Can anyone help? Rise of the Triad install problems
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:26 pm
I am running a Compaq Deskpro 575, which i recently bought to play old dos games on.
The problem is I cannot install Rise of the Triad off of the installer CD. I am running Windows 95, and get some error messages which stop the installation process.
The error message says: "You cannot run this graphics application windowed. The application will be suspended untill you switch it to full screen by pressing ALT+ENTER. Check the Properties to ensure they are correct."
(If there is a way i can post images of the problem to show you, i can show you three images: one of the installation process another of the error message and another of the screwed up screen before the error message. I need to know how to do this! I'm not sure..)
I think the problem is to do with the graphics. The graphics adatper is the Compaq Qvision PCI. I read the help files from the game CD which said that Compaq machines would need a special driver called FINDVGA.sys which is part of a SoftPaq called SPO117.ZIP. I download this today from the Compay FTP site. I installed it by putting a line of code in my Config.sys. When i restart the computer it should acknowledge the change and use my monitor. But, it says that there is no VGA installed!!!!.
I have been to Compaqs website to get the updates for my machine, but i still get the messages.
Another thing i tried was copying the contents off the CD onto my HDD (Hard Disk Drive). But when i run the install program it says: W_InitFiles: No Files Found!
I have tried running the installation process in DOS which dosen't work.
Oh, and one final thing the Compaq Deskpro 575 is a Pentium running at 75 MHZ (a very early pentium), with 49MB of ram, a 4.3 GB HDD (to install my entire DOS game collection: Wolf3d, Doom 1, Doom2, Final Doom, Spear of Destiny, Spear of the Destiny: The Lost Episodes and Operation Body Count.) And of course it uses the Compaq QVison PCI graphics adapter and I am using a Goldstar StudioWorks 56i SVGA monitor.
Any idea whats the problem?
John.
The problem is I cannot install Rise of the Triad off of the installer CD. I am running Windows 95, and get some error messages which stop the installation process.
The error message says: "You cannot run this graphics application windowed. The application will be suspended untill you switch it to full screen by pressing ALT+ENTER. Check the Properties to ensure they are correct."
(If there is a way i can post images of the problem to show you, i can show you three images: one of the installation process another of the error message and another of the screwed up screen before the error message. I need to know how to do this! I'm not sure..)
I think the problem is to do with the graphics. The graphics adatper is the Compaq Qvision PCI. I read the help files from the game CD which said that Compaq machines would need a special driver called FINDVGA.sys which is part of a SoftPaq called SPO117.ZIP. I download this today from the Compay FTP site. I installed it by putting a line of code in my Config.sys. When i restart the computer it should acknowledge the change and use my monitor. But, it says that there is no VGA installed!!!!.
I have been to Compaqs website to get the updates for my machine, but i still get the messages.
Another thing i tried was copying the contents off the CD onto my HDD (Hard Disk Drive). But when i run the install program it says: W_InitFiles: No Files Found!
I have tried running the installation process in DOS which dosen't work.
Oh, and one final thing the Compaq Deskpro 575 is a Pentium running at 75 MHZ (a very early pentium), with 49MB of ram, a 4.3 GB HDD (to install my entire DOS game collection: Wolf3d, Doom 1, Doom2, Final Doom, Spear of Destiny, Spear of the Destiny: The Lost Episodes and Operation Body Count.) And of course it uses the Compaq QVison PCI graphics adapter and I am using a Goldstar StudioWorks 56i SVGA monitor.
Any idea whats the problem?
John.
What's that mean in english?