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games not working with vista
Name: MRMagoo Date: August 24, 2007 at 04:06:43 Pacific OS: Windows Vistaâ„¢ Home Pre CPU/Ram: AMD Athlontm 64 Processor Product: Compaq-Presario GB223AA-A
Comment:
Hi ive just got a new pc and it came with vista i bought some games i tried to install sims2 but it keeps sticking at 1% at a file called globalcatbin.bundle.package ive installed the new drivers for my graphics card which is a NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and i have all the system requirements but it still happens it also happens on myst 4,age of empires 2 and rise of nations does anyone know why it would do this
Name: Sabertooth Date: August 24, 2007 at 07:22:21 Pacific
Reply:
If it is happening on a bunch of games, maybe there is a problem with your optical drive. For now, try to find the "globalcatbin.bundle.package" on the internet & download it to your desktop, if you can point the installer to its location, you may be able to get around the error message.
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Response Number 2
Name: MRMagoo Date: August 24, 2007 at 17:41:31 Pacific
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thanks for the reply ive tried it and it didnt work.if it is the optical drive do i need to but a new dvd drive cos it has problems with all my dvd games but not with the cd ones the drive i have is TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H653L SCSI CdRom Device it seems to get stuck on certain files on the dvd roms and when i try to open the problem ones individually the drive just goes brrr brrr brrr brrrr over and over and wont read them
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