I need help my computer is an old one and it won't run my game with service pack

Hi Savire and welcome to my lot. It is weird I did download the service pack and sure enough as soon as I downloaded it the game quit working again. Think I will try one more thing I think I will take the game off the computer and then download the service pack and then reinstall the game and if that don't work I will just not install the service pack on this computer. Without the service pack the stuff on the computer is so different it is just weird. And without the service pack games online and other stuff don't work. Can't download any browser that needs the service pack to work. It is a game that is for windows xp and it has always ran on other computers with xp on them, and it did run on this computer for some time with no problem. I don't download anything from the net for no reason except the service pack.

Hi Savire. I don't know for sure what has caused it but I don't want to keep doing a restore system. It takes too much time. This game I have had for some time but I have had it on this machine since I got the machine. I will try putting in more memory to see if that works. No while installing the SP2 it will work but as soon as the SP2 is installed it stops. But thanks my friend for your help.

Usually the service pack released by Microsoft addressed the security issues and to upgrade certain extension of their API such as new .NET version and VC++ run time and J++ run time. So it should have not break any of the older one since the updates just completes what currently does not exist and patches some files that had security issues. From my experience Windows XP is one of the popular OS that had great supports for 32Bit applications. For modern games to work they usually depend on the DirectX runtime which happen to be separated from the SP releases. Do you mind telling us your Game Title which is not working after the SP2 installed? Or do you happen to experience some problem during the SP2 installation process for example it's not completed due to certain configuration which prevent the installation to completes successfully?

Hi Starsfield and welcome to my lot. I used to have the game downloaded on this machine and it ran fine until a little while ago. The game is Mahjong I brought it some time ago and it worked fine until I download the service pack and then it just quit. Sorry about the late reply but did a system restore and it works fine but without the service pack downloaded. It is an AMD and it has 512 memory. I don't think it was the machine I don't know what it was but until I figure it out I guess I won't put the service pack on it.

Hi Starsfield. I won't run this machine with the service pack installed so that is out think I will try what the responder said just above you and put in more memory. I had that game installed on this computer while it had the service pack installed so I am inclined to believe that it is just because of the memory issue. thanks for your help my friend.

So, this game broken because those service pack. Okay, then im pretty sure that those game is too old. You have 2 choices here : 1. Let the game running without installing sp, which i think not a good option. Or 2. Install the service pack, and get the latest version of those game. Sometimes game created on past won't run well on todays operating system. And usually the game developer will make patch to fix this compatibility issue. So, check whether it has latest updated version.

Hi Thoroughrob. Thanks I did download the java updates but still didn't help. I had to run a system restor and it worked but didn't download the service packs. Don't know if I will on this computer yet. Thanks for the advice. Sorry about the late reply haven't been able to get on the computer all day cause of the system restore.

Hi MoonGypsy. How do you mean to clean the registry? Can you tell me what kind of things that need to be done to the registry to fix this problem? I am pretty good with computers been doing it for years. I usually tweak my registry all the time but this time it isn't because I did something in the registry. I always tweak my registry and it never has effected the game. I have done the same thing on both computers so I am sure it isn't something I did to the registry. Thanks for all your help.

Hi STrovek. My husbands is a gateway and this is an hp that is the only differences. I didn't get any message the game just wouldn't load. Sorry about the late reply but had to do a system restore and it took all day. After the system restore the game works but no service pack.

Hi Strovek. I did a restore point I do this everyday but it still won't work I am going to do as you said and put more memory in this machine. Both computers have the same amount of memory in them I know I built the other one and it has service pack in it. But at this point I am willing to try just about anything. Thanks for the advice my friend.

You could try setting a restore point and install the service pack. If it still doesn't work, you can roll back to the restore point (that is if you want to try). If it doesn't work, it is more likely the lack of memory. Each service pack will cause Windows to use more memory. I suspect the other PC has more memory.

Hi Microengineer and welcome to my lot. I did install it straight to windows. It worked when I first got this computer for Christmas this year and I had service pack 2 downloaded after I got it and it worked fine. Just stopped working in the last week or so. Thanks for all your help.