age of empires 2 expansion

[Guest]

i have a problem with my game now, i have been playing on this computer and
my laptop both have xp sp2, and i was out on the road and started to play my
game, and it kept coming up with no disk install correct cd try again, well i
thought maybe the cd is just too old so i went out and bought new games, and
tryed it, still did not work i also installed all the patches and fix form
microsoft still dont work, i went all in the trouble shooting on microsoft no
good, now the mythogoly will play fine the first aoe will play and even the
first aoe 2 will play but not the expansion?? i am lost here can any of you
help??

 

[Guest]

Before we begin troubleshooting the issue, if you have more than one
DISC player (CD/DVD/CDRW/DVDR/ETC) in your system, I've seen
this type of problem resolved by simply using the other DISC player.

Here are some other more involved solutions which have worked:

1. Before we begin, please save a restore point for your system.
How to use Windows XP System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp

2. You might be affected by problems similar to the Insert CD error.
- Try the advice and DL at: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=228985
Another trick that I found sometimes works is to make the limited
account an
administrator account and run that game once. This should create the
registry
settings and permissions for that user to be able to properly run the
game.

3. Kazaa or Kazaa light is installed on your system.
- Uninstall the game(s) and Kazaa, and reinstall from original CD.

4. Multiple CD drives on your system including Virtual CD drives.
- Disconnect all but the main CD drive and try the game. You
might have an older drive, or a CD Writer which is incompatible
with the Safe Disk copy protection on the CD. (Contact Vendor).

5. Your antivirus or application firewall might be conflicting with it.
- Disable the software temporarily.

6. There might be a patch available for your game to correct the issue.
- Try www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a/ or the game's site.

7. Your desktop may need to be set at least 800x600 and 16 colors.
- Click Start / (Settings) Control Panel / Click Display

8. Your Video, Sound, or Monitor drivers may need updating.
- Try updating your Video drivers using the instructions at:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers

9. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using this utility: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
or this method: http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php

10. If you created other drive letters on your system by installing another
drive,
creating partitions or virtual drives you may need to change the CD
back
to the same drive letter it was originally. Usually the CD uses the
letter D:
- Click Start / Run / type: diskmgmt.msc < to access the tool to
change it.

11. Maybe a Microsoft Security patch is the culprit. The only way to be
sure is
to Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows using
this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

After you reboot, try the game again. If it works, save a new restore
point.

Lastly, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall, plug back
into your Internet connection and install all Critical and Recommended
updates
from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com one at a time. Test the game
after
each update to find which is causing the game not to start on your PC.


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Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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