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Title: Age of Empires II
Post by: YourMathTeacher on December 20, 2009, 05:58:51 PM: I have a dilemma that I hope someone here can help me solve, because I don't know where else to look.

I had been playing AoEII for several years on my two computers. One day, the game no longer loads. The intro screen starts, but then I get an error message something akin to:

Age of Empires failed to start. Windows is checking for a solution....

Then no solution appears. What happened? I already tried reinstalling, using an older configuration (for my Vista computer), and checking for patches. One of my computers is Windows XP and the other is Vista. Both do the same thing.
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on December 20, 2009, 06:44:32 PM: Did you just update?
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: YourMathTeacher on December 20, 2009, 06:46:21 PM: Quote from: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on December 20, 2009, 06:44:32 PM
Did you just update?

Update what? I have "Automatic Updates" set for Windows. Is that what you meant?
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: Cameron the Conqueror on December 20, 2009, 06:52:28 PM: I think he meant AOE updates. Basically, we are looking for anything that has changed that would cause a change. (cause for an effect)
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: YourMathTeacher on December 20, 2009, 07:09:07 PM: Quote from: Cameron the Conqueror on December 20, 2009, 06:52:28 PM
Basically, we are looking for anything that has changed that would cause a change. (cause for an effect)

And I appreciate your efforts. ;D

I did not make any updates to AoEII prior to the stoppage.
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: Master KChief on December 20, 2009, 07:10:37 PM: system restore your computer to a point where aoe2 was working properly.
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: YourMathTeacher on December 20, 2009, 07:14:01 PM: Quote from: Master KChief on December 20, 2009, 07:10:37 PM
system restore your computer to a point where aoe2 was working properly.

I tried that on the XP computer and it didn't work. I'll try it on the Vista computer, though, just in case.
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on December 20, 2009, 09:37:02 PM: FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR

COMPUTER OVER.
VIRUS = VERY YES.
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: Minister Polarius on December 21, 2009, 12:54:36 AM: SBEmail quotes are always win.
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on December 21, 2009, 12:04:24 PM: Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on December 20, 2009, 09:37:02 PM
FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR

COMPUTER OVER.
VIRUS = VERY YES.
YMT, Were you using the internet irresponsibly?
Did you get a virus?
Did you get several thousand viruses?
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: YourMathTeacher on December 21, 2009, 12:35:50 PM: I have Zerrubabel's Temple and The Garden Tomb loaded on my computer, so there is no way a virus got through.
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: Cameron the Conqueror on December 21, 2009, 12:41:48 PM: That's where you are wrong. The Destructive Sin virus could pwn both of your protections effortlessly.
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on December 21, 2009, 01:26:07 PM: Quote from: YourMathTeacher on December 21, 2009, 12:35:50 PM
I have Zerrubabel's Temple and The Garden Tomb loaded on my computer, so there is no way a virus got through.

Did you read the cards? TGT only stops one if its by itself... not 423,827 viruses.
Title: Re: Age of Empires II
Post by: YourMathTeacher on December 21, 2009, 01:32:12 PM: Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on December 21, 2009, 01:26:07 PM
... not 423,827 viruses.

Each of those viruses have their own brigade. I checked the Crayola website and there are at least that many crayon colors in production.