RE: Madden 2007 Installation Problems...

I installed Madden 2007 and was at first able to get to the point where you
get a frozen screen with ther sound in the background like the game is
playing. Then tried going to compatability mode and running in XP mose, and
running as administrator...now, i can't even get to the game, as it won't
read the disk in the drive.

As an aside, COD:UO plays, but with very slow frame-rates, even though this
is a new computer and has better hardware that my last computer that COD ran
great on. Just got this computer and OS, and so far am very
underwhelmed...supposedly Vista will work with most programs, but that
appears to be false. Even my new mouse and printer don't work fully, and had
to install Microsoft's own program (MSN) 5 times before it would work right.
Vista is crap!!

"Silkdogg" wrote:

> I'm able to install Madden 2007 on Vista 32-bit RC1 build 5600 and run it
> without any problems.
> --
> Yea! Boy -ee
>
>
> "zimmie" wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem Madden 2007 will not install on RC1. Somebody told me
> > its because of the copy protection on the dvd. I dont know if thats true or
> > not.
> >
> > "Spike" wrote:
> >
> > > So far, this is the only newer game I've come across problems with.
> > >
> > > First, while testing Upgrade capabilities, I noted Madden would play.
> > > However, when it did, the fields were grey, and uprights were non-existent
> > > during gameplay. I chalk that up to DirectX incompatibility, or perhaps an
> > > upgrade issue...
> > >
> > > So, I've gone through with both RC1 x86 and RC1 x64, and neither will allow
> > > Madden to install. It will Autorun when the CD is inserted, however the OS
> > > just refuses to run the installation application (whether I click on it on
> > > the splash screen started by the autorun, or I click on the file itself on
> > > the CD).
> > >
> > > I've tried the Compatibility Wizard to no avail. I've tried running it as
> > > Administrator with no luck as well.
> > >
> > > Has anyone had issues like this, and if so, found a workaround? Needs to be
> > > reported otherwise, but I'd rather know first that it's not an isolated
> > > issue. I try to gather as much information as possible before submitting
> > > things to MS.

Madden works fine under Vista. Its the video card drivers that are the
culprit.

100.59 nVidia drivers fix the freezing screen and you can still here the
game in the background issue.

Tony


"StoneColdChris" <StoneColdChris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:62810D60-602F-4FD0-AA0E-522C93DA653D@microsoft.com...
>I installed Madden 2007 and was at first able to get to the point where you
> get a frozen screen with ther sound in the background like the game is
> playing. Then tried going to compatability mode and running in XP mose,
> and
> running as administrator...now, i can't even get to the game, as it won't
> read the disk in the drive.
>
> As an aside, COD:UO plays, but with very slow frame-rates, even though
> this
> is a new computer and has better hardware that my last computer that COD
> ran
> great on. Just got this computer and OS, and so far am very
> underwhelmed...supposedly Vista will work with most programs, but that
> appears to be false. Even my new mouse and printer don't work fully, and
> had
> to install Microsoft's own program (MSN) 5 times before it would work
> right.
> Vista is crap!!
>
> "Silkdogg" wrote:
>
>> I'm able to install Madden 2007 on Vista 32-bit RC1 build 5600 and run it
>> without any problems.
>> --
>> Yea! Boy -ee
>>
>>
>> "zimmie" wrote:
>>
>> > I have the same problem Madden 2007 will not install on RC1. Somebody
>> > told me
>> > its because of the copy protection on the dvd. I dont know if thats
>> > true or
>> > not.
>> >
>> > "Spike" wrote:
>> >
>> > > So far, this is the only newer game I've come across problems with.
>> > >
>> > > First, while testing Upgrade capabilities, I noted Madden would play.
>> > > However, when it did, the fields were grey, and uprights were
>> > > non-existent
>> > > during gameplay. I chalk that up to DirectX incompatibility, or
>> > > perhaps an
>> > > upgrade issue...
>> > >
>> > > So, I've gone through with both RC1 x86 and RC1 x64, and neither will
>> > > allow
>> > > Madden to install. It will Autorun when the CD is inserted, however
>> > > the OS
>> > > just refuses to run the installation application (whether I click on
>> > > it on
>> > > the splash screen started by the autorun, or I click on the file
>> > > itself on
>> > > the CD).
>> > >
>> > > I've tried the Compatibility Wizard to no avail. I've tried running
>> > > it as
>> > > Administrator with no luck as well.
>> > >
>> > > Has anyone had issues like this, and if so, found a workaround? Needs
>> > > to be
>> > > reported otherwise, but I'd rather know first that it's not an
>> > > isolated
>> > > issue. I try to gather as much information as possible before
>> > > submitting
>> > > things to MS.

Where are you finding 100.59 driver? I just went to the Nvidia web site and
the current driver is 9746.

"Tony" wrote:

> Madden works fine under Vista. Its the video card drivers that are the
> culprit.
>
> 100.59 nVidia drivers fix the freezing screen and you can still here the
> game in the background issue.
>
> Tony
>
>
> "StoneColdChris" <StoneColdChris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:62810D60-602F-4FD0-AA0E-522C93DA653D@microsoft.com...
> >I installed Madden 2007 and was at first able to get to the point where you
> > get a frozen screen with ther sound in the background like the game is
> > playing. Then tried going to compatability mode and running in XP mose,
> > and
> > running as administrator...now, i can't even get to the game, as it won't
> > read the disk in the drive.
> >
> > As an aside, COD:UO plays, but with very slow frame-rates, even though
> > this
> > is a new computer and has better hardware that my last computer that COD
> > ran
> > great on. Just got this computer and OS, and so far am very
> > underwhelmed...supposedly Vista will work with most programs, but that
> > appears to be false. Even my new mouse and printer don't work fully, and
> > had
> > to install Microsoft's own program (MSN) 5 times before it would work
> > right.
> > Vista is crap!!
> >
> > "Silkdogg" wrote:
> >
> >> I'm able to install Madden 2007 on Vista 32-bit RC1 build 5600 and run it
> >> without any problems.
> >> --
> >> Yea! Boy -ee
> >>
> >>
> >> "zimmie" wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have the same problem Madden 2007 will not install on RC1. Somebody
> >> > told me
> >> > its because of the copy protection on the dvd. I dont know if thats
> >> > true or
> >> > not.
> >> >
> >> > "Spike" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > So far, this is the only newer game I've come across problems with.
> >> > >
> >> > > First, while testing Upgrade capabilities, I noted Madden would play.
> >> > > However, when it did, the fields were grey, and uprights were
> >> > > non-existent
> >> > > during gameplay. I chalk that up to DirectX incompatibility, or
> >> > > perhaps an
> >> > > upgrade issue...
> >> > >
> >> > > So, I've gone through with both RC1 x86 and RC1 x64, and neither will
> >> > > allow
> >> > > Madden to install. It will Autorun when the CD is inserted, however
> >> > > the OS
> >> > > just refuses to run the installation application (whether I click on
> >> > > it on
> >> > > the splash screen started by the autorun, or I click on the file
> >> > > itself on
> >> > > the CD).
> >> > >
> >> > > I've tried the Compatibility Wizard to no avail. I've tried running
> >> > > it as
> >> > > Administrator with no luck as well.
> >> > >
> >> > > Has anyone had issues like this, and if so, found a workaround? Needs
> >> > > to be
> >> > > reported otherwise, but I'd rather know first that it's not an
> >> > > isolated
> >> > > issue. I try to gather as much information as possible before
> >> > > submitting
> >> > > things to MS.
>
>
>