Sim City 3000 op win XP

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Ik krijg sim city 3000 op Windows XP niet opgestart. ook met de Wizard Programmacompatibiliteit lukt dit niet. Wat moet ik doen om het spel weer opgang te krijgen? Heeeeeelp!!! Groet M vd horst

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misschien dat dit helpt: Processes take up resources such as memory and processing power. One of the most common reasons for a game to crash, have slow performance, or just not start are processes running in the background, also known as background tasks. You should be logged in with an account that has administrator privileges to perform these steps. To end background tasks: Press CTRL-ALT and DEL simultaneously. This will bring up the Task Manager. Select the Applications tab. Select all the programs that are running and click the End Task button. Next, select the Processes tab. Check the box at the bottom of the window labeled "Show processes from all users." Select a process with an account username next to it and click the End Process button. WARNING: Do NOT End Process on explorer.exe or processes with "SYSTEM" or "SERVICE" in the username. Ending these processes may prevent Windows from running correctly. User Switching Make sure to not have multiple users logged in at once. One of the features of Windows XP is the ability to switch users while leaving all your programs open and running. This will take up resources such as memory, processing power and possibly network resources that the game may need. This may cause games to have poor performance, crash, or just not start correctly. If you are logged in as an account with Administrator privileges, you can logoff other users. To do this: Press CTRL-ALT and DEL simultaneously. Click on the Users tab at the top. Logoff all users except for yourself. While Windows XP is still new, hardware vendors may not supply drivers that work correctly with DirectX or some games. It is recommended to check with your hardware manufacturer to make sure you have the latest and most compatible drivers installed on your system. As far as games are concerned, the drivers for your video card and sound card are two of the most important. If you need to update your drivers, you can visit our Hardware Links section. If you do not know which hardware or driver versions you currently have please visit our DirectX section which will explain how to use DXDIAG to diagnose your system. Using the Windows Updater may also help in some cases. Microsoft will often release updates to improve the performance and compatibility of Windows along with various other items. By default, Windows will automatically do this if you are connected to the internet. To do this manually: Click Start. Select All Programs. At the top of the list, select Windows Updater. Follow the instructions that appear closely. It is recommended to contact your system manufacturer before running the Windows Updater to ensure that this is something that you should do. DirectX is a Windows upgrade provided by Microsoft. Each game that runs in Windows will come with the version of DirectX the game was designed for. If you have any trouble with DirectX itself, it is recommended contacting Microsoft. DirectX is a collection of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs.) An application programming interface can be compared to a standard. DirectX is a Windows standard for running games and allows game manufacturers to design a game to work with DirectX rather than design the game to work with each specific piece of hardware. Each game that runs in Windows will come with the version of DirectX the game was designed for. DirectX is designed to work with Windows and your specific hardware. Hardware manufacturers are responsible for making drivers that work with Windows and DirectX. A driver is the software that contains instructions on how your hardware works. Without a driver, Windows wouldn't know how to use your computer's hardware. Electronic Arts tests all the games to be released with most pieces of hardware available on the market and tests them with the latest drivers available from the hardware manufacturers at the time the game is to be released. This is why we recommend using the latest drivers available for the best game compatibility and performance. The hardware manufacturer's website will usually carry drivers in the downloads or support section of their websites. Some video cards will have a chipset manufactured by another company. The company that made the chipset will usually have drivers that work with all video cards that use a certain chipset. These are called reference drivers. Reference drivers are generally more compatible with games. However if your video card has any special features such as an S-Video adapter or TV-Out capabilities, they may not work with the reference drivers. See the DXDIAG section below for information on how to check your video card's chipset. It is recommended to check the documentation that comes with the drivers or on the manufacturers website, or contact your system manufacturer on how to install drivers if you need assistance. Some computer manufacturer's will also void your warranty if you choose to update drivers. Again, check your computer's documentation or with your computer manufacturer on these kinds of issues. DXDIAG DXDIAG is a very useful tool to check what kind of hardware your computer may be running. To start DXDIAG: click on Start Select Run Type DXDIAG and press OK. DirectX version 6.0 or higher is required for DXDIAG to be available. If you need to get the latest version of DirectX, go to http://www.microsoft.com/directx. Once the DirectX diagnostic tool is launched, on the system tab, you can view your processor type and speed, how much RAM your computer has and which version of DirectX you currently have. The Display tab will show your video card model, manufacturer, chipset, video memory and driver version. The driver version is a good indication of the age of the driver. Compare it to the driver at the hardware manufacturer's website and see if an update is needed. Your driver should be the same as the one on the website to ensure you have the latest one. On the Sound tab, your sound card's manufacturer and model will be listed here, as well as the driver version. If you have DirectX 6.1a or higher installed, you will also have a Hardware Sound Acceleration slider. Adjusting this slider can prevent some games from crashing, locking up or help with other sound related issues. Be aware that adjusting this slider may prevent other games from working properly. If you make changes to this slider, put it back to where it was when you are done troubleshooting. Since Windows XP offers multi-user support, some users may decide to limit other users, such as young children who may tamper with settings within Windows. There are 2 types of users in Windows XP Home Edition, Administrators and Limited users. Limited privileges will prevent system changes needed for troubleshooting. It may also prevent installing system updates such as DirectX, service packs, or installing programs such as games that may need to make changes to the Windows registry. The "Install Program as Other User" is a window that may come up often if you are using a Limited login and trying to install a game. This allows you to install a program with another user's privileges. You can also do this manually as well. If you wish to run a program with another user's privileges: Right-click a shortcut or an executable. Select the "Run As…" option. Select the option to run as The following user. Select the user you wish to run the program as, and enter the users password if necessary. To change a user's account type: Click on Start, then select Control Panel. Click User Accounts. Select the name of the user you wish to change. Click Change Account Type to change a user between Administrator and Limited privileges. Gevonden via de site van Maxis.