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by yiotie

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When my kid tries to play pinball on my PC (Win Xp, Pinball starts OK, after a few seconds freezes(including mouse & K'board)then starts again, then freezes again, and this can happen all day.
Just 'cause of that, i reinstalled win Xp (clean install)but no luck, then i copied the Pinball game from another win xp, where it worked fine, but when i installed on my PC the result was the same.
I must mention that all the other win xp games work OK.
> Any ideas please?
> Thanks
> yiotie

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by thechas

Please let us know what hardware you have.

CPU
RAM
Video card
free hard drive space

Next, have you installed XP service pack 1 or the compatibility updates?

Many software packages do not work properly with the original release of XP.

Chas

by thechas

Okay, I wanted to make sure that you had enough resources for the game.

You say you copied the Pinball program from another PC?

That could be your problem right there.
Not since the days of DOS have you had a reasonable expectation of being able to run a program by simply copying the files from the folder that the program is installed to.

Almost ALL programs install DLL files into the system folders, change / add system settings, and place keys in the registry.

You HAVE to run the installer for any program to assure that it has installed all files and system settings.

Chas

by yiotie

The original pinball game that came with win xp home did/does not work. So i decided to copy a working pinball version from another win xp home. When i installed it on my PC, still gave me the same problems. I think the problem is with my PC, probably with the copied files from the win xp CD.

by sysanalyst

If you are working with an Original WinXP cd then I think there might be a prob with your ... i don't know... directx settings...

Is pinball the only game that is not working? did you try any other games that use directx... try going to windows update and downloading some updates...

Just an idea... Hope this helps...

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