why won't my games play on my computer

Anonymous
2011-09-17T03:39:30+00:00

why won't my games play on my computer. they will load and come on but after so many seconds the game will close out.why is that?

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Anonymous
2011-09-17T16:07:55+00:00

Hi,

1.  Do you get any exact error message while loading the game? If yes, please let me know the exact error code.

2.  What is make and model of your computer?

3.  Which games are you not able to play on your system?

4.  Were you able to play the games on your system in past? If so, when did the problem start and have you made any hardware or software changes recently?

5.   Are you talking about the online games or the games which are installed in your system?

If the problems are with online games, update your flash player. Click on the link given below to update it:

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

If you are not able to play games installed in your system, try the following methods and let me know if that helps you:

Method 1:

Try following the KB article to perform Clean Boot:

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista and Windows 7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Disclaimer: After you used the clean boot to resolve your problem follow Step 7 to reset the computer to start as usual.

Method 2:

Check if you face the similar issue in safe mode.

To start your computer in safe mode go through the below mentioned article

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-04-29T17:17:49+00:00

    Microsoft turned off access to the game server used by XP users to play the internet games.  Based on the billions of dollars Microsoft makes, the cost of leaving the XP game server is less than the average home users electric bill or less than $75.00 per month, if you add in the cost of the space the server was using and the air conditioning in the building, lets call it $100.00 per month.  Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer.  Microsoft is not interested is "customer service", just controlling and dominating the market.  It is unfortunate!

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-04-27T13:37:19+00:00

    what is wrong with this system

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-04-27T13:36:44+00:00

    what is wrong with this system

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-04-27T13:35:28+00:00

    none of my games will start to play

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