WinXP - civilization.exe failed to initialize - 0xc000005

[[ck]pinball]

I have played civ3 for months on my pc with win98
now I have changed to win xp pro.
when I try install civ3, I get this message

Civilization3.exe failed to initiliaze 0xc000005

any idea why ?

my setup is
Plll550
ram: 128 mb
nvidia 32 mb
monitor: 21" 1240 * 1024
but even if I try to change my display-setup or 98comp. i dos'nt help

Can anybody help me ?

[zulu9812]

I'll be honest with you: if you don't want to play Civ3 and you like Microsoft keeping tabs on you this much, stick with XP

[Sheik]

You might be having safedisk problems. Go to:

http://www.ina-support.com/faq/civ3_pc.asp#standard

for a safedisk questionare.

[[ck]pinball]

King of Scotland
For what it's worth..
both xp & civ are legally obtained... no worries !!

Sheik.. thx
even if it will take forever to get that disk.. ;-)

[Ethelred]

Try this

Unistall

Delete the Civ III folder

If you want to keep your present saves copy them to somewhere else, same for the highscore file

Reinstall

Install the 1.29 patch

Upgrading to XP without reinstalling the game can cause problems.


If that doesn't work.

Update you video drivers

Update your sound drivers.

Upadate everything you can think of.

And yes you may have a Safedisk II problem in which case a newer CD player might take care of it. If you have a DVD player and CD burner try installing from whichever you didn't install it from.

[zulu9812]

When you uninstall, you should also delete the Installshield Information folder. That folder is hidden, so you'll need to enable show hidden folders in options for windows explorer.

[zulu9812]

Re: WinXP - civilization.exe failed to initialize - 0xc000005

Originally posted by [ck]pinball
my setup is
Plll550
ram: 128 mb
nvidia 32 mb
monitor: 21" 1240 * 1024
but even if I try to change my display-setup or 98comp. i dos'nt help

I have to say - that's a pretty low system for XP. Windows XP requires a MINIMUM of 128 MB RAM, so you might want to think about upgrading to 256.

[Willem]

Re: Re: WinXP - civilization.exe failed to initialize - 0xc000005

Originally posted by zulu9812


I have to say - that's a pretty low system for XP. Windows XP requires a MINIMUM of 128 MB RAM, so you might want to think about upgrading to 256.

More like 512. I have 448 on mine, and my memory manager tells me that Civ III is still almost redlining my RAM. Just sitting doing nothing, XP can use up 256 meg.

And yes, pinball, you'll probably have to uninstall/reinstall the game. At least I did when I upgraded. Also make sure you have all the latest drivers for your gear.

[TacticalGrace]

Make sure you aren't using "Fast USer Switching"

In fact disable Fast USer Switching if you know what's good for you.

I had similar problems on XP and still do intermitently where the machine just powers down instantly, or pops up a error message like you described.

(1) I reinstalled civ3+patch
(2) updated my video and sound drivers
(3) sacrificed a goat on the alter of Bill Gates

and didn't have the problem anymore. much.