I just bought a new computer with Vista, which I love. However, we installed
Oblivion with no problem, but when we try to play it, it says there is an
error and shuts down.

Any ideas??

I running Oblivion on Vista x64, haven't gotten far through the game but so
far no problems. Best suggestion I can give you is to reinstall the game
and see if that makes a difference.


"Lisacarbs" <Lisacarbs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just bought a new computer with Vista, which I love. However, we
>installed
> Oblivion with no problem, but when we try to play it, it says there is an
> error and shuts down.
>
> Any ideas??

"Lisacarbs" <Lisacarbs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just bought a new computer with Vista, which I love. However, we
>installed
> Oblivion with no problem, but when we try to play it, it says there is an
> error and shuts down.

Been running Oblivion on Vista for six months here. Athlon 64 3200+ w/
X850XT and then a Core 2 Duo E6600 and X1900XT. No issues.

Is it the game closing or is it the computer shutting down?

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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When I click on the icon, it says windows has detected a problem with
Oblivion, and it closes the program. I have uninstalled and reinstalled
already

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Lisacarbs" <Lisacarbs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B4835353-E44A-4879-AE41-8FCD7F8FD9E7@microsoft.com...
> >I just bought a new computer with Vista, which I love. However, we
> >installed
> > Oblivion with no problem, but when we try to play it, it says there is an
> > error and shuts down.
>
> Been running Oblivion on Vista for six months here. Athlon 64 3200+ w/
> X850XT and then a Core 2 Duo E6600 and X1900XT. No issues.
>
> Is it the game closing or is it the computer shutting down?
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>

Try right clicking on the icon and choose run as administrator and see if
that works. I have a game or two that I needed to do that with to get them
to work with Vista


"Lisacarbs" <Lisacarbs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C2B1259E-2F09-453A-8A90-0C96C5742D08@microsoft.com...
> When I click on the icon, it says windows has detected a problem with
> Oblivion, and it closes the program. I have uninstalled and reinstalled
> already
>
> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>
>> "Lisacarbs" <Lisacarbs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B4835353-E44A-4879-AE41-8FCD7F8FD9E7@microsoft.com...
>> >I just bought a new computer with Vista, which I love. However, we
>> >installed
>> > Oblivion with no problem, but when we try to play it, it says there is
>> > an
>> > error and shuts down.
>>
>> Been running Oblivion on Vista for six months here. Athlon 64 3200+ w/
>> X850XT and then a Core 2 Duo E6600 and X1900XT. No issues.
>>
>> Is it the game closing or is it the computer shutting down?
>>
>> --
>> Paul Smith,
>> Yeovil, UK.
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>>
>> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>>
>>

Choose to run the game as an administrator or try the compatibility tab and
set this to Windows XP
"Lisacarbs" <Lisacarbs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B4835353-E44A-4879-AE41-8FCD7F8FD9E7@microsoft.com...
>I just bought a new computer with Vista, which I love. However, we
>installed
> Oblivion with no problem, but when we try to play it, it says there is an
> error and shuts down.
>
> Any ideas??