possible service/game conflict?

[ron]

i picked up civ3 gold. it crashed at the splash screen.
after multiple attempts at obvious fixes (uninstalling
and reinstalling video/sound card drivers, flashing bios,
uninstalling and reinstalling civ3, etcetc) i finally
found a workaround.

if i run msconfig and startup with everything but 'plug
and play' checked, the game runs fine (albeit without
sound).

any ideas as to what may be causing this?

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Ron,

Since it's working but without sound, how about disabling
your sound device in System Properties / Hardware /
Device Manager. That will help troubleshoot the issue.

| i picked up civ3 gold. it crashed at the splash screen.
| after multiple attempts at obvious fixes (uninstalling
| and reinstalling video/sound card drivers, flashing bios,
| uninstalling and reinstalling civ3, etcetc) i finally
| found a workaround.
|
| if i run msconfig and startup with everything but 'plug
| and play' checked, the game runs fine (albeit without
| sound).
|
| any ideas as to what may be causing this?

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