Okay, before you all yell at me, I just wanna let you know that I'm sure there's already a thread about this topic, but I was too frustrated to go out and look for it.

Anyways, I have Windows Vista Home Premium, and I own a few games for PC. Well, 4 of my games dont work that well, and one of them cant even finish installing.

2 of the games I had when I still used XP, and they worked fine. But now, they go extremely slow, and its almost unbearable trying to play them.

One of those 3 games wont even finish the installation, and it just gets stuck at one particular file during the end. (The game is Age of Empires 3: The War Chiefs Expansion)

The other games are Genesis Rising, Age of Empires 3, and Empire Earth 3

Run System Restore to a time before the problem began.

"God of Twilight" <jen123@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> Hi.
> I'm new to this kind of thing...the whole "Technology forum" thing...
>
>
> Anyway, I've had Windows Vista Home Premium for exactly 2 months now,
> and I'm having one very minor problem that is bugging me.
>
> You all know the taskbar at the bottom of the screen right? Well, for
> some reason, whenever the desktop is visible, the taskbar appears to be
> a very greyish color.
>
> Normally, it would be blue, or black, or whatever color I choose, but
> recently it just looks like a grey hue.
>
> However, this only happens in the Windows Aero theme, and only when the
> desktop is visible. As soon as I maximize a program or window, the
> taskbar returns to a normal color.
>
> Does anyone have any answers?
>
>
> --
> God of Twilight[/color]

[quote=Bob;924597]Run System Restore to a time before the problem began.[/quote]

I bought a new computer and reinstalled the games on it. They've always been like that on the new computer. On my old computer, they worked fine

Run in compatibility mode.

When posting, please quote relevant information so that others may learn and
benefit from the issue.

"God of Twilight" <jen123@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> Bob;924597 Wrote:[color=green]
>> Run System Restore to a time before the problem began.[/color]
>
> I bought a new computer and reinstalled the games on it. They've
> always been like that on the new computer. On my old computer, they
> worked fine
>
>
> --
> God of Twilight[/color]

[quote=Bob;924639]Run in compatibility mode.

When posting, please quote relevant information so that others may learn and
benefit from the issue.
[/quote]

:rolleyes:
Grr, okay then...

By the way, I've tried Compatability mode.
And, I'm new in case you havent noticed. I'm just trying to get help...

And I'm trying to help you get help.
If you post properly more people will be able to see the issue and that will
increase your chances of getting the help you need.

For example, if someone views this post that will not know what the issue is
because you did not include it in your post.
Get it?


"God of Twilight" <jen123@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> Bob;924639 Wrote:[color=green]
>> Run in compatibility mode.
>>
>> When posting, please quote relevant information so that others may
>> learn and
>> benefit from the issue.
>>[/color]
>
> :rolleyes:
> Grr, okay then...
>
> By the way, I've tried Compatability mode.
> And, I'm new in case you havent noticed. I'm just trying to get
> help...
>
>
> --
> God of Twilight[/color]

[quote=God of Twilight;924576]Okay, before you all yell at me, I just wanna let you know that I'm sure there's already a thread about this topic, but I was too frustrated to go out and look for it.

Anyways, I have Windows Vista Home Premium, and I own a few games for PC. Well, 4 of my games dont work that well, and one of them cant even finish installing.

2 of the games I had when I still used XP, and they worked fine. But now, they go extremely slow, and its almost unbearable trying to play them.

One of those 3 games wont even finish the installation, and it just gets stuck at one particular file during the end. (The game is Age of Empires 3: The War Chiefs Expansion)

The other games are Genesis Rising, Age of Empires 3, and Empire Earth 3[/quote]

What type of video is installed in the computer?

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[quote=LPH;928811]What type of video is installed in the computer?[/quote]

NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
(I think that's what you mean by video)