Vista-64bit help (of course...)

Brutus · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject: Vista-64bit help (of course...)

Aight, i loaded BF42 all patches and Pirates to my Program Files (x86) folder. Everything looks right but BF won't start, even vanilla.

I know Nony said he was running it on V64 so i am more hopeful than when I started. Very Happy

I get nothing when I hit the start icon. From autorun splash screen on the CD, I press 'Play' and get nothing.

I have tried running it in XP compatibility mode and running it as administrator...

Ideas?
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Brutus · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:02 am Post subject:

bump

I uninstalled and installed to C:Program Files like it was in XP and the way the installers all expected. no love again...

I believe i tried all of the OS properties but i get nothing at all. A 3 second clock spin then nothin...

Am I a land-lubber ever more? Sad

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Messy Recipe · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:09 am Post subject:

Anything about it in the Event Viewer?
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ABC News wrote:

Birds can disable planes, Ostrom said, by flying into the engines and shutting them down.

Brutus · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:37 am Post subject:

this under Admin...

The Remote Access Connection Manager service depends on the Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service service which failed to start because of the following error:
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.

and these under Window Logs > System...

Application popup: : \??\C:\Windows\system32\drivers\SECDRV.SYS failed to load

\??\C:\Windows\system32\drivers\SECDRV.SYS has been blocked from loading due to incompatibility with this system. Please contact your software vendor for a compatible version of the driver.

The Secdrv service failed to start due to the following error:
This driver has been blocked from loading

this under Window Logs > application...

Fault bucket 9775409, type 5
Event Name: PCA2
Response: None
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: BF1942.exe
P2: 0.0.0.0
P3: BF1942.exe
P4: unknown
P5: unknown
P6: 200
P7: -1
P8:
P9:
P10:

Attached files:
C:\Users\Brett\AppData\Local\Temp\{7f6bdbbf-f80a-45d3-a72c-162186fe2812}\appcompat.txt
C:\Users\Brett\AppData\Local\Temp\TabEC4B.tmp

These files may be available here:
C:\Users\Brett\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\Report0ab9edc8

Mean anything???
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Wang Chung · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:46 am Post subject:

Are you using no CD stuff or virtual disk?
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Brutus · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:57 am Post subject:

nope actual CD.

i updated Vista and video drivers for the hell of it too but no luck.
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Wang Chung · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:08 am Post subject:

secdrv.sys = some kind of copy-protection bullshit
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Messy Recipe · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:27 am Post subject:

Almost certainly the disk drive then.
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ABC News wrote:

Birds can disable planes, Ostrom said, by flying into the engines and shutting them down.

Brutus · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:29 am Post subject:

Concur. Thanks for guidance! Will try no-cd PATCH or a new CD drive. i think this will do the trick. Very Happy

Had the same issue with Tribes 2. For anyone else's knowledge base. Razz

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Messy Recipe · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:35 am Post subject:

Actually the "blocked from loading" could mean that something is wrong with the CD protection software on the computer, not the disk drive....but I imagine a no-cd crack would fix that anyway.
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ABC News wrote:

Birds can disable planes, Ostrom said, by flying into the engines and shutting them down.

Wang Chung · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:44 am Post subject:

Yeah I was gonna say I don't think it's a problem with the disc drive at all, most likely Vista being cranky with the disc protection software.

I'd go with Daemon Tools + Mini Image, but noCD crack works.
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Brutus · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:52 am Post subject:

CD drive i meant sorry, well DVD drive. Did I miss any? Razz

no cd crack got me working thanks to youz guys and SD for last mile hook up. Pirates community rocks!!!
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Max Periculosus · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure I can be of any help beyond the stuff everyone else has recommended, but I'll throw in that I'm on Vista 64 and can get both vanilla BF1942 and Pirates to run without any special trickery. This leads me to believe that it is your optical drive or CD protection software, like USAF said.
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Wang Chung · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:01 pm Post subject:

Yeah, he got it to work with no-CD crack. I really would be surprised if it was the drive. No point in fucking with it now.
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Brutus · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:39 pm Post subject:

No it was the drive. I had the EXACT issue with Tribes 2 (or some other game). It was WAY back in December (2 weeks ago Razz

) and I had just completely forgot.

its cool how you guys got me back on track so quick though. Gotta take care of us geezers...
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