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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    2018-08-11T18:36:55+00:00

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    James

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-08T13:16:50+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?

    Thanks for the help!

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-08T13:13:29+00:00

    i try and load ark survival evolved but it wont load not evan a little box saying error or it loading I thought it was this soft wear called battle eye was the problem but it isn't it just wont download. the pc I got is a dell 2017 I don't know the exact name of it. I have mods for ark I don't know if there the problem. please help its really annoying me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-07-21T13:00:52+00:00

    Error code 121003

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