Help! FS2004 not starting in W8.1

[xv232 1]

Hello,

I have bought a new computer to take FS2004 again. Now it has some new-fangled Windows 8 (and now there's Windows 10) So, on installation of FS9, onto a new directory not in the Program Files folder, when I click on the desktop icon, it says

 

''Please login with administrator privileges and try again'' ('Access Denied' at the top)

 

So, rather bemused, I do, by right-clicking the FS9.exe and running as administrator. When I do this, it asks me for permission, I say yes, then the cursor buffers a bit, then nothing happens at all.

 

I do understand if this is a bit short on information, it's all I have got at the moment after hours of reinstalls and frustration.

 

I have a 2.2Ghz processor, it's an Acer laptop and I have used FS9 before on laptops with less power, so I'd say performance is not the issue; it must be something else.

 

Right, that's my plea and incessant ranting over!

 

 

George (aka XV232 Nimrod supporter at Coventry)

[xv232 1]

Problem solved! A fix from another website makes FS2004 independent of disc 4 and it all works! Hooray

[Skinner_11 1]

Yep, the latest Windows Updates are blocking the game from reading the discs, so you have to apply the "NOCD Patch" in order for FS9 to work

[pschlute 37]

You don't have to install that "patch". You can just uninstall the update.

[Ramjett 27]

You know, I saw an earlier thread about the September Win7/8 update that "killed" many "read from disk" applications like FS2004.  I hadn't done the September update yet...I typically wait a week or two and watch the forums to see what chaos Microsoft has wrought.  Needless to say, as an FS2004 user, I skipped the September and October "Tuesday" updates.

 

Later on I decided to selectively update based on what I read that each update did.  Never ever before looked that in depth at them update by update.  Then I noticed, The one that "killed" FS2004 wasn't on the list anymore.  It wasn't hidden and I checked, it hadn't been installed. It just was no longer there.

 

I created a User Restore Point and then installed all the updates Windows Update found.  No issues...FS2004 and Medieval Total War both still start from disk.  Surely Microsoft didn't realize what a boner they had pulled and got rid of that update?

 

Randy