Games not running in Windows 7

Nikkisun

My son got a new laptop for Christmas which is running Windows 7, he has a couple of Lego Creator games which used to run fine under Vista and both the game manufacturer and Microsoft state that the games are Win 7 compatible but they just don't work!

All that happens is that the screen goes black and you have to use task manager to shut the game down. Have tried running in compatibility mode but it still does the same thing. Any ideas?

jamespir

it maybe that the graphics card isnt compatible with the games on the new lapotop
unfortunatley with laptops you cant upgrade your graphics card like you can with desktops

Nikkisun

They run with the same graphics card on Vista though!

davester

have you updated or patches the game?

binnie

Sorry can't be of any help as I have Windows 7 on my new laptop and I can't get loads of my old software to work.
How do you go to compatibility mode please as I am trying to get my Dymo Label Printer to work?

Nikkisun

davester wrote: »

have you updated or patches the game?

How do I do that?

davester

What lego creator is it? Cause they say it was never vista compatable without a 3rd party patch.

also what brand and model is the laptop, or the processor ram and graphics card has it?

madnlooney

i would try to run them in compatibility mode to see if this works?
heres a quick guide i found to help out
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

davester

The forums are littered with people that can't get it working because its NT incompatable. even in the compatability modes

I can't find the patch anywhere either

Nikkisun

Thanks - I'll just tell him to find some new games to play - to be honest the Lego ones aren't so great that they're worth too much hassle!!

davester

well you can keep them around and look out for patches or even email the software makers for a patch. They might know of the patches can be found