Age of Empires 2 crashes at startup.

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• Age of Empires II crash with error 'can't initialize graphics system' on Windows XP SP3

  Hello world.

  I would like to start by saying that is it supposed to be in section games XP, well that is it has been deliberately redirect here, or there is a bug somewhere in social.answers, so do not blame me: P

  In any case, I decided to install AOEII today. After installing it, I have updated to 2. 0, then I tried to run. It crashed with an error starting with «can't initialize graphics system...» ", with nothing very useful after that. Nothing in the case where the viewer will appear, I have no choice but to click on ok and close the game. This happens right after that it looks like my CRT resolution changes and before the video intro begins.

  I have Windows XP Home Edition SP3, with a nvidia Geforce FX 5500 w / 128 MB of memory onboard (1 GB system). For my graphics card drivers are updated to 175,19, and I just tried to update Direct X end-user running, nothing new in this field.

  If anyone can help, that would be great. (Also, to save us from evil, I already ran DirectDraw diagnosis, but also completely remove and then reinstall my graphic drivers.)

  PS is it just me or there's a lot of people having problems with this game?

  It seems that the installation and launch of the expansion rather than the basic game pack seems to work.

  Thanks for helping anyway, so :)

• Age of Empires II crashes when you try to access the features of the 'story' and 'cat '.

  Hello.

  I play this game, and when I try to access some features of the game, it crashes for no apparent reason. Trying to access the 'History' function from the main menu causes a crash, but also tries to access 'Cat' and 'Diplomacy' in the game also cause outages, and I don't know why. the game works perfectly also. I play The Conquerors version 1 .0c.

  Never mind. Solved the problem myself.

• Age of Empires 2 crash when you click on diplomacy.

  I have windows XP media center 2005 except Pck 3. I have all the latest updates from my windows, card game, and video. This is the question that I have.
  I recently bought AOE collectors edition. The game is installed correctly and plays. But for some reason any, whenever I click on diplomacy so that I can pull up the diplomacy screen, my game completely blocked. I send the error report. I reinstalled the games without the updates, but nothing works. I want to regain control of my diplomatic positions for multiplayer games, but I can't as long as it keeps crashing.

  Does anyone know a fix for this problem?

  Hey Jeeper,

  Welcome and thanks for posting on the Microsoft Answers community forum.

  It seems that you are using Windows Media center 2005 SP3. Since this is the forum for Windows vista games, you can get the relevant information in one of the Media center forums. I've included one of the Media center forums.

  Windows XP Media Center edition Discussions - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter&lang=en&cr=US

  Take care.

  Kind regards

  Cedric M

  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Games crashing in 64 bit 7 Ultimate causing same problems Age of Empires 3 and Company of heroes

  Hello I have recently upgraded to 64-Bit 7 Ultimate and manage with 2 games. The first being Age Of Empires 3 the second being Company of heroes. The games begin and will be launch to between 2 to 15 minutes then crash to the windows desktop. After the accident and live Explorer mail will constantly crash and the icons in the Explorer and live mail are all divided. I thought it was a card problem G so replaced my GTX 280 oc with a Radeon 5850, but exactly the same problem occurs. The only way to remove the crash is to reset the computer and then everything is fine until I try to play a game and it freezes, then I have to reset again to get rid of the Explorer and live mail crashing?

  Bravo for your buddy for help. It seems that everything was linked to my cpu overclocked! I unclocked it and played every game in sucsession with no drama. I then lowered the 200 mhz overclock, and once againg played two games without drama. I have the clock my BE 555 to 3.8 with 4 cores unlocked for over a year and had no probs with XP. It does not seem possible for me it must be a coincidence that when I moved to Win 7 64, like my cpu is no longer this particular serger speed?

• Age of Empires 2 Gold edition crashes

  Original title: program compatibility Application Applications App Apps games Crash game compatibility crashes Hang hangs program inherited from the game, hangs and crashes

  I bought an Age of Empires 2 Gold edition from my local game store. I installed it and I tried all the possibilities to ensure the compatibility and nothing happens. I load the 640 X 480 and then the display goes back to my office in the same resolution, then it goes black screen and then back to normal? Am I missing some drivers? I tried it and have tried many different options, but nothing seems to work? Help, please

  Dell Inspiron 570

  I have Window 7 64-bit.

