Sid Meier's Railroads!

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John Smith

I have this program installed on Vista Ultimate and every 5 minutes or so it
crashes, screen goes black and it reverts back to the desktop.

Anyone have any ideas?

John
 
John;
Do you have the latest video and sound drivers?
What does the program manufacturer have to say about Windows vista
compatibility?
Is there an update or patch available for the program?
Does you computer meet or preferably exceed all the hardware
requirements for the program?
Do you have other programs such as anti virus running that may
interfere?
 
I purchased this game over a year ago and couldn't get it to work under
Vista so I emailed Firaxis who said it wasn't designed for Vista which is
why it keeps crashing to the desktop. I had emailed them prior to this and
they suggested I try the different compatabiliy modes but this didn't work.
I guess I have wasted my money getting the game unless I install XP instead
of Vista.
Shawn
 
Shawn;
See if you can find others that use that program, perhaps someone has
a fix.
If the manufacturer has forums, you may be able to find a solution
there.
 
John Smith said:
I have this program installed on Vista Ultimate and every 5 minutes or so
it crashes, screen goes black and it reverts back to the desktop.

Anyone have any ideas?
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Yes, I have several, the one at the top of my mind is your video card is
crashing. I'm not sure if Railroads has this option, but try running the
game in Windowed Mode (Check the game options), so when the game crashes
you'll see any pop-up message that may be getting obscured by the game
running full screen.

If Windows says something like Your display adapter stopped working and
Windows has recovered, it could be your video card drivers are crashing
(easy, just update them and that "might" fix it), or your video card is
overheating and crashing which is bad, and could require replacing the video
card, or simply cooling down your system a bit.

If you built the system yourself and are comfortable working inside, check
your system fans, make sure they are clean and spinning nice and fast while
the system is on. As a test you might try getting a small house fan, opening
up your case and pointing the fan at your system while you play, see if the
problem goes away.

If none of this is helping, reply and include your system
specs/make/model/video/audio/etc settings.

-A.
 
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