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
    2018-10-23T17:12:54+00:00

    Well, your question is wrong, all most all games of every windows version runs on windows 10, just you need graphics, sound and minimum RAM which should be compatible with that game.

    If then also game doesn,t run then right click on executable, click on properties, go to compatiblity tab and change OS settings, if you want to run DOS or windows 95 old games then you can use DOSBOX.

    if you have any confusion then comment please.

    thank you.

    Visit www.iclicksolutions.us for more information.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-26T00:22:43+00:00

    thanks for your solution steps for me to follow,but when I come to the last one it says  " change  os settings" what do i change them to... ps bear in mind that a real novice  about these things, and I find it all a little confusing,,, thanx again arthur mcvay

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-11-06T21:08:16+00:00
    1. don't understand

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-11-07T09:27:40+00:00

    Hello bro this may be happening due to following reasons

    1)your computer model number may be old thatsway it is unable to load a heavy games

    2)your processor may be old

    3)your hard drive is fulled thatsway this error is coming

    4)your computer is slow down due to some virus

    This all may be the reason for slowing the windows speed 

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