Re: C & C Generals not installing

Hi Alastair,

After your antivirus software is closed..
Try installing and playing that using 95/98 Compatibility mode.

To install a program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode, hold
down SHIFT as you insert the game CD, use My Computer to browse
to the setup program, and then skip down to step 1 in the list below:

To run an installed program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode,
first right click the program and "Send To..." / Desktop (create shortcut).

1.. Right click on the shortcut to the program.
2.. Click on Properties.
3.. Click on the Compatibility tab.
4.. Click on Run this program in compatibility mode and select one of these:
a.. Windows 95
b.. Windows 98
c.. Windows NT 4
d.. Windows 2000
5.. Under Display settings, check mark the mode that you think that is best:
a.. Run in 256 colors.
b.. Run in 640 X 480 screen resolution.
c.. Disable visual themes.

Click on Apply.Click on Ok.Double click on the program.

Of course, let's not forget to check for any patches or updates for that game.
A good place to find them is: www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a

If you'd like to learn more information about compatibility mode, you can click the
link in the Compatibility tab that reads "Learn more about program compatibility",
or watch this Application Compatibility Power Point Presentation:
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc112202/WC112202.ppt


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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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Alastair Wrote:
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| i also tried that (shutting the whole antivirus down not just the auto
| protect) but the same thing happens
|
| p.s. i have norton antivirus 2006
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi Alastair,
||
|| Let's try another approach to resolve this issue:
||
|| 1. Start up your PC normally
|| 2. Shut off your Antivirus software
|| 3. Install your original C&C game
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| 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.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| Alastair Wrote:
|| =================
||| i've tried that but when i start the installation i get the message "install
||| shield failed to intialize the installation
|||
||| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|||
|||| Hi Alastair,
||||
|||| Sounds like your antivirus software might be interfering with the installation.
||||
|||| Let's try a couple of things to get that working for you:
||||
|||| 1. Startup your system in SAFE MODE by pressing F8 repeatedly
|||| while your system is booting up after you've shut down your system
||||
|||| 2. Log in with an account you've created as a "Computer Administrator"
|||| account that you'll use to play the game, but don't use a Limited account.
||||
||||
|||| --
|||| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|||| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||||
|||| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|||| 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.
|||| _________________________________________________________
||||
|||| Alastair Wrote:
|||| =================
||||| i tried to instal comand & conquer Generals a 2003 EA game and when it gets
||||| to installing English.bik it tells me that the file Language.cab is corrupt.
||||| i opened the file (which is a cabinet file) and it was fine. i then tried
||||| installing the game on another computer and it installed fine


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