Re: age of empiresIII

Dude, how are you?. ABout your problem with the installation, I had a similar
problem with another game and after HOURS of head scratching and spending an
undisclosed sum of money due to myself, I stumbled on the cause of, and
indeed to solution to my problem in one of the knowledge base articles. Quite
simply its a problem with the CDROM drive and it is easily fixed. All you
have to do is to disable DMA for the CDROM and enable PIO. I did this and
"Bobs your Uncle" it was all sweet after that. Now I am not saying this is
going to help you for sure, but it costs NO MONEY and is easy to do, its just
a few mouse clicks away :), and its definatley worth a try. Anything that
dosnt cost you money is has to worth it right ?.
If you are stuck on how to disable DMA let me know or look it up in your
help or the knowledge base.
regards
paul anthony

"nate224" wrote:

>
>
> "Jimmy S." wrote:
>
> > Hi Nate,
> >
> > From the filename, it appears that the file is the final scene of Act 2
> > and is missing from your installation. You might have had an error
> > during the installation of the game. I would suggest reinstalling it.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >
> > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> > _________________________________________________________
> >
> > "nate224" <nate224@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7AFF0A39-E9DF-4E39-976D-F1995920F3CB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > |
> > |
> > | "Jimmy S." wrote:
> > |
> > | > Hi Nate,
> > | >
> > | > Normally I would suggest browsing to the path you indicated in your
> > | > post using Windows Explorer, however an easier way would be to
> > | > click START > Search > All files and folders > for: act2finalcne.bik
> > | >
> > | > --
> > | > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> > | > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> > | >
> > | > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> > | > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> > | > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> > | > _________________________________________________________
> > | >
> > | > "nate224" <nate224@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:E4326514-FBB2-45FE-8914-5D4C300955A8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > | > |
> > | > |
> > | > | "Jimmy S." wrote:
> > | > |
> > | > | > Hi Nate,
> > | > | >
> > | > | > "nate224" <nate224@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7CB088A1-C782-4043-8337-1C6D5080CBA1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > | > | > |i have been trying to install age of empires III and an error stops the
> > | > | > | installation saying "error 1305. error reading from file
> > | > | > | c:/programfiles/microsoftgames/ageofempiresIII/avi/act2finalcne.bik.verify
> > | > | > | that the file exists and that you can access it." i have run virus scans,
> > | > | > | rebooted, and chkdsk and nothing work. anybody have this problem or know a
> > | > | > | solution?
> > | > | >
> > | > | > Does the file exist, and can you access it?
> > | > | >
> > | > | > --
> > | > | > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> > | > | > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> > | > | >
> > | > | > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> > | > | > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> > | > | > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> > | > | > _________________________________________________________
> > | > | >
> > | > | > I wouldnt know how to find out if the file exists, where would i find that at? and how would i access it? sorry, i am
> > computer
> > | > illiterate.
> > | > |
> > | > | >
> > | > Ok, I did the search and it did not find the file anywhere so does that mean i need to install something or am I just completely
> > out of luck, I have never had any problem like this before with any other installation, any suggestions are greatly appreciated,
> > thanks
> >
> > alright well i tried installing again for the 10th time and it said the same thing and i retried and it said "fatal error 1603 during installation consult windows installer help(Msi.chm) or MSDN for more information" ahhhh im going crazy! could there be something wrong with the cd, should i try exchanging it?
>
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