  ATI Radeon HD 4200

  And I have DirectX 11

  Hello
   
  Method 1: You can check the link below:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows
   
  Method 2: you can also try installing the game in Windows XP Mode on Windows 7.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/install-and-use-Windows-XP-mode-in-Windows-7
  (Windows XP mode runs on Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions only)

  I hope this helps!

• Lost of Age of Empires II, disc 1 (legal, product owner was purchased) - cannot install after crash recovery

  I would like to contact MS, but without a product ID, you can't get in their support network!

  I bought AOE III, still packing original (with the product key), but can not find the disc 1.

  Anyone know how I can get a new disk image? Is there anyone who knows how I can contact MS without serial number?

  THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN OFFER!

  Hey Joe,

  You can download the Setup file to install Age of Empires 3 by using the Microsoft Download Center. Here is a link to download:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F627E37B-A8E8-4537-9A88-3C19B670C92A&displaylang=en

  All that it is a version of train you can upgrade to the full version by using the product key that you have on the CD packaging.

  Hope this information helps. Let me know if it worked.

  Thank you
  Irfan

• age of empires 2 high hud Crash

  I just installed my copy of age of empires 2 + extension on my computer. When I go in the game everything works fine until I click the diplomacy button on my upper hud, on which the game hangs and I have the option to send an error report. I am currently running windows xp family and before this announcement have updated my graphic drivers, directx and all updates of windows on the microsoft Update site.

  Hello

  Welcome to the Microsoft Vista answers Forum!

  To learn more about the question can you tell us if,

  Now try to update your video card drivers.

  To perform these steps, you must follow the steps in the link provided below.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/fixing-game-performance-problems

  You must uninstall and reinstall the game on your computer.

  Note: Make sure you have the backup of the game before you uninstall the game.

  And after installing the game, if you find problems, then you must post your queries to

  http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/

  Hope this information is useful.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Suresh Kumar-Microsoft Support.

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• Age of empires online Windows crashes with the error message"is looking for a solution to the problem"

  After signing in games for windows marketplace, then click play on the age of empires online, the game stops and says windows is checking for a solution to the problem.  What is the problem?

  Hello

  Method 1: perform the steps from the link below and see if it helps.

  Game hangs or quits unexpectedly

  Method 2: perform the steps from the link below and see if it solves the problem.

  The problems of performance of the play (Windows 7)  

  Hope this information helps.

• Age of Empires II Age of Kings not completely installed

  I had to reformat my hard drive and installed Windows XP with service pack 3. It is the same operating system installed on the machine.  I installed Age of Mythology, with no problems, but when you try to install Age of Empires, the installation starts, but then crashes during the installation of the files. I tried with 3 different Age Empire, II, Age of the King disc and they all freeze-up during file transfer.  Help!

  I'm sory to say this, but I think you are trying to INSTALL these games... all in GOOD ORDER!

  "Age of Mythology" has never been the a 1 exit.

  Remove it and re-install all... in their order.

  This is what is causing the 'big freeze '!

• Cannot install Age of Empires II, it is not complete the installation process

  Original title: I'm not able to install Age of Empires II.  It is not complete the process of setting up and gives me the product identification number. What should I do next?  I had installed and working before you leave on a trip and you returned to find that the files were corrupt. So, I uninstalled and tried to reinstall, but it won't.

  Hello

  1. you receive an error message or error code when the installation crashes?

  2. where exactly you are trying to install the game?

  3. what operating system is installed on the computer?

  Check if an error message or error code is listed in the event viewer. You can check the link below:

  Open the event viewer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Open-Event-Viewer

  Reference: Appears when you install Microsoft Games and mapping programs.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/258496

• How to run running age of empires 2: age of Kings in resolution 640 x 480?

