Hi Tom,

"Tom B." <TomB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:95C32B93-A559-49A7-B848-846CC9666E23@microsoft.com...
| Keep getting pop up box when starting game saying: Porsche.ICD has
| encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
| It gives me an option to send an error report to MS. I've tryed setting it to
| run in Win 98 mode but still no luck. It's a great game and this new pc with
| XP is killing me in one more way now. Help anyone please!

If you're able to play other CD based games, this might help ...

The following applies to most games in general, and not just to the games that
may be listed in the KB Article referred to in this post.

SYMPTOMS:

When you start or play any one of the games that is listed in the "Applies to" section, you may experience one or more of the
following symptoms:

•The game stops responding.
•The game quits unexpectedly.
•The computer restarts unexpectedly.

Additionally, you may receive the following error message after you receive the Gathering Exception Data dialog box:
<Game Name>has encountered a problem and needs to close.

RESOLUTION:

Method 1: Restart your computer by using a clean boot procedure
Method 2: Remove and Reinstall the Game
Method 3: Adjust graphics hardware acceleration
Method 4: Disable AGP Texturing in the DirectX Diagnostic tool
Method 5: Temporarily disable the sound card in Windows
Method 6: Lower sound acceleration
Method 7 : Download and install the most recent version of DirectX
Method 8: Update your video driver
Method 9: Update your sound driver
Method 10: Scan your computer for viruses
Method 11: Remove spyware
Method 12: Install the latest VIA chipset drivers
Method 13: Create a new user account in Windows XP
Method 14: Change the compatibility setting

Detailed instructions and video clips are published at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;303032

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