incompatability loading with vista

xradin · Post by **xradin** » Sun May 03, 2009 1:14 pm

trying to load diablo 2 and i get the incompatability issues exist message...seems to b with vista, yet my friend can play with vista on his comp even with the error message...lol, i dont wanna wait til monday to figure this out when blizz so graciously opens...can anyone suggest a fix to this besides downloading XP?

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Sun May 03, 2009 1:31 pm

Right click on the game launcher icon and choose "run in administrator" mode. It works for games that support only dx9 in a dx10 os such as vista.

Oh, and welcome to the forums

xradin · Post by **xradin** » Sun May 03, 2009 7:50 pm

unhandled exception

thxs 4 the welcome Loki...i tried the admin. thing but it keeps bouncing me this message "unhandled exception: access violation (c00000005)"...any ideas..im a little 'luddite-ish' when it comes to comps...lol..guess ill have to wait to talk to blizz...mayb ill uninstall then reinstall as admin and c if that works...

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Mon May 04, 2009 2:41 am

Have you applied the latest patch?

DaveO · Post by **DaveO** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:23 am

Most Vista issues are either due to that intrusive User Account Control or not setting administrator privileges.

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:28 am

Probably the administrator thing. I can run DII in Vista. However, I did disable the User Account. What was MS thinking when they created that abomination? Me: "Let's Print." Vista before disabling User Account "PING! You moved the mouse. Are you sure you want to?" Me: "Yes". "PING! You leftclicked. Are you sure this is allowed by the administrator?" Me: "Yes". "PING! You've violated user's privileges. Please contact an admin."
It bears no doubt the thing got kicked out, fast.

AvatarOfLight · Post by **AvatarOfLight** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:31 am

DaveO wrote:Most Vista issues are either due to that intrusive User Account Control or not setting administrator privileges.

QFT

Both Diablo's run fine on Vista with some basic tweaks.

Milk · Post by **Milk** » Sat May 23, 2009 9:26 am

Start> Programs>Diablo II, right click your Diablo II file go to properties, then Compatibility and run it in compatibility mode for Windows Xp (service pack 2)

That worked for me.

sharonk868 · Post by **sharonk868** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:51 pm

xradin wrote:trying to load diablo 2 and i get the incompatability issues exist message...seems to b with vista, yet my friend can play with vista on his comp even with the error message...lol, i dont wanna wait til monday to figure this out when blizz so graciously opens...can anyone suggest a fix to this besides downloading XP?

Thanks you for the post.
Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.