  I bought Age of Empires: the age of Kings recently. but my monitor does not supports 800 x 600 resolution it supports 640 x 480. Now how can I change the resolution without going into the game options because of the higher resolution of my monitor, the screen shakes vigorously. Y at - it a config. files or a patch that I can go to 640 x 480

  Hello

  I suggest you follow the steps in the article.

  Troubleshoot display with Microsoft games

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/263039

  Alternatively, you can start your computer in Enable low resolution video (640 x 480)

  Advanced startup options

  Startup options (including safe mode)

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode

  (Be careful of shims for Windows XP)

  See also:

  To change your screen resolution

  http://www.Microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/proddocs/en-us/display_change_screen_resolution.mspx?mfr=true

• Issue playing age of Empires 2 with others on the LAN.

  Original title: I can not play on a local lan with my friends on the age of the empires2 has it does not connect and were on the same network

  We are using windows vista and more and it does not connect, but we can see the game

  Hey Joshua,

  Thanks for posting in Microsoft Community!
  It seems that you have a problem with reading the age of Empires 2 with others on the LAN.

  I imagine the inconvenience that you are experiencing. We are here to help and guide you in the right direction.

  I may need a few more details to better understand the issue.

  1. what exactly happens when you try to connect to the game?

  2. do you receive any error messages?

  3. were you able to play the game before?

  Method 1:
  I suggest you to put the computer to boot and check if it helps.

  By setting your boot system minimum state helps determine if third-party applications or startup items are causing the problem.

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or Windows 7:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Note: After the boot minimum troubleshooting step, follow step 3 in the link provided to return the computer to a Normal startup mode.

  Method 2:
  If the problem persists, you can try to disable the Antivirus software and check if that helps. Follow the link for more information.

  Disable the anti-virus software
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/disable-antivirus-software

  Note: Antivirus software can help protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. In most cases, you should not disable your antivirus software. If you do not disable temporarily to install other software, you must reactivate as soon as you are finished. If you are connected to the Internet or a network during the time that your antivirus software is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to attacks.

  Get back to us and let us know the State of the question, I'll be happy to help you. We, at tender Microsoft to excellence.

• age of empires II gold edition does not start message is windows has encountered a problem

  Computer crash to reinstall factory disc.  Have reinstalled Age of Empires II gold Edition, but it does not start, the message of windows is windows has a problem and we will contact you as soon as a solution is available.

  Tried it does not work, the installation was not the problem. Something happened and it lacked the EULA and my security system blocked the program game to start.

  All fixed up now I thank you for your reply and your help.

• Unable to play the game Age Of Empires II, you receive an error message "AppCrash.exe".

  Original title: program compatibility Application Applications Apps game games Legacy Crash accidents Application Hang hangs

  I want to play Age of Empire II...

  but it does not start...

  m make error appcrash...

  Please suggest solution for me...

  My Info system is as follows:

  System manufacturer: Alienware
  System model: M17xR3
  BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 1.0 A09
  Processor: Intel Core i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40 GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
  Memory: RAM 16384MB

  Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120830) - 0333

  Display:

  Card name: AMD Radeon HD 6970 M

  Hi Girish,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  According to the description of the problem, it seems that you are having problems with the game Age Of Empires II, you receive an error message "AppCrash.exe". I'll help you fix the problem.

  (1) what version of the game is installed on your computer?

  (2) did the problem started recently?

  (3) have you made changes on the computer before this problem?

  Step 1: Let me inform you that the game is not compatible with Windows 7.

  You can check the link below:

  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/win7/CompatCenter/ProductViewerWithDefaultFilters?TempOsid=win7&Locale=en-us&TextSearch=Age%2Bof%2BEmpire%2BII&Type=Both&CurrentPage=0&TotalPages=1&ShowCriteria=0&SortCriteria=Relevance&Compatibility=Unknown&LastRequested=14

  Step 2: If the version of Age of Empires II is not compatible, I suggest to install the program under Windows XP service pack 2 compatibility mode and check if that helps.

  Make older programs to run on the version of Windows 7

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows

  I hope this helps. Try the above steps and get back to us for further assistance if you have questions about the Windows operating system. We will be happy to help you.