BG1 on Windows XP

SatanSongi · Post by **SatanSongi** » Sat May 11, 2002 9:28 am

hmmh it will not install right does anyone know why? or how to fix it? the game worked perfectly on my old computer but since i got this one it will not install. Well anyways i just want to get it to work.

Xan deVir · Post by **Xan deVir** » Sat May 11, 2002 9:37 am

be more specific, what is the exact error you get and in what stage of the installation? - /can't start the installation/error while installing/the game installed normally but works incorrectly or doesn't work at all/

SatanSongi · Post by **SatanSongi** » Sat May 11, 2002 9:57 am

well it begins to install but while its installing it says files cant be found or something and when it gets to about 90% it just closes and thats about it. It worked on my old computer so i know the cds arent to scratched. This computers specs are.... 1.6GHZ Pentium 4, 256 DDR Ram, 40 GB harddrive, and a 40x cd drive. So i know its not the computer must be windows xp. Oh i have a SIS 650 32MB video card and a SIS 7012sound card. Oh and when the game auto runs and the screen with install and exit and stuff if i click install there it freezes. The only way ive been able to get it to start installing is by manually clicking the setup file.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Sat May 11, 2002 10:30 am

That's very weird.
I run Baldur's Gate under both XP-home edition as well as the profesional one.
And it installed fine.

Can you reinstall on you're old PC, so you can check if it's not a CD-ROM problem?

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Sat May 11, 2002 10:31 am

And welcome to the forum!

BLUEBEARD · Post by **BLUEBEARD** » Sat May 11, 2002 11:46 am

windows XP

i have heard other people having problems installing games on windows xp. i tried to install Diablo on windows and get an error message so i cant play on tyhat comp. so i am very interested to see if anyone can solve the problem.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Sat May 11, 2002 12:19 pm

Diablo runs also good under W-XP here.

Sojourner · Post by **Sojourner** » Sat May 11, 2002 12:28 pm

Check here for information on solving your installation problem. In particular, check the sections on Windows XP and Installation problems. While this thread pertains to BG2, much of it is also helpful for BG1.

Dolphin · Post by **Dolphin** » Sat May 11, 2002 2:11 pm

I had the same problems with W XP, i couldnt install about half of all games i was buying, so i ended up changing XP on Mellenium.
Now all the games that didnt work on XP work on Mellenium

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Sat May 11, 2002 3:20 pm

Originally posted by Dolphin
I had the same problems with W XP, i couldnt install about half of all games i was buying, so i ended up changing XP on Mellenium.
Now all the games that didnt work on XP work on Mellenium

Yeah, but wait until 1 of the miljons of bugs appear!!!
I realy like XP better, much less crashes

SatanSongi · Post by **SatanSongi** » Sat May 11, 2002 3:36 pm

Ahh i solved the problem

i had set it to run Setup.exe in a windows 98 environment but i didnt set the auto run file to run in that environment. once i did it installed perfectly. Oh and I have diablo 1 installed i havnt tryed diablo 2 because someone is borrowing it. Thanks to everyone