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  1. 07-29-2008 03:04 PM #1
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    Really wanted to check POE 2 out but...

    I recently upgraded the home system with Vista Biz 32 w/ 4gb of ram and can NOT get BF2 to install at all.

    I checked the comp mod for WINXP and also run as admin but still no joy whatsoever!

    If anyone can lend some encouraging words my way it would be greatly appreciated since the EA forums dont help at all.


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  2. 07-29-2008 03:44 PM #2
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    Re: Really wanted to check POE 2 out but...

    What error did you get?

    Does Vista Biz have DirectX installed by default?
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  3. 07-29-2008 03:56 PM #3
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    Re: Really wanted to check POE 2 out but...

    Yes it does. In fact I am running all the latest updates for Vista and the two Nvidia 9600gtx in SLi.

    The error was could not create the file directory due to the software was not configured to run in anything other than WINXP.

    Thats why I went back and checked the tab for run in winxp compatability mode.


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  4. 07-29-2008 03:58 PM #4
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    Re: Really wanted to check POE 2 out but...

    I got that error when installing BF2 on Vista Ultimate, but I just hit okay and told it where to install. Not sure how I did that though
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  5. 07-29-2008 04:15 PM #5
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    Re: Really wanted to check POE 2 out but...

    Don't you have to run the install as "admin" or something... I think thats what my son had to do get it to install......

    Glad i'm still an XP junkie
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  6. 07-29-2008 04:28 PM #6
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    Re: Really wanted to check POE 2 out but...

    If this thread doesn't produce a solution for you don't hesitate to post at the official poe2 forums. They are pretty quick on helping sort out issues:

    http://www.pointofexistence.com/forums/
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  7. 07-29-2008 06:15 PM #7
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    Re: Really wanted to check POE 2 out but...

    I can confirm that BF2 does work on vista (32 and 64 bit), so don't give up.
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  8. 07-29-2008 06:37 PM #8
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    Re: Really wanted to check POE 2 out but...

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr.McFeelme View Post
    I can confirm that BF2 does work on vista (32 and 64 bit), so don't give up.
    Yeah I had it installed just fine with Vista Ultimate. Hazmat can you perhaps provide some screenshots on the errors you are getting?
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  9. 08-02-2008 06:54 PM #9
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    Re: Really wanted to check POE 2 out but...

    POEs works on Vista.

    When you're in the properties window, select "run as admin".

    And if you didn't do this for the install - then reinstall - but right-click the setup.exe and select "run as admin" too.

    BTW - do the same thing for TS too.
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  10. 08-16-2008 01:23 PM #10
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    Re: Really wanted to check POE 2 out but...

    try turning off the user account control UAC it helped me with installing a few other games
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