Dungeon Siege problem

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Just installed Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, which includes the full
version of Dungeon Siege. After completing installation I double-click on the
DS icon and essentially nothing happens. My cursor turns into an hourglass
and then back to a cursor and then nothing at all. It's as if I didn't try to
run the game.

I tried opening from the C drive, then thru programs/dugeon siege and still
nothing. I uninstalled and reinstalled. My computer should be able to handle
this w/o any problem. I have a Dell P4 2.8 GHz, 512 RAM, buckets of free
memory, etc. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
:)
 
Hi Bob,

Bob Villa said:
Just installed Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, which includes the full
version of Dungeon Siege. After completing installation I double-click on the
DS icon and essentially nothing happens. My cursor turns into an hourglass
and then back to a cursor and then nothing at all. It's as if I didn't try to
run the game.

I tried opening from the C drive, then thru programs/dugeon siege and still
nothing. I uninstalled and reinstalled. My computer should be able to handle
this w/o any problem. I have a Dell P4 2.8 GHz, 512 RAM, buckets of free
memory, etc. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
:)
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Let's try some basic troubleshooting. If the problem still persists
please post back and we'll try some more steps. Good luck! :-)

1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using: http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php

You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

2. Run a virus scan at: http://housecall.antivirus.com Afterwards
Download & Run Spybot from: http://security.kolla.de to find any
Trojans, Adware, or Spyware which could clog up your system.

3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.

4. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under Critical and
Recommended: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Some games
require a patch: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a

5. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
Checklist of Solutions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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Dungeon Siege is very sensitive to install. Make sure that you run Scandisk
and then defrag your hard drive before installing it and it should work. I
have had no problems here with it.

Chris Veverka
 
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