add/remove programs and uninstall the program.
2) manually remove the directory it was installed in if the uninstall did not do that.
3) reboot.
4) reinstall
post back if that doesnt work.
Freak,
Here are the requirements for splinter cell
Minimum System Requirements
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
800MHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
256MB of RAM
32MB video card
DirectX 8.1-compatible sound card
DirectX 8.1
8x speed CD/DVD drive
950MB-1.5GB on hard drive Recommended System Requirements
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
1000MHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
256MB of RAM
64MB video card
DirectX 8.1-compatible sound card with surround system
DirectX 8.1
8x speed or higher CD/DVD drive
1.5GB-2.1GB on hard drive
Graphics Cards Supported
Nvidia GeForce2 Ti/Ultra/Pro/GTS/MX400/MX
Nvidia GeForce3 family
Nvidia GeForce4 family
ATI Radeon 8500/9000/9500/9700
Matrox Parhelia
nah, requirements were posted before the 9800 was released. you need those cards or better basically.
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