zoo tycoon

I can not seem to get Zoo Tycoon 2 African Adventure to work in Vista Beta 2. I have tried running in Windows XP SP2 and as an administrator but it still crashes within a minute of starting the game. Does anyone have any suggestions? -- Chris

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:16:01 -0700, ChrisW wrote:

I can not seem to get Zoo Tycoon 2 African Adventure to work in Vista Beta 2. I have tried running in Windows XP SP2 and as an administrator but it still crashes within a minute of starting the game. Does anyone have any suggestions?

In case you miss the point of Marks' previous post ITS A BETA!
Vista is 7 months at least away from release, expecting it to support games written for XP is very ambitious and a little silly. Would you expect PS2 games to run on a XBox if not then why expect Vista Beta to handle games written for XP. Compatability mode cannot perform miracles.
Try zoo whatevers web site and see if they have a patch to allow the game to run in Vista Beta.
Good luck with that!
8-)
Jonah

Be sure to report it via the feedback link.
"ChrisW" wrote in message

I can not seem to get Zoo Tycoon 2 African Adventure to work in Vista Beta 2. I have tried running in Windows XP SP2 and as an administrator but it still crashes within a minute of starting the game. Does anyone have any suggestions? -- Chris

Actually, MS is very interested in XP (and earlier) games running on Vista. This has been an active area of interest since the first Beta 1 drop.
"jonah" wrote in message

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:16:01 -0700, ChrisW ChrisW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I can not seem to get Zoo Tycoon 2 African Adventure to work in Vista Beta 2. I have tried running in Windows XP SP2 and as an administrator but it still crashes within a minute of starting the game. Does anyone have any suggestions?
In case you miss the point of Marks' previous post ITS A BETA!
Vista is 7 months at least away from release, expecting it to support games written for XP is very ambitious and a little silly. Would you expect PS2 games to run on a XBox if not then why expect Vista Beta to handle games written for XP. Compatability mode cannot perform miracles.
Try zoo whatevers web site and see if they have a patch to allow the game to run in Vista Beta.
Good luck with that!
8-)
Jonah

I can not seem to get Zoo Tycoon 2 African Adventure to work in Vista Beta 2. I have tried running in Windows XP SP2 and as an administrator but it still crashes within a minute of starting the game. Does anyone have any suggestions? -- Chris

So a guy goes in to see the doctor and says, "Doc! It hurts when I do this!" And the doctor says, "Well then don't do it."
"ChrisW" wrote:

I can not seem to get Zoo Tycoon 2 African Adventure to work in Vista Beta 2. I have tried running in Windows XP SP2 and as an administrator but it still crashes within a minute of starting the game. Does anyone have any suggestions? -- Chris

I can not seem to get Zoo Tycoon 2 African Adventure to work in Vista Beta 2. I have tried running in Windows XP SP2 and as an administrator but it still crashes within a minute of starting the game. Does anyone have any suggestions? -- Chris