I've had exactly the same thing happen with me. Bought the game, installed
it, then I can't play it. Have upgraded video and sound driver, disabled
sound, uninstalled, reinstalled. I still get the "game has failed to exit
properly"message, with sending the error to Microsoft.
I'm playing Dungeon Siege II with no problems. This has me really annoyed as
nothing has been done to address the problem. Obviously. It's disappointing
as this looks good.
I've used that website for trying various things without success. Any
suggestions?
Meanwhile, I'll go back and play Dungeon Siege II which I can play.
Sue
"Maximus" wrote:
> 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.
> > | > __________________________________________________ _______
> > | >
> > | >
> > | >
> >
> >
> >