My Windows Vista won't play any games, why?

My Windows Vista has all the right requirements for my games, but when I
install them, a message pops up that says that the game has not been
installed correctly, then if I try to play any games, they will start
working, but then after the intro a message pops up that says something
like, Your game has stopped working, Windows is searching for a problem
and will close and notify you when a solution is possible. I have tried
reinstalling the game, but nothing has changed.

Does anybody have any advice? Thanks.


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Are the games "Made for Vista" or are they earlier versions for XP or even
Windows 2000?

Have you updated all your drivers for hardware - e.g. video card and have
the correct DirectX version? Re-read the requirements for the games; they
might run under Vista, but most of all, software depends on compatible
hardware to run such as sufficient RAM, video memory, processor speed etc.

Have you tried a forum associated with the specific game(s) you're running,
or are you talking about the games included in Windows - solitaire, Mine
Sweeper and so on?



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> My Windows Vista has all the right requirements for my games, but when I
> install them, a message pops up that says that the game has not been
> installed correctly, then if I try to play any games, they will start
> working, but then after the intro a message pops up that says something
> like, Your game has stopped working, Windows is searching for a problem
> and will close and notify you when a solution is possible. I have tried
> reinstalling the game, but nothing has changed.
>
> Does anybody have any advice? Thanks.
>
>
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