I just got Madden 2004 and I can't get it to load. I have Direct X 9.0c loaded and as far as I know my system meets all requirements. When I try to install the hourglass comes up for just a second and that's all. Using autorun or double-clicking the exe. file yields the same result. I just seem to get absolutely no response from the install disk. Any suggestions are appreciated. I am the Human!!

Hi, 1 of my computers was doing this just the other day (not with madden),I ran spybot and ad-awre and cleaned out my cache and all was good again, mite just be a bug. Hope this may help. Oz "Bite off more than you can chew, And chew like hell!" Peter Brock. Yahoo Id. ozyoiy

Thanks ozyoiy, I'm at work right now, but I'll try that when I get home. I am the Human!!

Nope, didn't work. EASports tech support has nothing either. I am the Human!!

Gaming software is not my specialty, but here's a suggestion: Before trying to install the game, hit Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up Task Manager. Click on the Processes tab, then click on "User Name" to arrange the processes. Now, one at a time, "End Process" everything connected with your username (Jude?) except for EXPLORER.exe & taskmgr.exe...to do this, simply highlite the process, then click the End Process button. Don't do anything with the System, Network Service, or Local Service processes, just the ones listed with your username. Once you've shutdown all but EXPLORER.exe & taskmgr.exe, try installing the game........ Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @8x210mhz 512mb PC3200 Ti4200/8X 128mb WDC 60GB

Alright. I'll give that a shot right now. I am the only user on this machine. I'll let you know. Thanks I am the Human!!

Yep! That did the trick. You da man. Uhh... yeah. I'm the only user... I forgot; Norton's using my computer, XP is using my computer... Right after I loaded the game, I rebooted and for some reason I was running way too slow. Couldn't get to this thread in a reasonable amount of time. I escaped out of here and tried to load updates for SpySweeper-- that took too long, so I just ran it. It didn't find anything but afterwards, computer ran normally. Anyway, thanks a lot!!! I am the Human!!