Problems with Empire Earth

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Shaun McCann

Has anyone has problems running this game?

Until recently I could not get this game running. Whenever I started the game,
once I got to the main menu a dialogue box would open saying "go to single
player menu" and the program would lock up. I could not get out of the program
unless I pressed control-alt-delete, opened up the task manager and selected
end task.

Then the game started running properly recently and I thought the problem had
disappeared (I had installed the latest patch) but now it's doing it again.

Has anyone encountered this sort of thing before or has any suggestions as to
how to reslove this?
 
Hi Shaun,

Let's try some basic troubleshooting. If the problem still persists
please post back and we'll try some more steps. Good luck! :-)

1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using: http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php

You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

2. Run a virus scan at: http://housecall.antivirus.com Afterwards
Download & Run Spybot from: http://security.kolla.de to find any
Trojans, Adware, or Spyware which could clog up your system.

3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.

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| Has anyone has problems running this game?
|
| Until recently I could not get this game running. Whenever I started the game,
| once I got to the main menu a dialogue box would open saying "go to single
| player menu" and the program would lock up. I could not get out of the program
| unless I pressed control-alt-delete, opened up the task manager and selected
| end task.
|
| Then the game started running properly recently and I thought the problem had
| disappeared (I had installed the latest patch) but now it's doing it again.
|
| Has anyone encountered this sort of thing before or has any suggestions as to
| how to reslove this?
|
| --
| Utd and proud of it.
 
Jimmy said:
Hi Shaun,
Click to expand...
1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using: http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php
Click to expand...

Done that and, while I could be wrong, it doesn't look like it's any one
particular program causing a conflict but the number of programs running. When
I use Startup Manager I have 23 programs listed. Once I get past 19 programs
running I get the problem with Empire Earth locking up.
 
Hi Shaun,

Does the game work when you disable all startup programs?

Cheers,
Jimmy.

| Jimmy S. wrote:
|
| > Hi Shaun,
|
| > 1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
| > programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
| > blockers using: http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php
|
| Done that and, while I could be wrong, it doesn't look like it's any one
| particular program causing a conflict but the number of programs running. When
| I use Startup Manager I have 23 programs listed. Once I get past 19 programs
| running I get the problem with Empire Earth locking up.
|
| --
| Utd and proud of it.
 
Great news! :-)

Cheers,
Jimmy.

| Jimmy S. wrote:
|
| > Hi Shaun,
| >
| > Does the game work when you disable all startup programs?
|
| It does indeed.
|
| --
| Utd and proud of it.
 
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