Even without the Indeo drivers it shouldn't crash - regardless whether you
select yes or no (to the more than 16 Mb RAM message). I have XPSP2, don't
have the video drivers, and didn't crash when installing.
I can't help you further, but at least you know that (hopefully) it's not
because of them drivers.
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>> "Jeffery S. Jones" <jeffsj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> > On 29 Sep 2004 00:12:06 GMT, stevenmclennan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(StevenMcLennan)
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>>My first guess would be that you need to install/update the Indeo
>> >>>video codec. Been a while since I installed the game, but I think
>> >>>it plays a video at that point, and if you don't have the right
>> >>>(drivers which if you have WinXP would be the case, by default,
>> >>>unless you've downloaded/installed them
>> >>>elsewhere), it won't play. I don't know if
>> >>>it would crash, but it is possible.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>That could be the case as I am now using XP, whereas when I
>> >>installed the game
>> >>earlier on a different computer it was windows 98.
>> >
>> > If it is indeo, check www.ligos.com for the latest XP codecs.
>> >
>> > I don't remember exactly what I did with it -- I've had XP for a
>> > while. But I remember that the startup movie *didn't* play the
>> > first time I installed it. Maybe it triggered the Windows "download
>> > codec" thing, and as I have cable it went so fast I never noticed
>> > it?
>>
>> You have to pay to get them from ligos now. I don't know what the
>> other options may be.
>
> You have to pay if you want them from Ligos, they're free if you don't
> mind
> where they're from.
>
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