Hopefully I can find a solution here. A little background. I am running vista home premium 32bit. I have installed this game 3 times now, both with and without the user account controls. The game will run for a minute and stop working. If I am quick about the main menu, it will go to the intro movie where the "aliens" are clawing at the cage. Then the game will stop. A window will pop up and say "the program has stopped working" and then ask to look for solutions on-line. However no solution has been found. Any suggestions? Please help?
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Gears of War problems
- Thread starter fuzzybare
- Start date
Games for Windows – LIVE Support
Title Update
The Gears of War for Windows Title Update fixes various performance issues, including the Games for Windows – LIVE update issue.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/3/2/a32f9a78-bdd0-4f9c-b283-9be53a283b46/GearsTU.exeBug Fixes
If you start the game using the Play button on the Autorun screen, you may experience the following issues:
Title Update
The Gears of War for Windows Title Update fixes various performance issues, including the Games for Windows – LIVE update issue.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/3/2/a32f9a78-bdd0-4f9c-b283-9be53a283b46/GearsTU.exeBug Fixes
If you start the game using the Play button on the Autorun screen, you may experience the following issues:
- Personal preferences (for example, resolution settings) are lost
- Custom maps do not appear on the map list
- Go to Start, click Run, type “regedit,” and then press Enter to launch the Registry Editor
- Go to the following registry entry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\]
- Change the “SetupPath” value so that the word “binaries” is capitalized. For example: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\binaries\” becomes “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\Binaries\”
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Compaq Presario/SR5113WM
- CPU
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.9Ghz
- Motherboard
- Asus M2N68-LA
- Memory
- PNY Optima Memory DDR2 2GB 2x1 kit
- Graphics card(s)
- PNY Nvidia 8400 GS 256MB
- Sound Card
- On board RealTek
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer X163W LCD
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768
- Hard Drives
- Western Digital 160 GB SATA 3G (3.0Gb/sec) 7200 rpm Western Digital 160 GB IDE
- PSU
- Dynex 400w
- Case
- Nothin Special
- Cooling
- Stock
- Mouse
- Wireless Logitech LX7
- Keyboard
- Standard 102 key with volume and sleep buttons
- Internet Speed
- Comcrap 10mb cable
- Other Info
- Insignia 2.1 speakers, wireless Xbox 360 controller w/plug n play charger, Belkin wireless G + mimo usb network adapter.
I found these instructions posted by AtmosFeaR and they fixed my problem. Thanx AtmosFeaR:
Ok, here's what I did to get it to work:
Go to the folder where gears is installed and then into the binaries folder. Find the startup.exe file and then create a shortcut on your desktop or wherever. Right click and go to properties of the shortcut and click the shortcut tab and then click on the advanced button. Put a checkmark in the "Run as Administrator" box and click OK. You're done! Just start the game from the shortcut and you should be GTG.
Once again Thanks
Ok, here's what I did to get it to work:
Go to the folder where gears is installed and then into the binaries folder. Find the startup.exe file and then create a shortcut on your desktop or wherever. Right click and go to properties of the shortcut and click the shortcut tab and then click on the advanced button. Put a checkmark in the "Run as Administrator" box and click OK. You're done! Just start the game from the shortcut and you should be GTG.
Once again Thanks