Ph30nIX
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Hey guys,
I cannot for the life of me get Warcraft 3 (the frozen throne) working on my vista laptop. I have installed the game, latest patches and also made sure my laptop is fully up to date.
I have scoured google for hours, and seen such suggestions as running as admin and running under XP or Win2000 Compatibility, to no avail. I have seen other suggestions such as copying folder to desktop, which actually I did with my Diablo 2 installation by accident which caused it to work, however no luck.
So far the problem is that the War3:FT Splash screen appears, after about 10 seconds or so (this varies) the computer just freezes and locks up. Causing me to have to hold the power button.
I have also checked the event viewer and there are entries related to the application crashing but alot of the information isnt useful unless someone can decode it. I am willing to find it and post if someone knows what they are looking for.
apparently the game is supposed to run in compatibility mode, which has been tested on vista ultimate to work fine, but have not heard of anything in premium or basic.
Hopefully someone can share some fresh ideas for me and I would love to play not confined to my desktop pc.
Cheers,
Nic O.
I cannot for the life of me get Warcraft 3 (the frozen throne) working on my vista laptop. I have installed the game, latest patches and also made sure my laptop is fully up to date.
I have scoured google for hours, and seen such suggestions as running as admin and running under XP or Win2000 Compatibility, to no avail. I have seen other suggestions such as copying folder to desktop, which actually I did with my Diablo 2 installation by accident which caused it to work, however no luck.
So far the problem is that the War3:FT Splash screen appears, after about 10 seconds or so (this varies) the computer just freezes and locks up. Causing me to have to hold the power button.
I have also checked the event viewer and there are entries related to the application crashing but alot of the information isnt useful unless someone can decode it. I am willing to find it and post if someone knows what they are looking for.
apparently the game is supposed to run in compatibility mode, which has been tested on vista ultimate to work fine, but have not heard of anything in premium or basic.
Hopefully someone can share some fresh ideas for me and I would love to play not confined to my desktop pc.
Cheers,
Nic O.