Vista games not working

G

Guest

i have just installed vista home premium. a clean install .When i try to run
the vista games some wont start and give a error message .saying ie
Executable for Mahjong Titans game has stopped working .this happens with all
the games.Pocessor is AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.00Ghz . 1022 MB Mem 32 operating
sytem till my upgrade comes from microsoft. graphics Radeon X800GT.
anybody have any ideas
regards
Paul
 
N

nick

most older games dont work from a fresh install. if you can get the game to
install then thats half your problemsolved just right click on the shortcut
and select xpsp2 compat or win98 if the games realy old 9/10 times that
works
 
G

Guest

thanks but this doesnt realy help as the games in question are the microsoft
games that are part of vista ie mahjong titans inkball freecell
 
G

Guest

try this
Control Panel--Programs--Turn Windows features on/off
turn on games and let machine process this request
Control Panel--Programs--Turn Windows features on/off
turn off games and let machine process this request
restart computer
Control Panel--Programs--Turn Windows features on/off
turn on games and let machine process this request
restart computer
my games workes after this procedure
 

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