plain civ2 on XP?

[MarkG]

anyone tried to install plain civ2 on XP?

a cousin of mine has no success, the setup crashes on him
any ideas?

[Mercator]

It *should* work. He should try closing down all programs (Ctrl-Alt-Del brings up a list of running programs, close all except Explorer... At least, that's what it is on Win98 ) before starting the setup.

[Cedric Greene]

Setup crashes? Wow that has to suck. Worked fine when I installed it on XP home. Like Mercator said close all nonessential programs and also have him install WinG first.

[Bloody Monk]

I don't think XP is the problem. I've been playing everyday for a year with no problems.

If you have done everything else and it's a new box, defrag might help.

[rjmatsleepers]

I've also loaded it on XP with no problems. Perhaps you should have a word with that nice Mr Gates.

RJM at Sleepers

[MarkG]

i guess i'll try sending(he lives in a different city) him my copy of mge. perhaps that works better

[Scouse Gits]

I have them all 2.42 -- MGE running under XP pro at work and 2.42 running under XP Home on my daughter's laptop - there is only one problem - when I put a caravan into a WoW I don't get the message about so many more needed...

SG[1]

[LDiCesare]

I have no problem with ToT under XP.

[Mercator]

Originally posted by MarkG
i guess i'll try sending(he lives in a different city) him my copy of mge. perhaps that works better

What!? That's illegal. A game may only be installed on one machine, and if on others, only when you'll never use both at the same time (e.g. home/laptop).



I suggest you ban yourself for such a thoughtless idea.

Unless, of course, you don't use it yourself anymore...

[MarkG]

Unless, of course, you don't use it yourself anymore...

that is correct

[rah]

Yep, I've installed MGE on darn near every Win operating system, including XP, without any problems.