Thanks I will give that a try. An additional note on the failure. I have
discovered that the program crashes somewhere between the start of the
initial Fable splash screen and the start of the EULA agreement.

Kevin

"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi Maximus,
>
> Your ATI 9600 is one of the supported cards according to:
> http://www.microsoft.com/games/fable/support.asp
> however since the suspect is still your sound card, I wonder
> if we could disable the card/sound HW acceleration as a test:
> http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v9
> if that fails, I would urge you to go through the troubleshooting
> steps on that page, even if you may have done them before.
>
> --
> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> __________________________________________________ _______
>
> "Maximus" <Maximus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0199A171-E412-4FC5-B5AC-465AFFCA1785@microsoft.com...
> | The ATI and SoundMax drivers are up to date. When I saw the post on the
> | Soundblaster cards I thought I would give that a try.
> |
> | Kevin
> |
> | "Jimmy S." wrote:
> |
> | > Hi,
> | >
> | > "Maximus" <Maximus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F937BAAD-6286-46CF-96B3-4EBD413F67CC@microsoft.com...
> | > |I installed the program and then started it from the desktop. The Fable
> | > | splash screen appears then goes out. You then get an error message that
> | > | Fable has failed to exit correctly and it is suggested that you use safe
> | > | mode. You have the choices of safe mode or continue anyway. Regardless of
> | > | what you select the program will close and you will get the message that the
> | > | program was closed and do you want to send the results to microsoft.
> | > |
> | > | I have uninstalled the program and reinstalled it without success.
> | > |
> | > | The computer is a Dell 8250 with 512 megs of RAM, a ATI 9600 video card and
> | > | a built in SoundMax sound card. All of the hardware is over the minimum
> | > | specs for the game. I read in the readme file that there has been a problem
> | > | with certain Sound Blaster drivers but my computer does not use a Sound
> | > | Blaster sound card.
> | > |
> | > | Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> | > |
> | > | Thanks
> | > |
> | > | Kevin
> | > |
> | > | "Jimmy S." wrote:
> | > |
> | > | > Hi,
> | > | >
> | > | > "Maximus" <Maximus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B7DAB13B-7E61-4663-9206-113B31AF8AFB@microsoft.com...
> | > | > | Hi I am looking for a forum or an email address to get some help with Fable.
> | > | > | Can anyone point me in the direction.
> | > | > |
> | > | > | I cannot get the game to start even though I have more then the necessary
> | > | > | hardware requirements.
> | > | > |
> | > | > | Thanks
> | > | > |
> | > | > | Kevin
> | > | >
> | > | > What happens exactly? Does it give you an error message?
> | > | >
> | > | > --
> | > | > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> | > | > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> | > | >
> | > | > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> | > | > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> | > | > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> | > | > __________________________________________________ _______
> | > | >
> | > | >
> | > | >
> | >
> | > Speaking of drivers, have you updated your ATI and SoundMax drivers?
> | >
> | > --
> | > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> | > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> | >
> | > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> | > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> | > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> | > __________________________________________________ _______
> | >
> | >
> | >
>
>
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