Thread: Help needed, game won't load

Hi Ty,

Perhaps the folks who frequent the games newsgroup could better assist you,
if you would like to pose your question to them:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.games



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Ty" <Ty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F05B215D-50BB-4E8E-9164-9865826CE1E8@microsoft.com...
> Hey.
>
> I'm running WinXP Pro and am having trouble running a game. The game
> itself
> has installed properly but when I click on the game icon on the desktop to
> launch it the 'hour glass' spins a little as if it's starting up then
> just.... nothing. It doesn't start. The game is Alien Vs Predator Gold
> Edition and is XP compatible. Any reason why this should be happening?
> I've
> recently ran Home World and that works perfectly. Any ideas would be
> great,
> thanks!

Thanks Patti but the link's not working

"Patti MacLeod" wrote:

> Hi Ty,
>
> Perhaps the folks who frequent the games newsgroup could better assist you,
> if you would like to pose your question to them:
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.games
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Patti MacLeod
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
> "Ty" <Ty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F05B215D-50BB-4E8E-9164-9865826CE1E8@microsoft.com...
> > Hey.
> >
> > I'm running WinXP Pro and am having trouble running a game. The game
> > itself
> > has installed properly but when I click on the game icon on the desktop to
> > launch it the 'hour glass' spins a little as if it's starting up then
> > just.... nothing. It doesn't start. The game is Alien Vs Predator Gold
> > Edition and is XP compatible. Any reason why this should be happening?
> > I've
> > recently ran Home World and that works perfectly. Any ideas would be
> > great,
> > thanks!
>
>
>