Pre Game video Problems

[will Preston]

When attempting to load Command and Conqueror Generals the pre game video (EA GAMES bit) stutters and then plays about 1 second a minute. When it finishes playing the video it stops and will not move onto the next screen. I am using a Nvidia Geforce 3 ti 200 64 Mb, have the latest drivers and direct x files. How do I fix this problem? Thanks Will

[Flame]

Is the game compatible with your system? How much RAM are you using? Which operating system?

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[Wil Preston]

It is compatible with my system as I have played it on this computer before.  I am using 512MB of RAM and I am using XP. Thanks

[Flame]

Well.... If it played fine before, but won;t now, then there must have been somehting changed in your system to cause this reaction... Have you made any changes since the last time you played?

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[Will Preston]

I have reformated the PC since last time I have played it.  I have all the lastest drivers and it should work.

However when I go to the windows update page it tells me that I need to install

Microsoft Corporation - Video - NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
Date last published: 5/16/2004

Nevertheless when I do so the computer takes ages to load up and usally shutdowns randoly when loading the taskbar programs after I have logged in.  

However when the computer does eventually load up and does not shutdown the pregame videos load up.

At the moment I have the current Nvidia drivers downloaded off their website.  With these drivers teh computer loads up normally and does not shutdown when logging in.

Ideally I would want the pre game videos to work with the current drivers so that I do not have to wait ages for the computer to load only for it to shutdown when I log in.

Any ideas how to get this to happen?
Thanks for the help so far!

[Fed]

Try the game site first for patches & fixes, if that fails go back to nvidia and check the older drivers, there is/was a link there for them. Start working back & see if you can find one that does it all for you until the game site or nvidia fixes the problem.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html

[Will Preston]

Unfortunately that has not worked either   !!! Any suggstions

[Flame]

In that case, this is a compatibility issue... Is your system meet or beat the requirements for the game?

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[Raptor]

Red Alert: C&C is quite demanding when it comes to system specifications. Especially the start menu.

You may have lowered your graphic settings in Red Alert: C&C before formatting and have forgotten to do so now.