GTA: Vice City problem on Windows 8.1

Anonymous
2017-05-21T21:30:14+00:00

I have checked the forums already and can't find a solution to my problem.  I'm not very technical and this will show.  My PC is only 3 years old.  Here goes:

I played Vice City on this PC two years ago.  It then stopped working (the game would start up fine but when I went to start/load a game the pink bar just sat there and the game crashed).  So I decided to buy it from Steam.  Same exact problem.

I tried everything I could come up with... opened some DEP thing and made it open Vice City. 

I tried every single compatibility setting available. 

Added "run as administrator"

I tried to change my own screen resolution but it can't go that low (640X480).

So now the game won't even start, I get the common issue that says "Cannot find 640X480 video mode".

I've watched Youtube videos and checked this forum (including Steam's) and cannot find a solution. 

I don't understand why this game would have worked 2 years ago but not now.

I'm desperate to play.  Please help me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-07-25T15:13:35+00:00

    Performing clean boot will not erase any data or files from your computer. It will simply disable any unnecessary programs running on start up.

    Should you have questions, feel free to post them on this thread.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-07-24T02:04:51+00:00

    Thank you for explaining what a clean boot is for.  I'll ask again, though, will this mess up my PC?  Will I lose any information?

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-07-20T22:10:09+00:00

    Hello,

    Performing clean boot will help you determine if there are background applications affecting your computer performance or in this case, when you are launching your app. Simply follow the steps on how to perform a clean boot in this article for further troubleshooting.

    You can always go back and run all of the applications again on start up if the same issue occurs after the clean boot.

    If you have further questions, please let us know.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-07-20T02:02:48+00:00

    I won't lie, this sounds intimidating.  Will my PC get messed up doing this?  I don't want to lose my computer to play one game...

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-07-14T20:59:30+00:00

    Have you considered doing a clean boot procedure for this issue? A clean boot is performed to start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This helps eliminate software conflicts that occur when you install and run a program or even an update. To begin doing this, kindly click the link below. This link provides you with clean boot procedure not only for Windows 8.1, but for other Windows operating systems as well.

    How to perform a clean boot in Windows.

    Let us know the result for us to assist you further.

    Regards.

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